CBC and BET+ co-producing a new TV series inspired by Cecil Foster’s 2019 acclaimed groundbreaking book, “They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada.”
Elizabeth Otto’s “Haunted Bauhaus” has won the Northeast Popular & American Culture Association’s 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book Prize, awarded annually for innovative scholarship in the fields of American and popular culture.
Based in the Department of Media Study, the lab utilizes a feminist and queer-centered approach as part of an interdisciplinary mission of political engagement and social justice through instruction, poetry and gaming.
A virtual panel discussion on Sept. 24 will celebrate Mary Burnett Talbert, a Buffalo resident who was famous in her time for her tireless work in advancing human rights.
Historian Lillian S. Williams’ research on Talbert — an early 20th century civil rights reformer, suffragist and human rights advocate — has spanned over four decades and two continents.
UB will host the James Joyce Collection Virtual Bloomsday Celebration on June 16 to honor the famed writer’s landmark book “Ulysses.” The celebration will feature readings from leaders, authors and scholars across globe.