Just Theory Lecture Series: Charles Bambach, “The Hermeneutics of Remembrance: A Reading of Hoelderlin’s ‘Andenken'”
640 Clemens HallCharles Bambach, University of Dallas. Free and open to the public.
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Talk and Performance: Moderata Fonte’s, “The Worth of Women”
Student Union Theater4:00 PM | Introductory Presentation, “Performing Feminism in Renaissance Venice” Sarah G. Ross | Professor and Chair, History Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 5:00 PM | Performance Seven women debate gender equality, the true worth of women and the responsibility of husbands, fathers, sons and lovers. From a 1600 book written by a Venetian […]
Queer Studies Research Workshop: Work-in-Progress talk by Anne Marie Butler, “The Matter of the Body: Queer Considerations of Contemporary Tunisian Women’s Art”
1030 ClemensAnne Marie Butler, Ph.D. candidate in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, "The Matter of the Body: Queer Considerations of Contemporary Tunisian Women's Art" Abstract: This talk analyses contemporary artworks by four living Tunisian women artists, arguing that the artworks challenge the Tunisian state’s reliance upon nuclear family structure, typical gender roles, and heteropatriarchy as methods […]
Haudenosaunee-Native American Studies Research Workshop: 7th Annual Haudenosaunee Symposium
120 Clemens HallSave the Date/Call for Presentations The 7th Annual Haudenosaunee Research Symposium featuring the great work of UB faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, alum, and affiliates will be held from 9am-3pm on Nov 2 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus. C’mon down and join us for engaging presentations and Lloyd’s Tacos. The Haudenosaunee-Native American Studies Research […]
Early Modern Research Workshop: Work-in-Progress with David Castillo, “Not Your Father’s Classroom! Looking Back at the Spanish Golden Age Through the Lens of the #Metoo Movement.”
830 Clemens Hall University at Buffalo, BuffaloUB Humanities Institute Director David Castillo will give a work-in-progress talk on “Not Your Father’s Classroom! Looking Back at the Spanish Golden Age Through the Lens of the #Metoo Movement.”
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Scholars@Hallwalls: Joseph Valente, “Better Now? Recovery Anxiety in the Writing of Autism”
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesAutistic narratives unfold under the dueling pressures of diagnostic and literary expectation. The diagnostic expectation holds autism to be a life-long proposition: either a permanent disorder that may be ameliorated but never dissipated or a distinctive mode of being that should never be dissipated but must be accommodated. The literary expectation—set by the mass audience […]
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1st Annual Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia: Origins of the Contemporary
Capen 107 (Inside the Silverman Library) University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United StatesREGISTER NOW Please join fellow scholars and faculty for the first annual Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia at the University at Buffalo. The conference will feature a keynote lecture by Sujatha Gidla, acclaimed author of Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017). We will […]
Humanities New York Public Humanities Fellowship Project: A Walking Tour with Annette Daniels Taylor, “Heritage Walk: Buffalo’s Underground Railroad”
Just Buffalo Literary Center 468 Washington St, Buffalo, NY, United StatesBe inspired by history. Participants will embark on a walking tour focusing on Buffalo’s Underground Railroad stories, listening to dramatic accounts based on history as inspiration to write their own personal & family stories. Annette Daniels Taylor is an award-winning playwright, poet, and artist filmmaker. Her debut YA novel, Dreams on Fire, a Junior Library […]
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Ecocritical Theory Reading Group—Robert S. Emmett and David E. Nye, The Environmental Humanities: A Critical Introduction
538 ClemensEcocritical Theory Reading Group—Robert S. Emmett and David E. Nye, The Environmental Humanities: A Critical Introduction (MIT Press, 2017)
Science Studies Research Workshop: Jonathan Reichert, “The Detection of Gravitational Waves, Revolutionizing our View of The Universe”
280 Park HallJonathan 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 […]
