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Environmental Humanities Research Workshop Lecture: Kellie Robertson, “Reading the Moon’s Spots: A Genealogy of Lunar Humanities”

306 Clemens Hall

Lecture: Kellie Robertson (University of Maryland, College Park, English): “Reading the Moon’s Spots: A Genealogy of Lunar Humanities” Biography: Kellie Robertson writes about medieval literature and culture; her research and teaching are premised on the idea that a return to this earlier intellectual history can help us to better understand our own modern desires and […]

2018 HI Conference: BUFFALO: Transatlantic Crossroads of a Critical Insurrection

Buffalo Marriot Niagara 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst, NY, United States

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 10: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER VIEW THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM OVERVIEW 2018 Humanities Institute Conference co-organized by the Melodia E. Jones Chair in French In 2018, all over the world, French and Francophone scholars are celebrating the official 50th anniversary of the “May 68 Events,” a student and popular uprising that marked […]

Political Economy and Culture Research Workshop: Jonathan Beller, “The Message is Murder: Informatic Labor in the Age of Computational Capital”

1032 Clemens Hall

Political Economy and Culture Research Workshop: Jonathan Beller, "The Message is Murder: Informatic Labor in the Age of Computational Capital," October 23 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm in 1032 Clemens​ Jonathan Beller (Pratt Institute) will join us to present on his most recent book The Message is Murder: Substrates of Computational Capital (Pluto Press […]

Gender Institute: Kate Manne Lecture, “Reflections on Misogyny and Himpathy”

120 Clemens Hall

Registration is requested: http://bit.ly/UBMisogynyLectures Kate Manne is an Assistant professor of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University, where she has been teaching since 2013. Before that, she was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2011 to 2013. She did her graduate work in philosophy at MIT from 2006 to 2011, with […]

Talk and Performance: Moderata Fonte’s, “The Worth of Women”

Student Union Theater

4:00 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 Clemens

Anne 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 Hall

Save 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 […]