Humanities Institute

Dr. Robert Caldwell is offering an Afro-Indigeneity Guest Speaker Series on select Mondays throughout the Fall 2023 semester. Scierra LeGarde is a member of the Bayou Lacombe Band of Choctaw located in St.Tammany Parish, Louisiana and is a resident of Bvlbancha, commonly known as New Orleans. In her spare time, she volunteers at schools, museums […]

The Department of Art regularly invites artists, critics, historians and designers to participate in the Visiting Artist Speaker Series, classroom lectures and critiques. The Speaker Series happens every fall semester and is free to the public. Kenny Schachter has been curating contemporary art shows in museums and galleries while teaching art history and economics for […]

Every year, Universities and communities across the country are eager to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month: often, they do so under a culturalist lens, sharing what is perceived as typical “Latinx” food, speaking Spanish, or wearing what might amount questionable Halloween costumes. Moving beyond oversimplified celebrations of “heritage” and cultural traits, this presentation argues that heritage […]

Dr. Sara María Acevedo is an Autistic Colombian-born scholar-activist and critical educator. Her research is committed to anti-colonial, anti-racist, and anti-ableist praxis, and is informed by transnational feminism, the study of subjugated knowledges, and posthumanism, among others. She is an Assistant Professor of disability studies at Miami University, where she advances Disability Justice in the […]

Through the Baird Lecture Series, the UB Department of Music hosts regular lectures, talks, and master classes given by distinguished visiting scholars, performers, and composers throughout the academic year. All events take place in Baird Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m. The Baird Lecture Series is free and open to the public. On Thursday, October 5, […]

Join the Department of Indigenous Studies and the RENEW Institute, in person or on Zoom, for a screening of Saging the World. This short documentary was produced by Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, and the California Native Plant Society to foster awareness and inspire action for white sage. There will be a reception at 6:00pm and […]

The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!

Please join the University at Buffalo's Department of Media Study to celebrate our 50th anniversary with a FREE SCREENING of short experimental films made by legendary artists who taught at UB in the 1970s. A featured event in this year's Buffalo Int’l Film Festival, this screening will be the inaugural installment of DMS@50+ – a year-long […]

The Digital Scholarship Studio and Network (DSSN) is delighted to be announcing the fall 2024 symposium on Digital Engagement with Endangered Languages & Their Communities. For the presenters and schedule, see the attached poster or below. There is no charge to attend the symposium, but we are asking everyone to register. Click here to register. Below […]

The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!

The Department of Art regularly invites artists, critics, historians and designers to participate in the Visiting Artist Speaker Series, classroom lectures and critiques. The Speaker Series happens every fall semester and is free to the public. Aaron is a multi-disciplinary artist, Associate Professor and Kenneth E. Tyler Endowed Chair at the Herron School of Art […]

Please join us in Lippes Concert Hall for the return visit of conductor/composer Christian Baldini, who will lead the Slee Sinfonietta in a program honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with works by composers from throughout the Americas. The evening’s program is titled “Pan-Americana,” drawing a reference to the Pan-American Association of Composers (1928-34) and paying tribute […]

This workshop will explore how faculty can prepare to seek internal and external support for digital scholarship research projects, as well as some of the resources and forms of assistance available to them to get started. The first part of the workshop will examine some example digital scholarship grant programs, ranging from simple pilot grants […]

Through the Baird Lecture Series, the UB Department of Music hosts regular lectures, talks, and master classes given by distinguished visiting scholars, performers, and composers throughout the academic year. All events take place in Baird Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m. The Baird Lecture Series is free and open to the public. On Thursday, October 19, […]

Attention Graduate Students! REGISTER TO ATTEND Join Libby Otto, Director of the Humanities Institute (HI), on Friday October 20th from 12:00-1:30pm in 1032 Clemens  the Humanities Institute’s seminar room (Clemens 218) or via Zoom (see meeting ID below) for a new fellowship and grant workshop designed for graduate students seeking humanities-based opportunities. She will discuss […]

The Department of Anthropology in collaboration with the Department of Africana and American Studies presents an artist talk by Dr. Fileve Tlaloc Palmer. Dr. Fileve Tlaloc Palmer (she, her, hers) journeys into the plasticity of human identity which constantly evolves through time and space. As a binational and multiracial person, issues of the malleability and […]

The Department of Art regularly invites artists, critics, historians and designers to participate in the Visiting Artist Speaker Series, classroom lectures and critiques. The Speaker Series happens every fall semester and is free to the public. Tania Duvergne is the Director of Public Art for Public Schools at the NYC School Construction Authority. Public Art […]

The Department of Anthropology Lecture Series begins this semester with a talk by Dr. Candace Lukasik, Mississippi State University and visiting Research Assistant Professor at UB. This is a public talk and all are invited to attend. "Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Transnational Politics of Persecution" Shuttling back and forth across sites of […]

Please join us for the first Amatryx game night of this year! We have special guest Josh Flaccavento running a one shot session of Bleak Horizons Press’ tabletop roleplaying game ALL MUST BOW, including a short feedback and Q&A session. Snacks, soda, and water will be provided. The event will be streamed to the Amatryx […]

The UB English Departments Exhibit X Fiction series presents Jenny Offill. Jenny Offill is the author of the novels Last Things (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award); Dept. of Speculation, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Pen-Faulkner Award, and the International Dublin Literary Award; and Weather, a New York […]

Get your interdisciplinarity on with our Mid-Semester Mixer at the University Club! Click here to RSVP The UB Humanities Institute invites colleagues from across the University to join for a celebration of the "semester solstice." This is an opportunity to get un-siloed and connect with faculty across disciplines in a congenial setting. We kindly ask […]

The directors of the Humanities Institute and the Gender Institute invite faculty to join us in the Humanities Institute’s new seminar space on select Friday afternoons (3pm-5pm) for group writing sessions. Coffee, tea, and quiet headspace will be available at these drop-in sessions. Click here to join via Zoom!

The Department of Africana and American Studies invites you to a screening of the documentary Zurbano, Racial Consciousness. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Robert Zurbano, Janaina Oliveira, and Donte McFadden. Light refreshments will be served. ROBERTO ZURBANO is a prominent cultural critic and literary scholar who has been an activist and a […]

The Department of Art regularly invites artists, critics, historians and designers to participate in the Visiting Artist Speaker Series, classroom lectures and critiques. The Speaker Series happens every fall semester and is free to the public. Daisy Patton is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Los Angeles, CA to a white mother from the American South and […]