Just Theory Lecture Series: Elaine P. Miller, “Kristeva on the Severed Head and other Maternal ‘Capital Visions'”
640 Clemens HallElaine P. Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Miami University
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Environmental Humanities Research Workshop: Reading Group, Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate
436 ClemensEcocritical Theory Reading Group Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate. 2015. Trans. Jane Billinghurst. Vancouver: Greystone, 2016.
New Faculty Seminar: Yan Liu, “Transforming Poisons in Medieval Chinese Pharmacy”
830 Clemens Hall University at Buffalo, BuffaloJoin the UB Humanities Institute for a brown bag lunch session with Yan Liu (History). Coffee and cookies will be served. A salient feature of classical Chinese pharmacy is its abundant use of toxic substances (aconite, arsenic, etc.). How could poisons become medicines? Professor Liu’s talk addresses this question by exploring the rich repertory of […]
Modernisms Research Workshop: Christopher Bush, “Minimal Totalization: The Haiku as Modernist Form”
306 Clemens HallChristopher Bush (Northwestern University) “Minimal Totalization: The Haiku as Modernist Form” Christopher Bush (Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, UCLA) is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literary Studies at Northwestern University. His research and teaching focus on transnational and interdisciplinary approaches to literary modernisms, especially the interactions between Euro-American and East Asian aesthetic theory, avant-gardes, and […]
Reclaiming Our Ancestors: Where I Am From: Creative Writing Workshop
Main Street Gallery 515 Main St, Buffalo, NY, United StatesThe City of Buffalo exemplifies the polarized conditions and threats from the legacies of slavery and oppression that characterize the United States as a whole, but many people here strive daily to create justice, beauty, and equality. Buffalo people are bringing about a just transition towards a beautiful future for our city, and we invite […]
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Science Studies Research Workshop: Faculty Seminar: Professor Stephanie Rothenberg, “Trading Systems: Bi-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene”
306 Clemens HallProfessor Stephanie Rothenberg (Department of Art), “Trading Systems: Bi-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene”
Science Studies Research Workshop: Faculty Seminar with Stephanie Rothenberg, “Trading Systems: Bi-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene”
306 Clemens HallStephanie will present recent work exploring robotic gardens and a new project in progress called “Trading Systems: Bio-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene.” The new project explores the overlapping trajectories between economics and the sciences, specifically biology. It questions how these intersections between social systems and non-human ecologies are situated within our current anthropogenic, socio-political […]
City and Society Research Workshop: Julilly Kohler-Hausmann
Baldy Conference Center (509 O'Brian Hall)Julilly Kohler-Hausmann Assistant Professor of History, Cornell University Professor Kohler-Hausmann is the author of the book “Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America”. Her talk will be on the intersections between welfare and criminal justice policies, in particular how intensifications of punitive practices in the carceral system were rhetorically and operationally coordinated with the […]
Performance Research Workshop: WIP with Lindsay Brandon Hunter, “Transient Witness: Livestreaming the Real”
904 ClemensThis spring PRW is presenting a Works-in-Progress Series featuring three UB faculty. First up is Dr. Lindsay Brandon Hunter of Theatre & Dance, who will share her work in a talk titled, “Transient Witness: Livestreaming the Real.” Lindsay Brandon Hunter is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University at Buffalo. Her research investigates the confluence […]
POSTPONED: Disability Studies Research Workshop: Eunjung Kim, “Curative Violence: How to Inhabit the Time Machine with Disability”
120 Clemens HallNew date to be determined. Eunjung Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and the Disability Studies Program, Syracuse University Presenting from her recently published book, Kim will examine a direct link between cure and violence that appears in the representations of disability and Cold War imperialism in South Korea. She also explores […]
