Dear friends of the Humanities,
Welcome back. The Institute is excited to introduce the 2024-2025 UMIH cohort.
We are welcoming three Research Clusters this year: Food Matters, organized by Dr. Jeongmin Kim (History); Writing Towards a Just World, organized by Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe (WGS/History); and Power and Resistance in Latin America, organized by Dr. Jorge Nállim (History).
The UMIH also welcomes two Undergraduate Student Interns: Alex Rana (ETFM) and Patrick Fermin (History)
Follow us on Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/?next=%2F> for profiles of our newest cohort (coming soon).
Upcoming events:
Another Place: Building Trans Solidarity
October 1st at Ace Art Inc (206 Princess Street) from 7:00 PM CT
Organized by U of W 2SLGBTQ+ Solidarity Committee, Aceartinc., and the Institute for Humanities
To attend for FREE, register here<https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/trans-solidarity/>.
At this event, performing and sound artists Hassan Ashraf, Mutable Body, Dasha Plett, Melody Mckiver, and M. Patchwork Monoceros will explore what "another place" might look like–intimacies found in rebellion and transmissions from utopias to come. Please see the attached event poster and programming schedule for more details.
The Institute for Humanities is thrilled to host Dr. L. Ayu Saraswati for a spotlight lecture on October 3rd from 3:30 - 4:30 PM CT in 409 Tier Building, on the topic of feminism, pain, and grief. Dr. Saraswati is an award-winning teacher, speaker, consultant, and professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Hawai'i. Dr. Saraswati will also facilitate a hands-on writing workshop on October 4th (10:00 am - 12:00 pm), on transnational feminist autoethnography. We look forward to sharing a poster and more details for this anticipated event soon.
Programming from the UMIH Research Clusters includes visiting lectures by Dr. Teresa Velasquez (California State University, San Bernardino) and Dr. Nancy Enstad (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Dr. Enstad's talk is scheduled on October 5th from 3-5 p.m. at 307 Tier Boardroom. We look forward to sharing more programming soon. Please look out for details in the coming weeks.
Take care,
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>
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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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week.
A few FREE copies of Eternity Marti’s s memoir are still available for pick up in our office. Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca to request one. Copies are now first come, first serve.
Open Calls:
2023 - 2024 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 are unique opportunities designed by the Institute to support scholars doing pivotal research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. Address questions regarding applications to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca
Of Interest:
UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr. Melanie Unrau, presenting at the "Environment, Justice, and the Politics of Emotions" conference
April, 28th 2023 at 5:15 PM CDT
Link to register<https://www.learningtolivewithclimatechange.org/cjemo>
Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau will present a paper titled “Feeling Rough: Oil Worker Poetics and the Structures of Feeling of Energy Transition” at the Environment, Justice, and the Politics of Emotions<https://www.learningtolivewithclimatechange.org/cjemo> conference at University of California Riverside on an online panel. Registration for the day-long virtual symposium is free, and all are welcome.
Decolonizing Lens with Alanis Obomsawin
May 4th, 2023. Doors open at 6:15 PM CT. Film screening and discussion at 7:00 PM CT
The Winnipeg Art Gallery and Online
Decolonizing Lens presents a screening of Alanis Obomsawin’s most recent films, Bill Reid Remembers, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair and Upstairs with David Amaram. After the screenings there will be a discussion with refreshments from FEAST. For more information visit this link<https://www.wag.ca/event/decolonizing-lens/>.
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:22e3c49f-59f9-4852-a161-a15f5b914632]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:4e54cc68-d86e-4455-808d-971b58aa46c5]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:731b9171-95d2-402b-9bb5-43bfdcd322f8]<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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week.
A few FREE copies of Eternity Marti’s s memoir are still available for pick up in our office. Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> to request one. Copies are now first come, first serve.
