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Science Studies Research Workshop: Jonathan Reichert, “The Detection of Gravitational Waves, Revolutionizing our View of The Universe”

280 Park Hall

Jonathan Reichert (Professor Emeritus of Physics, UB), “The Detection of Gravitational Waves, Revolutionizing our View of The Universe” Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:00-5:30 pm, 280 Park Hall Throughout all of human history, the only way we humans could attempt to understand our universe was by studying electromagnetic radiation (light, x-rays, radio waves, etc.) or cosmic […]

Performance: Department of Theatre and Dance, “45 Plays for 45 Presidents”

CFA Black Box Theatre

45 Plays for 45 Presidents is an irreverent comical insight into the lives of every POTUS, produced through forty-five vignettes featuring each President and his wives, mistresses, political opponents, and others. In 2002 the Neo-Futurists released 43 Plays for 43 Presidents. Since then in order to stay current the play has undergone many rewrites and […]

New Faculty Seminar: Alessandro Sebastiani, “Excavating a Roman Sanctuary and a Medieval Castle in Tuscany. The IMPERO Project.”

904 Clemens

The aim of the talk is to present the results of the archaeological excavations of the IMPERO Project (Interconnected Mobility of People and Economies along the River Ombrone) in south Tuscany. The Department of Classics is carrying out a number of excavations to understand the settlement network and the economical changes occurred between the late […]

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Feminist Research Alliance Workshop: Sharona Fredrick, “Sephardic Jewish Legends of Lilith from Spain and the Spanish Americas”

UB Gender Institute 207 UB Commons - University at Buffalo - North Campus, Buffalo, NY

Sharonah Fredrick, Clinical Assistant Professor, Romance Languages & Literatures The sexual image of Lilith, (Adam’s spurned and vampirical first wife) in the Judeo-Spanish Kabalah, and the tales of her exile from Eden, became a metaphor for the Jews and Muslims expelled from Spanish soil after 1492. Gender-wise, the Lilith legends were transformed in the New […]

Juxtapositions Lecture Series and Center for Global Film and Media: Tracy Cox-Stanton, “Videographic Criticism as Theory and Practice”

Center for the Arts, Screening Room (112) University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

Department of English University at Buffalo Juxtapositions Lecture Series and Center for Global Film and Media present: 4:00-5:30pm | Center for the Arts, Screening Room 112 Lecture: “Videographic Criticism as Theory and Practice” Prof. Tracy Cox-Stanton, Savannah College of Art and Design 5:45-6:45pm (following Tracy Cox-Stanton’s lecture) | Center for the Arts, Screening Room 112 […]

Disability Studies Research Workshop: Neil J. Diamant, “The Expansion of Veteran Benefits in the 20th Century: How, Why and Where It Happened (Or Didn’t): An International Perspective”

214 Parker - South Campus

Neil J. Diamant, Professor of Asian Law and Society at Dickinson College Friday, November 09 12:15 – 1:30 Parker 214 (UB South) Diamant is the author of Revolutionizing the Family: Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949-1968 (2000) and Embattled Glory: Veterans, Military Families and the Politics of Patriotism in China, 1949-2007 […]

Performance Research Workshop: Netta Yerushalmy, “Paramodernities”

Baldy 200G

PRW discussion session with choreographer Netta Yerushalmy, an award winning Guggenheim fellow, in residence at UB with her interdisciplinary project Paramodernities, thanks to funding Rob Falgiano (Theatre & Dance) was awarded through the National Endowment for the Arts Limited seating – contact Christian Flaugh (cflaugh@buffalo.edu) by Tuesday, November 13 About: Netta Yerushalmy is an Israeli-born […]

Modernisms Research Workshop: Justin Read, “The Face of the Moon, or How I Learned to Love the Machine in Buenos Aires”

904 Clemens

Please join us for Justin Read's triumphant return to the Modernist Research Workshop, for a work-in-progress session on a chapter titled “The Face of the Moon, or How I Learned to Love the Machine in Buenos Aires.” We will be meeting on Thursday 15 November, from 3:30--5:00, in Clemens 904, to discuss this new work, […]

New Faculty Seminar: Tanya Shilina-Conte, ‘Abbas Kiarostami’s “Lessons of Darkness”: Affect, Non-Representation, and Becoming-Imperceptible’

830 Clemens Hall University at Buffalo, Buffalo

In July 2016, when the world awoke to the news of the passing of Abbas Kiarostami, many netizens, including the filmmaker Jafar Panahi, paid tribute to the late director by replacing their avatar on social media with a black screen. This “non-image” stood as a shroud of mourning, but it also contained within itself the […]

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Buffalo LASER Talk: Simon Penny, “Embodiment, Materiality and Cognition: Reflections on art, technology and culture.”

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Announcing our premiere Buffalo LASER event: A lecture and discussion with: Simon Penny, "Embodiment, Materiality and Cognition: Reflections on art, technology and culture." With discussant: Dr. Paige Sarlin, Assistant Professor of Media Study, University at Buffalo. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY. Tuesday, Novemember 27, 7:00 PM The practices of the arts – plastic and […]