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UMIH Newsletter - February 27th 2023 - Friday, March 3rd - Rosaria Moretti, (York U) presents Cultivating Identity: Italian-Canadian Subsistence Gardens in Toronto, 1960-2000
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

Dear friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week. We hope folks enjoyed a restful break Announcements: In anticipation of Eternity Martis's Knight Lecture on the 9th of March, the UMIH will host a book club on her memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun. The discussion will be facilitated by Nampande Londe and Bonique Dawiskiba-Clark. The meeting will hold on Monday, March 6th from 2:30 to 4:00 PM CT at 409 Tier building. FREE copies of the book are available for students, staff, and community members. BIPOC prioritized. Books can be picked up at 407 on Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30-4:30 PM. Please address queries to : joo(a)cc.umanitoba.ca<mailto:joo@cc.umanitoba.ca> Upcoming events: The Food Matters Research Cluster Presents: Cultivating Identity: Italian-Canadian Subsistence Gardens in Toronto, 1960-2000 by Rosaria Moretti, (York University) Friday, March 3rd from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM In person at 409 Tier Buidling Rosaria Moretti, York University Subsistence gardening has become popular in many urban and suburban homes. While gardening supplies, exotic seeds, and plants flood today’s markets, such luxuries were unheard of half a century ago. For many Italian Canadian immigrants in Toronto in the 1960s, gardening was a way to connect to their new habitat via the memories of the land they had left behind. The garden served as an inexpensive way to acquire fresh produce that was preserved and enjoyed throughout many harsh and lean Canadian winters. Italian Canadian gardeners found innovative and frugal ways to create gardens which became an extension of the kitchen and served as an additional gathering space. Through oral interviews with subsistence gardeners and photographs by Vincenzo Pietropaolo, this talk will show the many ways Italian Canadians were cultivating identity in their gardens. Please see event poster attached for more details. Please see the attached event poster for more details on Moretti's work and this event. The Food Matters Research Cluster Presents: Poetry, Philosophy and Potatoes by Rebecca Earle March 9th 2023 at 2:30 PM CT. In person at 307 Tier Building Hosted by Jennifer Dueck (History), this lecture is especially open to students. Rebecca Earle's research work focuses on the cultural history of Spanish America and early modern Europe. She is interested in how ordinary, every-day activities such as eating or dressing shape how we think about the world and how others view us. Her early work was rooted in a very specific part of the world (southern Colombia). Recently, she studies the movement of ideas and practices across larger geographies. Her first book Spain and the Independence of Colombia, tried to explain the collapse of Spanish colonialism in early nineteenth-century Colombia. Subsequent work took on ampler time-spans and broader geographies. We are thrilled to extend this seminar to folks and hope to see you there. Poster coming soon. UMIH Affiliate organized book club: March 15th from 12 - 1 PM CT at 409 Tier boardroom Amal Majumder and Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau are thrilled to resume regular book club meetings. They will be reading and discussing Zoe Todd’s article “Fossil Fuels and Fossil Kin: An Environmental Kin Study of Weaponised Fossil Kin and Alberta’s So-Called ‘Energy Resources Heritage.’”<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/anti.12897> (article linked for folks to access). Please address questions or accessibility needs to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Sponsored events: The Department of History and the UMIH present: Many Victorias: Memorials to a Long-Long Living Queen by The 2023 Assiniboia Lecturer Dr. Durba Ghosh, History, Cornell University. Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 3:30 pm Hybrid event: in person at Schultz Lecture Theatre, St. John's College and on Zoom<https://tinyurl.com/bdejavhf> When Queen Victoria died in January 1901, statues to commemorate her legacy sprung up across the British empire. Many Victorias were sculpted into marble and bronze, and streets such as Queen’s Way and Queen’s Gate were named in her honor. As the war between the British and Boers continued in South Africa and the swadeshi campaigns took hold in eastern India to boycott British goods, private donors, colonial and military officials collected funds to install the Queen’s likeness, arguing that a memorial to her legacy was especially critical when there were revolts against the British empire. This talk follows the installation of royal statues across India in a moment of rising opposition; it concludes by considering the continued existence of royal statues in a time of decolonizing. Please register for the webinar using this link<https://tinyurl.com/bdejavhf> or the embedded zoom page in the heading. Open Calls: Call for Applications 23-24 UMIH Grad Fellowship, Research Affiliates & Research Clusters: Deadline: April 28th 2023 The UMIH call for applications for the 2023-24 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca Take care, friends Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities> [cid:f78cdaad-9e66-4632-8d14-15631686822b]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:4f3351a3-6e6f-4dc2-b600-3ace6c46e0ef]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:d60acb49-71c4-4ce4-b5ae-f177b4c36380]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> Dear Sender, allow a moment for me to take a look at your email with enough time and care. Please also be aware of my new hybrid work schedule: I am available in the remote office on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM and in person at 407 Tier, Tuesdays - Thursdays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Thank you kindly (:

