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Performance and Early Modern Research Workshops: “Sweet up-locked treasure” (Shakespeare, Sonnet 52) Opening the Resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library

904 Clemens

The resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. are unparalleled not only in many of the fields of early modern study, but also in the field of performance studies. In this work-in-progress/workshop session, UB Associate Professor Barbara Bono of the Departments of English and of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, and UB Associate […]

Film Screening: “The Sun Island” with director Thomas Elsaesser

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

The Sun Island is an essay film about coincidences, shattered lives and posthumous fame. A found footage family film about love and passion, friendship and heartbreak set in Frankfurt and Berlin between the wars (1927-1935), during WWII and into the present. It includes the history of the Frankfurt Großmarkhalle (Central Market)– a landmark building of […]

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Science Studies Research Workshop: Barbara Heifferon, “Ministers vs. Doctors: Rhetoric of the First American Smallpox Inoculation”

545 Park Hall

Announcing a Lecture by Professor Emerita Barbara Heifferon  (English, Louisiana State University) “Ministers vs. Doctors: Rhetoric of the First American Smallpox Inoculation” My research is a rhetorical analysis of the controversy that followed these first inoculations in 1721-22 in which I examine the arguments for and against the practice. Previous research found one or two […]

Haudenosaunee/Native American Studies Research Workshop: Improving Indigenous Student Inclusion in Higher Education with Dr. Shelly Lowe and Dr. Stephanie Waterman

10 Capen Hall

Please join us for a public presentation and discussion on Improving Indigenous Student Inclusion in Higher Education. Internationally recognized Indigenous experts, Dr. Shelly Lowe and Dr. Stephanie Waterman will share their research and insights on ways we can advance much needed improvements in supporting Indigenous Inclusion at UB. When: Friday, February 22, 10am-11:30am Where: 10 […]

Humanities Night at Torn Space Theater: “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”

Torn Space 612 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo

      The UB Humanities Institute invites you to join for Humanities Night at Torn Space Theater with a special pre-show interview/discussion with Dan Shanahan by UB Assistant Professor Ariel Nereson (Theatre & Dance). The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Written by John Cassavetes | Directed by Dan Shanahan Original Stage Adaptation by Torn […]

$20

Modernisms Research Workshop: Reading Session, Tom McEnaney readings from “Acoustic Properties: Radio, Narrative, and the New Neighborhood of the Americas”

904 Clemens

Our next will be another reading and discussion session, we look forward to and prepare for the upcoming visit of Tom McEnaney (Comparative Literature, Berkeley), this semester’s invited speaker, who will be here on Tuesday 5 March. More details to follow, but please mark down the date. For this next session, we will be reading […]

Digital Dialogues featuring Jeff Good (Linguistics) and Nikolaus Wasmoen (English)

6 Norton Hall

Save the date! The Digital Dialogues series highlights ongoing digital scholarship across campus by faculty, staff, and students, bridging the disciplines to spark conversations on creating and using digital tools in higher education, both in and outside of the classroom. The series is hosted by the UB Libraries and organized by Heidi Dodson and Rachel […]

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Scholars@Hallwalls: Adam Rome, “Partly Green: The Past and Future of Sustainable Business”

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

Adam Rome, Professor of History and HI Faculty Fellow Can capitalism become green without fundamental changes in the rules of the marketplace? The last 30 years has been a revealing test of the limits of corporate sustainability initiatives. In the United States, no major environmental legislation has passed since 1990, yet many businesses have worked […]

Modernisms Research Workshop: Tom McEnaney, “Lordy I Hope There are Tapes: Sound and Literature from the Cuban Revolution to Pop Art”

904 Clemens

Tom McEnaney (Comparative Literature, UC-Berkeley) “Lordy I Hope There are Tapes: Sound and Literature from the Cuban Revolution to Pop Art” Tom McEnaney works on the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S. literature, sound studies, linguistic anthropology, computational (digital) humanities and new media studies. He has contributed articles to Cultural Critique, La Habana Elegante, Representations, Revista […]

Department of Music, Guest Lecture Series: Tamara Levitz, “”Comparative Musicology, Comparative Literature: The Racial Foundations of Comparison”

211 Baird Hall, Department of Music

Professor Tamara Levitz, Department of Comparative Literature and Musicology, UCLA "Comparative Musicology, Comparative Literature: The Racial Foundations of Comparison." Tamara Levitz is a Professor in the Departments of Comparative Literature and Musicology at UCLA in Los Angeles. Her work takes place at the cutting edge of disciplinary critique and projects of academic decolonization in the […]

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