The New Faculty Seminar brown bag lunch series returns! After a hiatus due to COVID, we are excited to bring back this popular lunch time series, now in our new seminar space! The Humanities Institute invites you to join us as we learn more about the work of new humanities faculty at UB. Coffee, tea, […]
Every year, Universities and communities across the country are eager to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month: often, they do so under a culturalist lens, sharing what is perceived as typical “Latinx” food, speaking Spanish, or wearing what might amount questionable Halloween costumes. Moving beyond oversimplified celebrations of “heritage” and cultural traits, this presentation argues that heritage […]
Dr. Sara María Acevedo is an Autistic Colombian-born scholar-activist and critical educator. Her research is committed to anti-colonial, anti-racist, and anti-ableist praxis, and is informed by transnational feminism, the study of subjugated knowledges, and posthumanism, among others. She is an Assistant Professor of disability studies at Miami University, where she advances Disability Justice in the […]
Through the Baird Lecture Series, the UB Department of Music hosts regular lectures, talks, and master classes given by distinguished visiting scholars, performers, and composers throughout the academic year. All events take place in Baird Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m. The Baird Lecture Series is free and open to the public. On Thursday, October 5, […]
Join the Department of Indigenous Studies and the RENEW Institute, in person or on Zoom, for a screening of Saging the World. This short documentary was produced by Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, and the California Native Plant Society to foster awareness and inspire action for white sage. There will be a reception at 6:00pm and […]
The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!
Please join the University at Buffalo's Department of Media Study to celebrate our 50th anniversary with a FREE SCREENING of short experimental films made by legendary artists who taught at UB in the 1970s. A featured event in this year's Buffalo Int’l Film Festival, this screening will be the inaugural installment of DMS@50+ – a year-long […]
The UB Humanities Institute invites you to join for a free and open-to-the-public talk by artist Karen Finley: How do the arts and humanities respond to the Culture Wars? What are the Culture Wars? How is education under attack? How are bodies under attack? How do we stand up? What is our relationship to the pandemic? […]
The Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN) is delighted to be announcing the fall 2024 symposium on Digital Engagement with Endangered Languages & Their Communities. For the presenters and schedule, see the attached poster or below. There is no charge to attend the symposium, but we are asking everyone to register. Click here to register. Below […]
CLICK HERE to sign-up for this writing workshop. In this short creative writing workshop Finley will create prompts to reflect and process loss, grief and remembrance. Remembering those we loved and lost, reflecting with humor and poetic grace. Sometimes there is a moment of connection, correction, or to be kept at a distance, ambiguity or […]
