Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Thank you to everyone who attended our first Weekly Wrap Up session last Friday and hopes to see you again! Please see details below for more information on these ongoing sessions.

Weekly Wrap Up: A Teaching Happy Hour. Ongoing, casual drop-ins for all Arts instructors to share and discuss tips, strategies, and all things related to remote teaching this term. With special guest, Jonathan Dyck. These sessions will be hosted Friday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 PM Please email umih@umanitoba.camailto:umih@umanitoba.ca for the Zoom link. See attachment for the temporary event poster.

Event Recap:

In case you missed last week's PUBLIC LECTURE BY R.F. KUANG The Poppy War in Context: Asian American Speculative Fiction please visit the UMIH's Facebook page to watch the full lecture: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1040735456366806 A closed-captioned version will also be available via Dr Keating's YouTube channel which will be linked on the UMIH's blog. Links to view the lecture through the aforementioned outlets will also be posted on our Facebook page soon! The UMIH welcomes such opportunities to spotlight teaching this term. If you are teaching in Arts and would like support for a remote guest lecture in your class to be made a broader, public event, please reach out to us. We can provide some financial support for guest lecture honoraria, as well as logistical support for a live-streamed event online. Email heejungserenity.joo@umanitoba.ca for more details.

Of Interest:

We are proud to inform you that the third round of our CARE Microgrant call has been concluded. With MAWA taking the lead for this round and supported by QPOC Winnipeg, the jurors finally selected outstanding visual art projects from a long list of promising applicants. Names of successful candidates will be announced soon!

--Take care, friends

Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

204 474 9599

umih@umanitoba.camailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca

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