Humanities Institute

The connection between Jews and melancholia is a long-standing one in Western thought and culture, and is grounded in religious, medical, astrological, artistic, literary, and philosophical traditions that extend all the way to antiquity. The association begins in late Roman antiquity, when the Jewish Sabbath was identified with the worship of Saturn, the planet of […]

42nd Annual Conference of the New York African Studies Association Hosted by the University at Buffalo. Full schedule and location information forthcoming. Roundtable Discussion: Immigration, Diversity, and America’s Shifting Priorities March 31 @ 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Student Union Theater This roundtable will discuss the impact of Trump administration policies on refugees, immigrants, […]

A lecture by James Maynard, Curator UB Poetry Collection Graduate Student Symposium Open Poetry Reading: all are invited to read their favorite poem—whether of their own composition or by someone else.

This roundtable will discuss the impact of Trump administration policies on refugees, immigrants, and international students in Buffalo. Participants will include: Myron Glick, Director, Jericho Road Community Health Center Anna Ireland, Jericho Road Community Health Center​ Fidele Nlemvo Menavanza, Staff Paralegal, Center for Elder Law & Justice Ellen Dussourd, Assistant Vice Provost and Director, International […]

Please join the UB Humanities Institute for presentations by our 2016-2017 Humanities New York Public Graduate Fellows: John Marsland and Laticia McNaughton. This FREE and open to the public event will be held in downtown Buffalo's historic Market Arcade building (617 Main Street) at the Partnership for the Public Good. Light fare and refreshments will […]

Discussion of Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, as well as her other work depending on what participants have read, in an intimate setting. On Wednesday, April 5th, 4:30 - 5:30 pm (Baird 250), meet Roxane Gay!  

This is a series of events held over the course of three days. 12:30 pm, Tuesday, April 4:  “The Ecstasy of Time” (in conversation with Heidegger) 3:30 pm, Wednesday, April 5:  “Time Absent/Time Present” (discussing with Maurice Blanchot) 3:30 pm, Thursday, April 6:  “Time Being” (reading with Clarice Lispector)

$8 general, $6 students/seniors, $5 Hallwalls members. The film will be introduced at Hallwalls by Professor David R. Castillo, Director of the UB Humanities Institute, professor of Spanish language and literature, and co-author (with William Egginton) of Medialogies: Reading Reality in the Age of Inflationary Media (Bloomsbury Academic, November 17, 2016). Screening licensed by arrangement […]

Homeland: Iraq Year Zero (2015), Abbas Fahdel Screening, Part I Organized by: Center for Global Media, Department of English Location: Student Union 330 Description: In February 2002—about a year before the U.S. declared war in 2003—Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel traveled home from France to capture everyday life as his country prepared for war. He zeroed […]