Dear Friends of the hUManities,
This week, UMIH is supporting TWO events featuring Larissa Lai, CRC in Creative Writing at the University of Calgary and author of Salt Fish Girl and The Tiger Flu.
The Fox Lady's Gamble: Embodied Solidarities and the Speculative Tao Thursday, March 12, 2020 2:30 - 4:00 pm 409 Tier Building For more information, click herehttps://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/larissa-lai-guest-lecture/.
An Evening with Larissa Lai: A Drop the Mic Conversation presented by QPOC and UMIH Thursday, March 12, 2020 7:00 - 9:00 pm Fools and Horses, 379 Broadway For more information, click herehttps://www.facebook.com/events/804269136719923/.
We're hosting Write On Sites every Monday and Thursday from 9 am - 12 pm in 409 Tier. Drop in to work on your writing projects in a community environment. For more information, click herehttps://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/write-on-sites-17/.
For an overview of our upcoming programming for Winter term, check out our events at a glance poster herehttps://umhumanities.com/2020/01/06/welcome-back/!
Upcoming UMIH Calls: Find attached UMIH's calls for Graduate Fellowship, Research Cluster, and Research Affiliate applications for the 2020-21 year. Please circulate to anyone you know who may be interested in applying. Questions can be directed to: umih@umanitoba.ca
Upcoming UMIH Events: Wet'suwet'en Solidarity: Local Resonances Monday, March 16, 2020 1:30-3:30 pm 306 Tier Building A free screening of the film Invasion, followed by a panel discussion. Donations for the Unist'ot'en Legal Fund will be accepted. Panelists: Jenna Vandal (UM Graduate) - Rooster Town Blockade Taylor Galvin (Student)) - Wa Ni Ska Tan Kayla Lariviere (Student) - CFS Drey Smith - Founder of Camp Morningstar Annie Beach (Student) - Moderator
Celiese Lypka - UMIH Arts of Conversation Series Wednesday, March 18, 2020 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building
UMIH Supported Events: Toiletry Drive The UMIH office is a drop-off location for donations of travel-sized toiletry items to be donated to Mama Bear Clan & the North Point Douglas Women's Centre. Donations can also be dropped off at 215 Isbister. Starting Monday, March 9, 2020. For more information, click herehttps://www.facebook.com/UManitobaArtsFaculty/photos/a.512070555500433/3938327696208018/?type=3&theater.
Laughter is Medicine: A Youth Comedy Night! Saturday, March 14, 2020 7:00-11:00 pm West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Ave. For more information, click herehttps://www.facebook.com/events/192123972131820/.
Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals for the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) “Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century” to be held in Winnipeg October 21-24, 2020. Cary Miller, Native Studies is one of the three plenary speakers at the event. Deadline for submission of individual papers is March 15, 2020. Please visit the webpage for full information in both English and French: https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/English_theatre_film_media/a....
UMIH Research Affiliate, Murray Leeder, will be presenting the keynote at this year's Supernatural Studies Annual Conference The third annual conference will take place in New Rochelle, NY Friday March 20, 2020 For more information, click herehttps://www.supernaturalstudies.com/conference.
Bauhaus (Canada) 101 The School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba, Curated by Dr. Oliver A. I. Botar Exhibition: February 13, 2020 to March 27, 2020 For more information, click herehttps://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/Bauhaus_101.html.
Other Opportunities and Events: Plug In ICA 2020 Summer Institutes are now accepting applications! The Summer Institute is an international artist research program for professional artists and cultural workers in all disciplines and media. Summer Institute I: SPARKLE PLANET: We have lift-off! will be led by Toronto-based artist Tau Lewis, and will run from July 13 to 24, 2020. Participants will build and create with a focus on non-traditional methods of physical and conceptual construction. Summer Institute II: Water Knowledge will be led by social practice artist KC Adams. This residency is about passing on water knowledge bundles to better understand our relationship with water. The residency is open to visual artists, writers, critics and scholars who identify as women and non-binary and will run from August 17th to August 28th, 2020. https://plugin.org/summer-institute/ Session I: SPARKLE PLANET: We have lift-off! | https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTMwOzE5MjU7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIwLzAyL1Nlc3Npb24tSV9BcHBsaWNhdGlvbi1Gb3JtX05FVy5wZGY7OzZlZmRjNDlhZTk3ODk0YmI3NjU5NmVhNTY1OWUwMzFl Apply Nowhttps://plugin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Session-I_Application-Form_NEW.pdf
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