Open Calls:
2023 - 2024 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 are unique opportunities designed by the Institute to support scholars doing pivotal research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. Address questions regarding applications to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca>
Of Interest:
Decolonial Cities Dialogue 1: Decolonial Cities Beyond Justice
Wednesday, April 19th at 9:00 AM CDT
More information and registration <https://www.decolonialcities.org/work-1-1/beyondjustice>
Please join the Decolonial Cities Collective (including UMIH Research Affiliate Melanie Dennis Unrau) for the first in its series. For the “Decolonial Cities beyond Justice” dialogue, collective members Dena Qaddumi (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Bobby Farnan (University of York) will be in conversation with Heather Dorries (University of Toronto) and Monika Streule (London School of Economics and Political Science). See the attached poster. Queries: melanie.unrau(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:melanie.unrau@umanitoba.ca>.
Decolonizing Lens with Alanis Obomsawin
May 4th, 2023. Doors open at 6:15 PM CT. Film screening and discussion at 7:00 PM CT
The Winnipeg Art Gallery and Online
Decolonizing Lens presents a screening of Alanis Obomsawin’s most recent films, Bill Reid Remembers, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair and Upstairs with David Amaram. After the screenings there will be a discussion with refreshments from FEAST. For more information visit this link<https://www.wag.ca/event/decolonizing-lens/>.
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:d78d3ca7-3963-454a-99c6-27b06d0bbc69]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:19d44d3a-ba0b-4668-a95f-7a76842d9c9a]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:a22b716a-fe1f-4ef3-bdd0-d38c640b456e]<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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week.
A few FREE copies of Eternity Marti’s s memoir are still available for pick up in our office. Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> to request one. Copies are now first come, first serve.
Upcoming Events:
UMIH Graduate Fellowship Lecture
“Uncomfortable Elegance: Aesthetics and Representation of Oil Extraction, Production, Consumption, and Disposal in Edward Burtynsky’s Oil Series Photographs”
Amal Majumder (ETFM)
Thursday, April 13th at 2:30 - 4:00 PM
409 Tier
In this talk, Amal will explore and examine the “guilty pleasure” that Edward Burtynsky’s Oil Series photographs incite through the presentation of the sheer scale of the oil extraction, production practices, and process, as well as, its ubiquitousness in our modern way of life underscored by consumerist ambition and appetite for comfort. To complement the reading of Burtynsky’s photographs, Amal will use the Jennifer Baichwal-directed documentary Manufactured Landscape with the hope of getting further insights into the relationality dynamics of modern life and oil. See the attached event poster for more details on Amal's ongoing research.
Weekly Write-on-Sites
Tuesdays at 2:30 – 4:30 PM
409 Tier
The Institute welcomes interested faculty, students, and staff to join weekly Write-on-Sites to focus on writing goals through collective accountability. Queries: umih(a)umanitoba.ca
Open Calls:
2023 - 2024 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 are unique opportunities designed by the Institute to support scholars doing pivotal research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage for more details on how to apply for each call. Address questions regarding applications to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca>
Of Interest:
Decolonial Cities Dialogue 1: Decolonial Cities Beyond Justice
Wednesday, April 19th, at 9:00 AM CDT
More information and registration: Here<https://www.decolonialcities.org/work-1-1/beyondjustice>
Please join the Decolonial Cities Collective (including UMIH Research Affiliate Melanie Dennis Unrau) for the first in its series. For the “Decolonial Cities beyond Justice” dialogue, collective members Dena Qaddumi (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Bobby Farnan (University of York) will be in conversation with Heather Dorries (University of Toronto) and Monika Streule (London School of Economics and Political Science). See the attached poster. Queries: melanie.unrau(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:melanie.unrau@umanitoba.ca>.
Call for Papers
“Main Challenges and Issues of University Education in War Conditions: Ukraine – 2022”
Proposal deadline: April 14th, 2023
Conference: April 27th, 2023 at the University of Manitoba
All interested students and scholars are welcome to participate in this international multidisciplinary conference. See the attached poster for more information.
