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Spring 2019 New Book Celebration: Celebrating Recent Publications by Former HI Faculty Fellows

904 Clemens

Join the UB Humanities Institute as we gather for our annual celebration of new publications by former Faculty Fellows. Light fare and refreshments offered, free and open to the public. This year's celebration features: Andreas Daum (History), Alexander von Humboldt (Publishers C. H. Beck, 2019) and The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians, […]

Madness, Violence, and Technologies of Care: A Symposium

330 Student Union (UB North Campus)

Featuring Jesse Miller Lisa Diedrich Martin Summers Lisa Johnson Susan Cahn Jessica Lowell Mason Kathleen Brian Michael Rembis Wendy Gonaver Schedule Welcome – 10:45 AM Panel 1 – 11 AM – 12:30 PM | Communities of Care Jesse Miller, Books as Technologies of Care In this talk, I will examine the role that librarians in […]

HI Faculty External Grant Writing Workshop

1032 Clemens Hall

Click here to RSVP On August 30—the first Friday of the fall semester—the Humanities Institute will once again host a workshop to support faculty members’ applications for external grants and fellowships. The HI's External Grant Writing Workshop is specifically designed to help faculty improve their applications by learning strategies from an experienced grant writer and […]

Digital Humanities Research Workshop: Inaugural Meeting

1032 Clemens Hall

Please join us for the inaugural meeting of the new Digital Humanities Research Workshop, sponsored by the UB Humanities Institute and affiliated with the Digital Scholarship Studio & Network. This event is open to all who are working on or interested in digital research topics, as well as those who may be curious about what […]

Theatre and Dance: Urban Bush Women perform “Walking With ‘Trane”

Center for the Arts

Urban Bush Women  (UBW) will perform the evening-length work Walking With ‘Trane, inspired by legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. Esteemed UB Department of Music instructor and jazz pianist, George Caldwell, is co-composer of the music, and will accompany UBW live on stage. Walking With "Trane offers two unique experiences, SIDE A and SIDE B, inspired […]

Gender Institute: Moya Bailey, “On Misogynoir”

Baldy Conference Center (509 O'Brian Hall)

Moya Bailey is an Assistant Professor of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Northeastern University. Named to Essence Magazine’s Woke 100 Women for 2018, Professor Bailey coined the word “misogynoir” in 2010, a term that describes the intersection of race and gender-based bias that black women face in popular […]

Performance Research Workshop: Kareem Khubchandani, “Lessons in Drag with LaWhore Vagistan”

Center for the Arts - Atrium

In “Lessons in Drag,” Kareem Khubchandani (Tufts University)—a performance artist who works in drag, storytelling, body art, theater, and digital media—puts critical theory into conversation with a lipsync performance as his alter ego, LaWhore Vagistan. Organized by the UB Arts Collaboratory with support from the Performance Research Workshop.

Free