Illustration from Brothers of the Gun by Molly Crabapple, courtesy of the artist Through her illustrated journalism, painting, and collaborations with cultural/political influencers such as Jay Z, Matt Taibbi, and Spike Jonze, Molly Crabapple tackles the injustices of our time with an arsenal of weapons comprised of pens, brushes, and words. Her work has taken […]
LOCATION CHANGE: new location is 904 Clemens This talk presents initial findings from an ongoing project on postcolonial planning and land tenure dilemmas in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The work interrogates how plural legal land systems support or constrain practices used to declare areas of value, zones of exception, and property ownership for development purposes. Discussing […]
At this brown-bag lunch in the library series, "Digital Dialogues," we will hear from Melanie Sage, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work, who will speak about her work on the perception, application, and best practices of technology and social media in the child welfare setting. Library postdoctoral fellows Heidi Dodson and Rachel Starry […]
The Early Modern Research Workshop presents: Howard G. Brown, Binghamton University (SUNY) 2:00-3:00pm | Park 545: Conversation with Graduate Students 3:30-5:00pm | Park 280: “Mass Violence and New Media: Psychological Responses in France, 1550-1880” Abstract: New visual and textual media, ranging from pamphlets and woodblock prints in the sixteenth century to illustrated newspapers and collodion […]
Paul Vanouse (UB-Art Department) will join us for a discussion about his new bio-media artwork, Labor, at the Burchfield Penny Art Gallery on Thursday, March 28, 5-6PM. Labor is a dynamic, self-regulating art installation that re-creates the scent of people exerting themselves under stressful conditions. There are, however, no people involved in making the smell […]
Charles L. Davis, II, Assistant Professor of Architecture and OVPRED/HI Public Humanities Faculty Fellow This presentation examines the racial politics of space that were manifest by Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of a Prairie Style architecture. While the American prairie was spatially defined by the wide-open spaces that inspired the horizontal massing and flowing interior spaces […]
This talk explores James A. Michener’s journalism and fiction on the Korean War. Unlike the Vietnam War, the Korean War lacks representations that mark its place in American cultural memory. Using Michener’s “Forgotten Heroes of Korea” and The Bridges at Toko-ri (1953) as a case study of the forgotten war’s representation that was widely circulated […]
The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance presents The Tragedy of William Freeman: A Story of Convict Labor, Mass Murder, and Slavery in the North Robin Bernstein, Dillon Professor of American History and Professor of African American Studies and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University Generously supported by the Department […]
A One-Day Symposium CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Organized by: Laura Chiesa for the UB Humanities Institute’s Modernisms Research Workshop (co-coordinator Damien Keane), part of the Humanities Institute’s Humanities to the Rescue programming for 2018-19, which also includes “An Evening with Molly Crabapple” on Friday, March 8, 2019 The Humanities Institute’s Modernisms Research Workshop will participate […]
Paige Sarlin (Assistant Professor, UB-Department of Media Study) will workshop a chapter entitled "An Unassuming Form: Mayhew and the Early Work of the Interview." This is the first chapter of her book manuscript, Interview Work: A Genealogy of a Media Form. Book Synopsis: A contribution to documentary studies as well as cultural and media studies […]
