Just Theory Lecture Series
The Just Theory Lectures Series is an annual series of presentations hosted by and held within the Comparative Literature Department. These lectures bring some of the most well-known and influential thinkers working in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy to the department to present new research. These lectures are free and open to the public and bring together students and scholars from the larger UB community.
September 18
Lauren Goodlad, Rutgers University
708 Clemens Hall | 4 p.m.
Lecture: "We Have Always Been Action Theorists: Toward an Interdisciplinary Theory of Language for the Age of Generative AI"
September 19
Lauren Goodlad, Rutgers University
708 Clemens Hall | 3 p.m.
Workshop: “Teaching Critical AI Literacies”
October 3
Book Seminar
708 Clemens Hall | 4 p.m.
- Discussion of "Hunting for Justice: The Cosmology of Dike in Aeschylus’s Oresteia" by Kalliopi Nikolopoulou
- Respondents: Jason Winfree (California State University at Stanislaus) and Marina McCoy (Boston College)
October 27
Trans Studies Symposium
708 Clemens Hall | 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
"Trans Ethics, Affirmation, and Care"
October 30
Lecture: "Memories of Violence: Argentina, Chile, Guatemala"
708 Clemens Hall
- Enrique Díaz Alvarez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
- Milena Grass (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
November 6
Jorge Gracia Seminar
708 Clemens Hall | 4 p.m.
Joy James, Williams College
"The Captive Maternal: Anti-Fascists in Search of the Beloved”
November 8
Jorge Gracia Seminar
708 Clemens Hall | TBD
Joy James, Williams College
“Confronting Counterinsurgencies: Cop Cities and Democracy’s Terrors”