Dear Friends of the hUManities,​

Welcome to a new week

Upcoming Public Lectures:

The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: Look See Write by Sally Ito

Tuesday, September 27th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT

Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom

Look, See, Write is a workshop about turning what you see into words. What happens when the things you look at become words ? A transformation. Roses are red, it's true, but in a line of verse, they can also be blue. We'll begin this workshop by deep looking and then transform those sights into words and hopefully end up with a poem! This workshop is a hybrid event. Folks are welcome to attend in person at 307 Tier or stream via Zoom. Please use this link to register and see the attached event poster for more on Sally's work.

The UMIH & The W.R.E.N.C.H present: Intro to a Culture of Repair - A WRENCH Speaker Series

Wednesday, September 28th at 7 pm with Levi Foy and Blandine Tona

In-person at ARTSJUNKTION - 312 William in the Courtyard

This talk considers the question 'What is a Culture of Repair' through a series of free monthly talks with friends from the Homeland of the Metis/Treaty One Territory. This conversation will help guide W.R.E.N.C.H's work, and support Winnipeggers to consider the question as well. Speakers Blandine Tona and Levi Foy will explore how this question is useful in considering the challenges of climate change, and poverty and its impacts. This talk will be held in person at Artsjunktion (312 William in the Courtyard) and is also in partnership with the U of W Campus Sustainability Office. See attached posters for more details

The UMIH & MAWA present Like Queer Animals a lecture by Dr. Chantal Neadeau (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Friday, October 7th from 12 PM - 1 PM CT

Hybrid event: in-person at 611 Main Street & online via MAWA.com

All are welcome to attend this free noon-hour lecture. Queer scholar and writer Chantal Nadeau will discuss Like Queer Animals, her collaboration with visual artist Jessie Mott. Mott and Nadeau’s multidisciplinary practice reveals their abiding interest in reshaping creature morphologies. This talk also marks the opening of the exhibition We Hold Your Gaze Remix at MAWA. Folks can attend this lecture in person at MAWA (611 main street) or stream it online with ASL on Mawa's website. Please see the event poster attached for more details.

The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: The Role of the Writer in the World by Jacob Scheier

Wednesday, October 12th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT

Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom

We are super excited to invite folks to this hybrid workshop hosted by the Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster with CCWOC's writer in residence, Jacob Scheier. Jacob Scheier is a poet, essayist, and journalist. He is the author of three full length poetry collections with ECW Press, including the Governor General’s Award winning More to Keep Us Warm (2007). His most recent collection Is This Scary? (2021) explores the radical subjectivity of chronic mental and physical illness. His poems have been published in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies, as well as nominated for a National Magazine Award and longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize. Please stay tuned for more details on how to register for this workshop and we look forward to folks joining us. 

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Take care, friends