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UMIH Newsletter - Feb 13th 2022 - Postcards from the World by Ariel Gordon : Thursday, February 16th at 12 PM CT
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

Dear friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week Thank you to everyone who joined us on Thursday for Dr. Paris' lecture on Caliban and Slavery in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It was great seeing old and new faces in the community. Upcoming Events: The Writing Toward a Just World Research Cluster Presents: Postcards from the World by Ariel Gordon Thursday, February 16th from 12 - 2 PM CT. Hybrid workshop: In-Person at 111 St. John’s College and on Zoom (Zoom Meeting ID: 849 8926 8850 & Passcode: 636051) Ariel Gordon is a Winnipeg/Treaty 1 territory-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. She is the ringleader of Writes of Spring, a National Poetry Month project with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival that appears in the Winnipeg Free Press. In 2019 Wolsak & Wynn published Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests, a collection of essays that combines science writing and the personal essay. This workshop focuses on what it means to pay attention to the natural world, to stop and force yourself to observe. Participants will read and discuss writing about paying attention to the world and then observe the world for 30 minutes, taking notes. They will then spend time turning those observations into a poem or the beginnings of a story, which they might choose to share with the group. To join this workshop virtually, please use this link<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84989268850?pwd=SFQwRDBzdnRSbmFRY3YwdVZCd3ZVQT09> or the meeting ID & passcode above. UMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau Roundtable Presentation Friday, February 17 at 1 p.m. CDT Melanie Dennis Unrau will present on her creative journal article “Founding Fathers (in a Tailings Pond)”<http://imaginations.glendon.yorku.ca/?p=14638> at an upcoming roundtable to launch Imaginations journal’s recent special issue on Petro-Media at an event being hosted by the Media and Environment Scholarly Interest Group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. The event will be held on Zoom on Friday, February 17 at 1 p.m. CDT. Everyone is welcome. Please register here<https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-msqzkqHdRYIFKnVvsJDQ-dL_edK…> Open Calls: Call for Applications 23-24 UMIH Grad Fellowship, Research Affiliates & Research Clusters: Deadline: April 28th 2023 The UMIH call for applications for the 2023-24 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca Of Interest: President’s Student Leadership Program (PSLP) Application Deadline: February 19th, 2023. PSLP is a unique-in-Canada Immersive learning opportunity that brings together a cohort of students each year across faculties, post-secondary institutions, interests, backgrounds and regions of the province to build their leadership potential. This program is an interdisciplinary co-curricular program that is hosted by the Burns Leadership Institute. This opportunity allows students a chance to be mentored by an inspiring leader and apply for the PSLP Fellowship to fund participation in the program. For details on how to apply and a list of requirements, please visit this page<https://umanitoba.ca/asper/programs-of-study/presidents-student-leadership-…>. More details can also be found in the attached PSLP program info sheets. The Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics Graduate Fellowship 23-24 Deadline: February 28th, 2023 All applications to be submitted to Professor Neil McArthur via email: neil.mcarthur(a)umanitoba.ca The Ethics Graduate Fellowship is open to all University of Manitoba graduate students, at any stage of their program. Applications from students in all fields are encouraged. The aim of the fellowship is to support graduate students who do research in the field of ethics, or to encourage students in other fields to consider the ethical implications of their work, to integrate ethics into their research, and to promote understanding of ethics as it relates to their areas of study. Two fellowships worth $3000 will be awarded to two successful applicants. Qualification and publication records and the significance of applicant's research will be considered. Please submit a curriculum vitae and a 500-word research proposal to the address above. Take care, friends Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities> [cid:4a706f0c-57f7-4f1b-90a0-31c741d84b10]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:830865c1-75eb-4dc4-b3ee-6bd43fe93320]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:1ca3aa5f-89bf-471a-a1b9-4f51a748ded7]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> Dear Sender, allow a moment for me to take a look at your email with enough time and care. Please also be aware of my new hybrid work schedule: I am available in the remote office on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM and in person at 407 Tier, Tuesdays - Thursdays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Thank you kindly (:

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UMIH Newsletter - Feb 6th 2022 - On Caliban and Slavery in Shakespeare’s The Tempest by Dr. Jamie Paris (ETFM) Thursday, February 9th, 2023 at 2:30
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 06 Feb '23

06 Feb '23

Dear friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week Announcements: Per requests, Ariel Gordon's Postcards from the World will now be accessible to attend online. The Zoom link for this workshop is linked in the description below. Thank you Upcoming events: On Caliban and Slavery in Shakespeare’s The Tempest by Dr. Jamie Paris (ETFM) Thursday, February 9th, 2023 from 2:30 - 4:30 PM CT. In-person at 409 Tier Building The UMIH is thrilled to present the New Faculty Colloquium in which we highlight the research-in-progress of new faculty members in Arts. In this talk, Dr. Paris will consider the enslavement and imprisonment of Caliban in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest in terms of the history of the enslavement of Indigenous peoples in the New World in the early modern period and with reference to the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in Canadian prisons. This talk will attempt to bridge ideas from premodern critical race studies with the emerging field of early modern Indigenous studies. The Writing Toward a Just World Research Cluster Presents: Postcards from the World by Ariel Gordon Thursday, February 16th from 12 - 2 PM CT. Hybrid workshop: In-Person at 111 St. John’s College and on Zoom (Zoom Meeting ID: 849 8926 8850 & Passcode: 636051) Ariel Gordon is a Winnipeg/Treaty 1 territory-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. She is the ringleader of Writes of Spring, a National Poetry Month project with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival that appears in the Winnipeg Free Press. In 2019 Wolsak & Wynn published Treed: Walking in Canada’s Urban Forests, a collection of essays that combines science writing and the personal essay. This workshop focuses on what it means to pay attention to the natural world, to stop and force yourself to observe. Participants will read and discuss writing about paying attention to the world and then observe the world for 30 minutes, taking notes. They will then spend time turning those observations into a poem or the beginnings of a story, which they might choose to share with the group. To join this workshop virtually, please use this link<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84989268850?pwd=SFQwRDBzdnRSbmFRY3YwdVZCd3ZVQT09> or the meeting ID & passcode above. Open Calls: Call for Applications 23-24 UMIH Grad Fellowship, Research Affiliates & Research Clusters: Deadline: April 28th 2023 The UMIH call for applications for the 2023-24 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca Of Interest: President’s Student Leadership Program (PSLP) Application Deadline: February 19th, 2023. PSLP is a unique-in-Canada Immersive learning opportunity that brings together a cohort of students each year across faculties, post-secondary institutions, interests, backgrounds and regions of the province to build their leadership potential. This program is an interdisciplinary co-curricular program that is hosted by the Burns Leadership Institute. This opportunity allows students a chance to be mentored by an inspiring leader and apply for the PSLP Fellowship to fund participation in the program. For details on how to apply and a list of requirements, please visit this page<https://umanitoba.ca/asper/programs-of-study/presidents-student-leadership-…>. More details can also be found in the attached PSLP program infosheets. The Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics Graduate Fellowship 23-24 Deadline: February 28th, 2023 All applications to be submitted to Professor Neil McArthur via email: neil.mcarthur(a)umanitoba.ca The Ethics Graduate Fellowship is open to all University of Manitoba graduate students, at any stage of their program. Applications from students in all fields are encouraged. The aim of the fellowship is to support graduate students who do research in the field of ethics, or to encourage students in other fields to consider the ethical implications of their work, to integrate ethics into their research, and to promote understanding of ethics as it relates to their areas of study. Two fellowships worth $3000 will be awarded to two successful applicants. Qualification and publication records and the significance of applicant's research will be considered. Please submit a curriculum vitae and a 500-word research proposal to the address above. Take care, friends Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities> [cid:de437402-b4b8-48e9-8cc9-bf3a3dcf9836]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:966080eb-a058-4cbf-b75e-2cf9ef14e71b]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:438c6374-9bee-4724-b62f-0c4673e0f6e6]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> Dear Sender, allow a moment for me to take a look at your email with enough time and care. Please also be aware of my new hybrid work schedule: I am available in the remote office on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM and in person at 407 Tier, Tuesdays - Thursdays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Thank you kindly (:

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