You are cordially invited to join the UB Humanities Institute for a celebration of recent publications by HI Faculty Fellows. David Alff (Department of English, 2014-15 HI Fellow), Wreckage of Intentions: Projects in British Culture, 1660-1730 Jaume Franquesa (Department of Anthropology, 2016-17 HI Fellow), Power Struggles: Dignity, Value, and the Renewable Energy Frontier in Spain […]
The Curating Place Symposium considers contemporary approaches to curating in three distinct situations, the European and state funded art institution, the American non-profit museum, and the University museum. The discussion will include three curators that work in such institutions who will discuss their goals and challenges within these particular spaces. Considering how exhibitions are influenced […]
The Cass Project in partnership with the University at Buffalo Arts Management Department is excited to announce the first speaker in a new public lecture series, Umberto Crenca. Bert is an internationally known arts and cultural leader, whom founded AS220 in Providence, RI, which played a pivotal role in the revitalization of downtown. In 2016, […]
Rescheduled from April 5. Free and open to the public. "On Being a Public Artist with AIDS in 1980s America :Scott Burton, Sculpture, and Conformational Masking" One of the most prominent sculptors of the 1980s, Scott Burton’s (1939-1989) functional, participatory works were welcomed into public spaces and museum collections during the decade. These sculptures were […]
In recent years, China has been playing increasingly active roles in Africa. The Chinese claim that they are dedicated to the economic development and social welfare of the countries where they are working, but some critics assert that they are behaving very much in the manner of Europeans and Americans, who too often have exploited […]
The Alison L. Des Forges Memorial Committee invites you to an International Symposium: China in Africa: Global Perspectives
A master class/seminar will be held with David Getsy. There is a set of readings to be read in advance of the workshop (all short). Please use the following links to access the readings or download a PDF of the David Getsy Seminar Readings (warning: this is a 10.5 MB file): Required Readings Excerpts Preface […]
“Brothers’ Keepers: Notes from a Black Dance Dramaturg” Nadine George-Graves (UC San Diego) Brother(hood) Dance! is an interdisciplinary duo that seeks to inform its audiences on the socio-political and environmental injustices from a global perspective, bringing clarity to the same-gender-loving African-American experience in the 21st century. Brother(hood) Dance! was formed in April 2014 as a […]
The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis & Culture, in partnership with the Creative Arts Initiative & the University at Buffalo Art Galleries, presents: BRACHA L. ETTINGER MEMORY’S WOUND IS A SPACE WITH-IN. DEPTHSPACE AND CARRIANCE BEYOND ABSTRACTION VERSUS EMPATHY. A THREE-PART SEMINAR Thursday, April 26 Thursday, May 3 Thursday, May 10 2:00 - 5:00 […]
Matters of Currency Buffalo, New York 27–28 April 2018 Click here to register. We are excited to announce a 2-day symposium MATTERS OF CURRENCY we are organizing in conjunction with the Institute of Network Cultures MoneyLab project in Amsterdam (http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/) around money and its relationship to power, resistance and alternative strategies. The symposium will touch […]
