Dear Friends of the hUManities,
Please join us this week for our final Arts of Conversation speaker for the term!
Mental Health and Norway's Medieval Royal Court Christopher Crocker (UMIH, University of Iceland) Thursday, November 28, 2019 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building More information can be found herehttps://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1811!
Upcoming: UMIH and Plug In ICA present The Ghost and The Flesh, a lecture by Morehshin Allahyari as part of Labour of Love: on Digital Economies in the Arts, a series of lectures, screenings, and workshops. Allahyari will discuss the intense research and the invisible labour of digital and technological tools, focusing specifically on concepts such as archiving, 3D modeling, Digital Fabrication, Digital Colonialism, and re-figuring in relationship to her practice. Thursday, December 5, 2019 7 pm Plug In ICA, 460 Portage Ave. More information can be found herehttps://plugin.org/exhibitions/lol-allahyari/!
Of Interest: Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found herehttps://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click herehttps://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/.
UMIH Research Affiliate, Murray Leeder, has just published an article at the official Star Trek site. To read the article, click herehttps://ca.startrek.com/news/watching-star-trek-generations-spoiled!
Other Opportunities and events: PhD Candidate Elikem Tsamenyi is giving a talk on African peace, security & conflict management: An African international society approach Monday, December 16, 2019 10:30 am - noon 307 Tier Building Please see attached poster for more information.
Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolthttp://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
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