Early Modern Research Workshop: Jonathan Davies, “Violence in Early Modern Europe: Questions and Debates”
280 Park HallJonathan Davies, University of Warwick (UK), "Violence in Early Modern Europe: Questions and Debates"
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DifCon: Wakanda Forever: Can Art Save Us?
Student Union, 210Spring 2018: DifCon (Difficult Conversations About Current Issues) Considering the phenomenal success of Black Panther, and the hope and inspiration it has fostered among many people, we ask: Is art on the side of the oppressed, as South African Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer claimed? Or is it on the side of the oppressor, as Hollywood’s […]
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Performance Research Workshop: WIP with Margarita Vargas, “Hermeneutics and Poetics of Violence in the Plays of Bárbara Colio”
904 ClemensMargarita Vargas (RLL): “Hermeneutics and Poetics of Violence in the Plays of Bárbara Colio”
Dept of Music: Judith Peraino, “I’ll Be Your Mixtape: Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, and the Queer Intimacies of Cassettes”
Music Library, Baird Hall, First/Ground FloorJudith Peraino will be giving a talk entitled “I’ll Be Your Mixtape: Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, and the Queer Intimacies of Cassettes.” This paper discusses a tape found in the Andy Warhol Museum Archives of uniquely compiled and never-released songs by Lou Reed, and the circumstances of its making that illuminate the affective affordances of […]
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RESCHEDULED: Scholars@Hallwalls: James Beebe, “Healthy Skepticism vs. Denialism: How to Tell the Difference”
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United StatesJames Beebe In “Healthy Skepticism vs. Denialism: How to Tell the Difference,” Philosophy professor James Beebe will draw upon insights from skeptical traditions in both the ancient and the modern worlds in an effort to understand what distinguishes healthy, constructive doubt from crude denialism. He will consider the role that humanistic disciplines can play in […]
Making Money Research Workshop: reading group, “The Nature of Money” by Geoffrey Ingham
171 Linwood Ave 171 Linwood Ave, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThis is a reminder that this Friday will be our next Making Money meeting. Like last time, we’ll meet at 1pm–3pm at Chris Lee’s apartment at 171 Linwood Ave, Apt. 5G (please call or text 716.559.5405 upon arrival, I have to come down and get you!). For this meeting Jim Swan (UB English Professor Emeritus) […]
Global Gender and Sexuality Studies: Gallery tour of “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85”
Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThe UB department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies invites you to a free gallery tour at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery guided by its curators, of the current exhibition "We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85." RSVP: kkulicka@buffalo.edu
Just Theory Lecture Series: Francesco Vitale, “On Bio-deconstruction: Derrida and the Life Sciences”
640 Clemens HallJust Theory Lecture Series Francesco Vitale, University of Salerno, Italy “On Bio-deconstruction: Derrida and the Life Sciences”
Early Modern Research Workshop: Sharonah Fredrick, “Regicides and Inca Kings – Spanish Anti-Colonial Criticism”
904 ClemensA work-in-progress session with Prof. Sharonah Fredrick (UB RLL), “Regicides and Inca Kings – Spanish Anti-Colonial Criticism”
Madwomen at the Movies: Free Film Screening of “Gaslight”
The Screening Room 880 Alberta Dr, Buffalo, NY, United StatesMadwomen in the Attic (MITA), a grassroots feminist mental health literacy and advocacy organization, would like to invite members of the WNY community to a screening of George Cukor's 1944 film GASLIGHT, based on the 1938 play GAS LIGHT by Patrick Hamilton and starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Angela Lansbury. The screening, held at […]
