Buffalo Humanities Festival: Hauntings

What is the Buffalo Humanities Festival? An annual celebration of ideas, art, and activities featuring talks and panel discussions by scholars, artists, and community activists designed to provoke thought, spur new encounters, and introduce you to new friends in our city. Join us for Hauntings.

History, literature, and art are full of figures and stories that, for a variety of reasons, have not made it into mainstream conversations. Haunting is a term scholars use to illuminate historical material that is repressed, unresolved, or simply forgotten, but which is still lurking at the margins, waiting to be acknowledged and made present. What happens when we make the margins the center and open the door to new stories and histories?

Friday, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. | Asbury Hall at Babeville | An Evening with Percival Everett

• Free and open to the public
• Doors open 6:30 p.m.
• Join us for a talk by acclaimed author of James, Percival Everett followed by discussion and Q+A moderated by Nicole M. Morris Johnson (Dept. of English, University at Buffalo)
• Post-talk book signing
• Books available for purchase courtesy of Talking Leaves Books

Saturday, Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Branch | Festival Day

• Free and open to the public
• Registration/check-in begins at 9:00 a.m.
• Join us for a full day of talks, panels, and readings featuring local scholars and authors, including: Meredith Conti, Eric Gansworth, Ana Grujic, Adrienne Hill, Mark Hodin, Lindsay Brandon Hunter, Laura Kremmel, Yan Liu, Fortunato Pezzimenti, Tom Reigstad, and Miriam Thaggert.

Visit buffalohumanities.org for details.

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