Dear friends of the Humanities,

Welcome to a new week

Upcoming Events: The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents Variations of Writing Practice: Ways to Get the Work Done Wednesday, October 25 from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT Room 208 Architecture 2 building Join on Zoom using this linkhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83587437643?pwd=CKzSPWuCuUa6Xerl4Y7BxeHD01a4eb.1%20%20Meeting%20ID:%20835%208743%207643%20Passcode:%20433042 ( Meeting ID: 835 8743 7643 & Passcode: 433042) U of Manitoba professors Diane Driedger, Christine Stewart and Niigaan Sinclair will explain the nitty-gritty processes of how they accomplish their tasks as writers of different genres, for example op-eds, creative nonfiction, and poetry. How do they discover ideas? How do they conduct research? How does revision and editing occur? How do they share and/or publish their work? There will be ample time for the audience to ask questions as well as for writing tips, strategies, and techniques to be shared. Please see the attached poster for further information.

Recurring Events: The Writing Room hosted by the Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster Tuesdays from September 26 until December 19 (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT) Room update: 205 St. John’s College Please feel welcome to join in and invite Colleagues, Students, Faculty etc. to this writing-focused space scheduled every Tuesday until the 19th of December. For more details email: jocelyn.thorpe@umanitoba.camailto:jocelyn.thorpe@umanitoba.ca

Of-Interest: Antifascisms in Latin America: a national, transnational, and global history? October 24th, 2023 11am Manitoba time (1pm Argentina time) Join remotely via ClnlG UNLP's YouTube channel. NOTE: presentation and discussion will be in Spanish We are pleased to welcome folks to stream this panel featuring a presentation by Dr. Jorge Nallim, coordinator of the UMIH Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America. Dr. Nallim will be joined by esteemed speakers : Sandra McGee Deutsch (University of Texas El Paso) and Ricardo Pasolini (Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina) for this panel moderated by Adriana Valobra. Please see attached posters for more information.

October 25th, 2023, 11am Manitoba time (1pm Argentina time) III Encounter on Gender and Antifascist Trajectories Join remotely via ClnlG UNLP's YouTube channel NOTE: presentations and discussions will be in Spanish Dr. Jorge Nallim, coordinator of the UMIH Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America, will be presenting at this inaugural panel. Participants include: Eleonora Ardanaz (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina) Federica Bertagna(Universita di Verona, Italia) María Soledad González (lnstituto de Geografía, Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Argentina) Marcelo Huernos (Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina) Claudia Fedora Rojas Mira (Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile) and Sebastián Rivera Mir (El Colegio Mexiquense, México). Please see attached posters for more information.

Take care, friends

Ekene Maduka

Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities

University of Manitoba

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