Humanities Institute

The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art) ​series kicks off their season with a screening of Visiting Professor Juan Carlos Zaldívar's award-winning documentary film 90 MILES (2001). Zaldívar will join us for Q and A after the screening. In 90 MILES (2001), Cuban-American filmmaker Juan Carlos Zaldívar, recounts the strange twist […]

The Poetics Program and the English Department warmly welcome Professor Tyrone Williams, the David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters. All are welcome to attend a poetry reading by Professor Williams on Friday, February 10 at 7:30 at the Western New York Book Arts Center (468 Washington Street). Reception to follow.

The Department of Media Study's PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ presents a live and in-person presentation by Anna Scime, artist and filmmaker (UB MFA Alum). Anna Scime is an internationally exhibited media artist, who experiments with and explores ecological systems, structures, and exchanges. Her work operates at the intersection of art, technology, […]

In recognition of February being Black History Month the UB Department of Indigenous Studies invites you to a talk in Indigenous Studies. The framing and institutionalization of education for Black and Indigenous peoples has been tied to the assertions that contact with the white race, enslavement, and the settlement of Native lands are in and […]

The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ will host a presentation by Dr. Elia Vargas, Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Study. Dr. Elia Vargas is an artist and a scholar working across multiple mediums, ranging from video and sound to writing and performance, focused on naturecultural media practices. His […]

This workshop, hosted by the Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN), will provide an overview of ArcGIS Storymaps, a cloud based tool which combines GIS maps with text, photos, and sometimes video to present a topic in an interactive way. Participants will be taken through the steps of Storymap planning in order to help them […]

In honor of Black History Month, the UB Libraries will present a screening of Killer of Sheep, a film by legendary black filmmaker Charles Burnett. Dr. Donte McFadden, Director of the UB Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, will present opening remarks. About Killer of Sheep Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts […]

Please join the Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ in the cinema space at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center for a screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag (40 min, 2021). This event is free and accessible to all. About One Big Bag A millennial death doula […]

The Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, And Screenings in Media Art)​ welcomes Every Ocean Hughes. This hybrid presentation follows a free screening of Every Ocean Hughes's film One Big Bag on Friday, February 24 at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Every Ocean Hughes, a.k.a. Emily Roysdon, is a transdisciplinary artist and writer. Every’s […]

The Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN) welcomes Derek Strykowski. Strykowski (Clinical Assistant Professor, Music) will present on his visual guide project and his experience learning R! First launched in 2020, A Visual Guide to Some Nineteenth-Century Composers and Their Publishers (https://dstrykowski.shinyapps.io/visualguide/) is an R-based data visualization project that illustrates the publishing activities of (at […]