Marla Segol, Associate Prof. of Jewish Studies, will present “Sacred Sexuality in North America: Roots and Shoots,” a chapter in progress from her book project.
Richard Cohen Capitalism is not merely an economic system but represents also a devaluation of all values, with money, a means, serving as the only "value." As such capitalism destroys all alternative value, undermining the dignity and solidarity of persons. In view of such capitalist nihilism, fascism promises to restore lost values, but in fact […]
We'll ask for your feedback on the year's events, what you're interested in PRW doing for 18-19, and decide on PRW's Book Club selection for fall 2018. Who knows, there may even be treats...please join us!
Elaine P. Miller, Professor of Philosophy, Miami University
Ecocritical Theory Reading Group Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate. 2015. Trans. Jane Billinghurst. Vancouver: Greystone, 2016.
Join 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 […]
Christopher 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 […]
The 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 […]
Professor Stephanie Rothenberg (Department of Art), “Trading Systems: Bi-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene”
Stephanie 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 […]
