December 2019 - UM-Humanities - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

UMIH upcoming events: Dec 16, 2019 and Winter 2020!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, It's the last newsletter of 2019! We hope it has been a successful term, and send warm wishes for all during the holiday season. The UMIH office will be closed during the Winter Break, but we're looking forward to seeing you at our events in the New Year! Upcoming UMIH Events - Winter 2020 Join us next term for Write On Sites every Monday and Thursday from 9 am - 12 pm. Write On Sites start back on the very first day of classes, Monday January 6, 2020. See you there! Fore more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1823>. We will be starting off 2020 with our first Arts of Conversation Lecture by Tim Penner The Old Man and the Minotaur: Medial Representations of Ernest Hemingway in the 21st Century Thursday, January 9, 2020 2:30 -3:30 pm 409 Tier Building UMIH CFPs: UMIH is seeking proposals for our External Grant Support program. This funding source was established in order to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program has been devised with SSHRC Connections and SSHRC Partnership Engage grants in mind, but it is open to applicants targeting other funding agencies or organizations. Applicants are asked to contact the UMIH with the details of the grant before applying to ensure that their application can be supported under the UMIH mandate. For more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1765>. 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 here<https://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 here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. Other Opportunities and events: Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 2019-2020 Offered by The Simons Foundation Canada<http://www.thesimonsfoundation.ca/> and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP)<http://www.international.gc.ca/isrop-prisi/index.aspx?lang=eng> of Global Affairs Canada (GAC)<http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx?lang=eng> with a primary objective to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues. A total of four awards of CAD $5,000 are available to Canadian Master’s and/or Doctoral candidates to support the independent research and writing of an academic paper responding to a specific Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament (NACD) topic. Awards also include domestic travel support to Ottawa where successful candidates will present their completed papers during a special event at Global Affairs Canada Headquarters in March 2020. Deadline for applications: Monday, 3 February 2020 For more information, click here<http://www.thesimonsfoundation.ca/graduate-research-awards-disarmament-arms…>. Institute for the Humanities University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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UMIH upcoming events: Dec 9, 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, We here at the Institute hope you all had a great last week of classes! As the term draws to a close we have a few reminders of upcoming deadlines for CFPs and awards. Get your applications in! UMIH CFPs: Intersex and the Health and Medical Humanities Edited Volume CFP (with interest from Emerald Press) Editors: Dr. Katelyn Dykstra, Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square The University of Manitoba’s Institute for the Humanities We welcome abstracts of 500 words by December 15, 2019, with full articles of 5000 words required by mid-May 2020. Submissions and questions can be directed to Drs. Dykstra and Jones Square at k.dykstra(a)umanitoba.ca. UMIH is seeking proposals for our External Grant Support program. This funding source was established in order to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program has been devised with SSHRC Connections and SSHRC Partnership Engage grants in mind, but it is open to applicants targeting other funding agencies or organizations. Applicants are asked to contact the UMIH with the details of the grant before applying to ensure that their application can be supported under the UMIH mandate. For more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1765>. 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 here<https://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 here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. 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 - 12 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/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 2019-2020 Offered by The Simons Foundation Canada<http://www.thesimonsfoundation.ca/> and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP)<http://www.international.gc.ca/isrop-prisi/index.aspx?lang=eng> of Global Affairs Canada (GAC)<http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx?lang=eng> with a primary objective to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues. A total of four awards of CAD $5,000 are available to Canadian Master’s and/or Doctoral candidates to support the independent research and writing of an academic paper responding to a specific Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament (NACD) topic. Awards also include domestic travel support to Ottawa where successful candidates will present their completed papers during a special event at Global Affairs Canada Headquarters in March 2020. Deadline for applications: Monday, 3 February 2020 For more information, click here<http://www.thesimonsfoundation.ca/graduate-research-awards-disarmament-arms…>. Institute for the Humanities University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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UMIH upcoming events - 2 December 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Please join us this week at Plug In ICA for The Ghost and The Flesh, a lecture by Morehshin Allahyari co-presented by UMIH as part of Labour of Love: on Digital Economies in the Arts<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/labour-of-love-on-digital-economies-in-the-a…>, 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 here<https://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 here<https://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 here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. Other Opportunities and events: Library and Archives Canada Digital Optimization of Canada's Collections - with Sylvain Bélanger Today - 12 noon 307 Tier Building, University of Manitoba Today - 5pm University of Winnipeg Archives, Centennial Hall Library 5C Democracy Underfoot: Roosivelt Pinheiro and the Visual Language of Brazilian Protest Poolroom Gallery, Architecture 2 Friday, November 29 - Friday, December 6 Please see attached poster for more information. 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 - 12 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/shadbolt<http://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 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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