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:2d390de2-9412-4c84-9d7b-e4ab2f45b99a]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:53f71b48-831b-4bf0-9077-d9e5cabd11f8]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:85f2c664-2c64-4575-9413-681077600d55]<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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week
A few FREE copies of Eternity Martis' memoir are still available for pick up in our office (407 Tier Building). Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> to request one.
Copies are first come, first serve, with priority given to BIPOC community members.
Upcoming events:
UMIH Graduate Fellowship Lecture by Jessie Krahn (ETFM): Here Comes the Author: Exploring Authorship on Social Media
Thursday, April 6th at 2:30 - 4:00 PM CT
In-person at 409 Tier boardroom and broadcast on Instagram Live.
This lecture explores the ways notions of authorship change in social media. By watching YouTube videos about public cancellations for moral missteps, TikTok memes about cats, and Twitch streams of people just hanging out in chairs, this lecture will examine the ways that authors' interactions with their audiences arise in the composition of internet media. See the attached poster for more on Jessie's research and this lecture. This lecture will be broadcast on the Institute's Instagram account. Follow us to watch the live version: umih___<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>
UMIH Graduate Fellowship Lecture by Amal Majumder (ETFM): Uncomfortable Elegance: Aesthetics and Representation of Oil Extraction, Production, Consumption, and Disposal in Edward Burtynsky’s Oil Series Photographs
Thursday, April 13th at 2:30 - 4:00 PM CT
In-person at 409 Tier boardroom
In this talk, Amal will explore and examine the “guilty pleasure” that Edward Burtynsky’s Oil Series photographs incite through the presentation of the sheer scale of the oil extraction, production practices, and process, as well as, its ubiquitousness in our modern way of life underscored by consumerist ambition and appetite for comfort. To complement the reading of Burtynsky’s photographs, Amal will use the Jennifer Baichwal-directed documentary Manufactured Landscape with the hope of getting further insights into the relationality dynamics of modern life and oil. Please see the attached event poster for more details on Amal's ongoing research work.
Weekly Write-on-Sites
Tuesdays at 2:30 PM CT in 409 Tier Building:
The Institute welcomes interested Faculty, Students, and Staff to join weekly Write-on-Sites. This program is a writing hour to focus on writing goals through collective accountability. Join us Tuesdays from 2:30 - 4:30 PM CT in 409 Tier. Queries: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<http://umih@umanitoba.ca/>
Open Calls:
Call for Applications for the 2023 - 2024 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 are unique opportunities designed by the Institute to support scholars doing pivotal research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. Please address questions regarding applications to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<http://umih@umanitoba.ca/>
Of Interest:
International Multidisciplinary Conference 2023 - Call for Paper
Deadline: April, 14th 2023
All interested Students and Scholars are welcome to participate in the International Multidisciplinary Conference “Main Challenges and Issues of University Education in War Conditions: Ukraine – 2022”. This conference will contribute to international communication between students and scholars on the global level facing new challenges. It will serve as a highlight of central issues of study, training, teaching and scholarship. This conference will also help students and scholars in need to be heard and supported. The conference date is the 27th of April. Please see the attached poster for more information.
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:38e5238f-3a90-40e5-a26b-694529ff88bd]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:3a7f4147-ae46-40cb-b2a0-622fe6544228]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:83aaf208-7052-4a1a-a890-33ed7a161a37]<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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week
A few FREE copies of Eternity Marti's memoir are still available for pick up in our office. Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca to request one.
Copies are first come, first serve, with priority given to BIPOC community members.
Upcoming events:
Here Comes the Author: Exploring Authorship on Social Media
Thursday, April 6th at 2:30 - 4:00 PM CT
In-person at 409 Tier boardroom
This lecture explores the ways notions of authorship change in social media. By watching YouTube videos about public cancellations for moral missteps, TikTok memes about cats, and Twitch streams of people just hanging out in chairs, this lecture will examine the ways that authors' interactions with their audiences arise in the composition of internet media. See the attached poster for more on Jessie's research and this lecture.
