Dear friends of the humanities,
Here is your rundown of our community's upcoming
activities.
EVENTS
Thursday, October 11 – Arts of Conversation
2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building
Michael Sampson (Dept of Classics), “He Makes The Sort Of Marriage By Which He Is At Some Point Upset”: Myth And Misdirection In Prometheus Bound”
Monday, October 15 – Public Lecture
7:00 PM, Carol Shields auditorium, Millennium Library, 251 Donald St
Tracy Bear (University of Alberta), “Red Erotic: The Fall and Rise of Indigenous Erotica”
Wednesday, October 17 – Arts of Conversation
Doors 6:30 pm, Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave.
Tipi Confessions: “Sex at the End of the World–Tipi Confessions in Bed with QPOC”
HALLOWE’EN EVENTS
Thursday, October 25 – Arts of Conversation
2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building
David Annandale (Dept ETFM), “The Darkest Timeline: Get Out, Hereditary, And The Horror Movie In The Age Of Trump”
Wednesday, October 31 – All Day Public Event
Frankenreads, Winnipeg – An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, October 18
10:00 am, U of M Archives & Special Collections, 330 Elizabeth Dafoe
Book Launch of Evelyn Peters’ Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961
Tuesday, November 6 – Workshop Series—Register Today, space limited
10:30-4:00 – 409 Tier Building
PhDs That Work: Finding Success in an Uncertain Job Market,
with Maren Wood and Jennifer Polk of Beyond the Professoriate
Free registration at https://umhumanities.com
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Paul Jenkins, PhD
Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director
Institute for the Humanities &
Instructor, Dept. of History
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599