Dear friends of the Humanities,

 

Here is our weekly rundown of events and announcements.

 

EVENTS

 

Thursday, September 20 – Robin Connor Lectureship in the History and Philosophy of Science, presented by the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Arts

6:00 pm, Schultz Theatre, St John’s College, reception to follow

Anita Guerrini (Oregon State University), “Giants, Fossils, and National Identity in Early Modern France”

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Friday, September 21 – Public Lecture

12:00 pm, 409 Tier Building

Anita Guerrini (Oregon State University), “William Hunter and Eighteenth-Century Anatomical Collections”

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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”

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The Fall Arts of Conversation program can be found here.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Tipi Confessions in Bed with QPOC Call for Stories for Sex at the End of the World

            Submit your story by Sept 28.  Decisions made by Oct 5.

            For submission instructions, visit facebook.com/tipiconfessions.

 

To all Graduate Students and Postdocs in Arts—Are you on the job market? Contact the UMIH to organize a Mock Job Talk. Work out the rough edges among friendlies and receive valuable feedback and experience BEFORE the big interview!

Contact:
Dr Paul Jenkins
umih@umanitoba.ca

 

Mary Jane Logan McCallum & Adele Perry’s Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City (University of Manitoba Press) – Book Launch

Friday, September 21^st – 7:00 pm, McNally Robinson, Grant Park in the Atrium