Weekly Write-on-Sites
Tuesdays at 2:30 PM CT in 409 Tier Building:
The Institute welcomes interested Faculty, Students, and Staff to join weekly Write-on-Sites. This program is a writing hour to focus on writing goals through collective accountability. Join us Tuesdays from 2:30 - 4:30 PM CT in 409 Tier. Queries: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<http://umih@umanitoba.ca/>
Open Calls:
Call for Applications for the 2023 - 2024 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 are unique opportunities designed by the Institute to support scholars doing pivotal research in the humanities. Visit the UMIH webpage<https://umanitoba.ca/arts/institute-humanities> for more details on how to apply for each call. Please address questions regarding applications to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<http://umih@umanitoba.ca>
Of Interest:
International Multidisciplinary Conference 2023 - Call for Paper
Deadline: April, 14th 2023
All interested Students and Scholars are welcome to participate in the International Multidisciplinary Conference “Main Challenges and Issues of University Education in War Conditions: Ukraine – 2022”. This conference will contribute to international communication between students and scholars on the global level facing new challenges. It will serve as a highlight of central issues of study, training, teaching and scholarship. This conference will also help students and scholars in need to be heard and supported. The conference date is the 27th of April. Please see the attached poster for more information.
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:c4aca98d-77ad-40a6-b842-db76792ac4f5]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:95e812ee-88f2-4470-8ae2-eb2a5ae3cc88]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:54239ddd-da99-4d72-948f-6bb25b5e59da]<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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week
Upcoming events:
Poetics and Politics of Extraction Reading Group
Wednesday, March 15 from 12-1 PM CT
In-person at 409 Tier boardroom
Join UMIH affiliates Dr. Melanie Unrau and Amal Majumder in 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.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1111/anti.12897> (available to download through the U of Manitoba libraries). Please contact umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> with questions.
Weekly Write-on-Sites
Tuesdays at 2:30 PM CT in 409 Tier Building:
The Institute welcomes interested Faculty, Students, and Staff to join weekly Write-on-Sites. This program is a writing hour to focus on writing goals through collective accountability. Join us Tuesdays from 2:30 - 4:30 PM CT in 409 Tier. Quarries: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<http://umih@umanitoba.ca>
Open Calls:
Call for Applications for the 2023 - 2024 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. Questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@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:9b69e38e-c327-4a60-948d-4fa819b18b31]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:3a87ea49-c1c2-47ea-bb3c-a12261b7a62a]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:1f41c77c-be94-4eed-b969-ec82ee5b3017]<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 (:
Dear friends of the hUManities,
Welcome to a new week. Thank you to everyone who came out for Rosaria Moretti's lecture. It was a pleasure hosting many folks and sharing Rosaria's research work. We welcome folks to join us today at 2:30 PM in 409 Tier for the book club meeting in anticipation of Eternity Martis's talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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, everyday 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 periods and broader geographies. We are thrilled to extend this seminar to folks and hope to see you there. The poster coming soon.
Poetics and Politics of Extraction Reading Group
Wednesday, March 15 from 12-1 PM CT
In-person at 409 Tier boardroom
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.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1111/anti.12897> (available to download through the U of Manitoba libraries). Please contact umih(a)umanitoba.ca with questions.
Collaborative 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://umanitoba.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ivdumqqj8qGNbZ7yF1Xc1QgkD1sh6K…>
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 decolonization. Folks are welcome to attend this lecture in person. To join the event online, please use this link<https://tinyurl.com/bdejavhf> or the embedded zoom registration 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. 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:13d91112-ddbd-4978-99d2-9885eaeb8fa5]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:39283b0e-7ce1-40c6-a252-a018c2d82ffa]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:4119511c-6c85-401b-b2b6-e116c593eb09]<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 (:
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
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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 (:
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>
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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 (: