Dear Friends of the hUManities,​

Welcome to a new week

Announcements: Research Affiliate Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau has published a chapbook, The Goose, with above/ground press. A short essay Melanie wrote about the chapbook is available herehttps://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2022/12/melanie-dennis-unrau-on-goose.html, and copies are available for purchase herehttp://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2022/11/new-from-aboveground-press-goose-by.html. We also have a handful of copies available for free in the UMIH office. Please drop by this week to pick up a copy.

We are excited to share a writing piece by Lydia Gork, a UMIH student intern currently available on the UMIH blog. Read Lydia's Meet me at the Kitchen Party: The Intersections of Joy and Relationality in the persistence of the Red River Métis Nation via this linkhttps://www.umhumanities.com/snapshots/whose-story-is-it-anyway-ph8kn-rhw6a.

Upcoming Events: The Writing Towards a Just World Cluster Presents Dialogue and Desire by Debbie Patterson Thursday, December 8th, 2022 from 12 - 2 PM CT This hybrid workshop will be available on Zoom and in-person at 307 Tier Folks are invited to attend this workshop by Winnipeg playwright, composer, director and actor Debbie Patterson. Patterson trained at the National Theatre School of Canada and is the former Artistic Director of the Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba (PTAM). In this workshop, we’ll look at how to write active dialogue, whether you’re writing a script or using dialogue as part of a prose narrative. By playing close attention to the character’s desires, we can drive the story forward through active dialogue. How do we ask for what we want? What makes it hard to ask? How do we ask without asking? Use this linkhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__UQqy7xzQ56b1h5Nd4fXXQ to register for this workshop.

The Food Matters Research Cluster presents: Holiday Food: Tastes from Home and Invented Traditions Friday, December 9th 2022 from 2 - 3:30 PM CT At 409 Tier Building This inaugural event of the Food Matters Research Cluster looks at the varied and storied ways that different ethnic communities celebrate holiday seasons and the role of food in those celebrations. It will discuss how contemporary practices developed, have been passed down, and have incorporated foreign traditions, whether through colonial contexts or processes of globalism. Come join us for this fascinating look at the holidays - delicious treats will be provided!

Poetics and Politics of Extraction Reading Group Thursday, December 15 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM 409 Tier Boardroom Please join UMIH Research Affiliates Melanie Dennis Unrau and Amal Majumder for the second session of the UMIH Poetics and Politics of Extraction Reading Group on Thursday, December 15 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in the boardroom at 409 Tier. This event will be in-person only. We will discuss Amitav Ghosh and Salman Toor’s illustrated poem Jungle Nama. This book is difficult to access; Melanie is willing to share her copy (please email melanie.unrau@umanitoba.camailto:melanie.unrau@umanitoba.ca to request it).

Any questions or accessibility requests? Please email us at melanie.unrau@umanitoba.camailto:melanie.unrau@umanitoba.ca or majumdea@myumanitoba.camailto:majumdea@myumanitoba.ca. Event poster coming soon.

Take care, friends

Ekene Maduka

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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