November 2020 - UM-Humanities - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

UMIH Newsletter November 30th 2020 - Book Launch: COVID-19 in Manitoba: Public Policy Responses to the First Wave. Tuesday Dec 1st 2020.
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week, we hope this letter meets you well. Upcoming events: COVID-19 in Manitoba: Public Policy Responses to the First Wave, Book launch (UM Press + UMIH) Tuesday, December 1st, 2020. 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CST This is a free ebook with twenty-seven chapters that address key aspects of the pandemic and discusses how government policy can help lay the foundation for resiliency in the midst of a continuing public-health crisis. Editors Andrea Rounce and Karine Levasseur will be joined by a long list of contributors. Details and Registration<https://uofmpress.ca/events/entry/covid-19-in-manitoba-virtual-launch> "WHAT DOES THE "K" STAND FOR IN K-POP? DECONSTRUCTING KOREANNESS IN K-POP" by Dr Ji-Hyun Ahn (University of Washington--Tacoma) Friday, December 4th 2020 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST What constitutes K-pop and what is specifically Korean about K-pop? This public lecture addresses how the boundary of K-pop is made and re-made. Dr Ji-Hyun Ahn is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Washington Tacoma and a member of the Northeast Asia Council Speakers Bureau. Hosted by U of M's Asian Studies Centre. Details <https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/what-does-the-k-stand-f…> Email Asian.Studies(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Asian.Studies@umanitoba.ca> for Zoom link Opportunities: REMOTE GUEST LECTURE SUPPORT: The UMIH welcomes opportunities to spotlight teaching this term for instructors in Arts. We can provide honorarium support for a guest lecture to join your class and can assist in live streaming the event online so that it can reach a broader audience. Email hee-jungserenity.joo(a)umanitoba.ca for more details. Join our VIRTUAL WRITE-ON-SITES to help keep your writing on track. Share your writing goals and tips while working alongside others. Mondays 9 am-12 pm and Thursdays 2-4 pm CST Email hee-jungserenity.joo(a)umanitoba.ca for Zoom links. WEEKLY WRAP-UP: A TEACHING HAPPY HOUR is an ongoing, casual drop-in for all Arts instructors to share and discuss all things related to remote teaching this term. With special guest Jonathan Dyck. Fridays 3:30-4:30pm CST Email umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for Zoom link Announcements: Congratulations to the winners of the CARE AND GROW microgrants! In partnership with MAWA and QPOC, the UMIH is proud to announce the finalists for the third round of CARE microgrants this year: Kelly Campbell Christine Brouzes Jessie Jannuska Cari-Lynn Jessica Birdwise Lecocq Erin Laye Candace Neumann Candace Lipischak melannie monoceros Renu Shonek Tiff Bartel Ryan Ad Nicole Laurendeau Mariana Munoz-Gomez Kat Nancy Albyn Carias kathleen shellrude For MAWA's original call for proposals, click Details <https://mawa.ca/news/view/make-and-grow-microgrants-for-visual-artists> Please stay tuned for the launching of works by finalists from rounds 1 & 2 on the UMIH Blog. Take care, friends. --UMIH Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director 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 newsletter November 23rd 2020 - PATHWAYS OF RECONCILIATION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH. Wednesday, Nov 25th 2020.
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 23 Nov '20

23 Nov '20

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week, we hope this letter meets you well. Up-coming events: PATHWAYS OF RECONCILIATION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Please join the UM-Press, supported by the UMIH for the virtual launch of Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Call to action. Editors Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan will be joined by contributors Régine Uwibereyeho King, Sheryl Lightfoot, David B. MacDonald, and Andrea Walsh. Wednesday, November 25th, 2020. 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST. Please see the following link for more details and registration: https://uofmpress.ca/events/entry/pathways-of-reconciliation-virtual-launch Public Lecture - What does the “K” stand for in K-pop? Deconstructing Koreanness in K-pop: Please join Dr Tina Chen and the Asian Studies Centre for an upcoming public lecture: What does the “K” stand for in K-pop? Deconstructing Koreanness in K-pop. With increasing numbers of non-Korean members in K-pop groups, K-pop as a music genre, cultural product and system has become increasingly more transnational and hybrid than ever before. This lecture questions what constitutes K-pop and discusses what is specifically Korean about K-pop. The lecture first introduces various ways in which we understand K-pop and then discusses K-pop’s racial imagination by looking at fans’ reaction to and discourse around K-pop groups without Korean members. In doing so, the lecture addresses how the boundary of K-pop is made and re-made. Friday, December 4th 2020 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM. Please email Asian.Studies(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Asian.Studies@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. See Attachment for the event poster. On-going Opportunities: We will like to continue to highlight that the UMIH welcomes opportunities to spotlight teaching this term for teaching staff in Arts that would like support for a remote guest lecture in their class to be made a broader, public event. We can provide some financial support for guest lecture honoraria, as well as logistical support for a live-streamed event online. Email heejungserenity.joo(a)umanitoba.ca for more details. Announcements: Congratulations to the winners of the third round of the CARE Microgrants! Following the conclusion of the third round of the CARE Microgrant call for submissions, we are proud to reveal the list of finalists! proposals from students and community members that explored the multiple dimensions of care, caring, and being careful. This included the (gendered and raced) labor of healthcare, the physical and/or emotional aspects of care, caring for or about a certain cause, or what it means to be careful in this moment of social distancing, for example, projects that center queer and critical race approaches were the focus of our selection. Please see the list of recipients below: Kelly Campbell Christine Brouzes Jessie Jannuska Cari-Lynn Jessica Birdwise Lecocq Erin Laye Candace Neumann Candace Lipischak melannie monoceros Renu Shonek Tiff Bartel Ryan Ad Nicole Laurendeau Mariana Munoz-Gomez Kat Nancy Albyn Carias kathleen shellrude Weekly Wrap Up - A Teaching Happy Hour Sessions are back! 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 with our first starting this Friday, October 30th, 2020. Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Take care, friends. --UMIH Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director 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 newsletter November 16th 2020 - PATHWAYS OF RECONCILIATION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH. Wednesday, Nov 25th 2020.
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week, we hope you had a restful weekend. Thank you to everyone who attended the screening of AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY - THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS hosted by Prairie Asian Organizers with the UMIH. In case you missed the event but will like the opportunity to screen the documentary, read the transcript or re-watch the documentary, you can do so until November 19th. Please contact prairieasian.organizers(a)gmail.com for the link to access the documentary or, follow their Instagram linked below for future updates. https://instagram.com/prairieasian.organizers?igshid=19waz88ronx4m Up-coming events: PATHWAYS OF RECONCILIATION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Please join the UM-Press, supported by the UMIH for the virtual launch of Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Call to action. Editors Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan will be joined by contributors Régine Uwibereyeho King, Sheryl Lightfoot, David B. MacDonald, and Andrea Walsh. Wednesday, November 25th, 2020. 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST. Please see the following link for more details and registration: https://uofmpress.ca/events/entry/pathways-of-reconciliation-virtual-launch Public Lecture - What does the “K” stand for in K-pop? Deconstructing Koreanness in K-pop: Please join Dr Tina Chen and the Asian Studies Centre for an upcoming public lecture: What does the “K” stand for in K-pop? Deconstructing Koreanness in K-pop. With increasing numbers of non-Korean members in K-pop groups, K-pop as a music genre, cultural product and system has become increasingly more transnational and hybrid than ever before. This lecture questions what constitutes K-pop and discusses what is specifically Korean about K-pop. The lecture first introduces various ways in which we understand K-pop and then discusses K-pop’s racial imagination by looking at fans’ reaction to and discourse around K-pop groups without Korean members. In doing so, the lecture addresses how the boundary of K-pop is made and re-made. Friday, December 4th 2020 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM. Please email Asian.Studies(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Asian.Studies@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. See Attachment for the event poster. On-going Opportunities: We will like to continue to highlight that the UMIH welcomes opportunities to spotlight teaching this term for teaching staff in Arts that would like support for a remote guest lecture in their class to be made a broader, public event. We can provide some financial support for guest lecture honoraria, as well as logistical support for a live-streamed event online. Email heejungserenity.joo(a)umanitoba.ca for more details. Announcements: Next week, we will at last share the names of the recipients of the 3rd round of the CARE-Microgrants. With the awardees released, you can also anticipate the sharing of previous winners on the UMIH blog very soon! Please note the Weekly Wrap Up: A Teaching Happy Hour session will resume on Friday, November 20th, 2020. Our Write On-Site Sessions have commenced starting today and will be ongoing Mondays 9 AM - 12 PM and Thursdays 2 PM - 4 PM. --Take Care, Friends. Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director 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 newsletter November 9th 2020 - American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week, we hope this email meets you well - as always. Of Interest: ONLINE SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION: AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY - THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS: Please join Prairie Asian Organizers with the UMIH for an online screening and panel discussion of the documentary, American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs. This event is free and open to all Black, Indigenous and People of Color identified folks who are interested in learning and thinking more about interracial solidarity. Saturday, November 14th, 2020 at 2 PM. See attachment for the event poster. Please feel welcome to access the screening and Zoom invite here: http://bit.ly/grace-lee-boggs-doc For detailed information, please visit the Facebook Events page and Prairie Asian Organizer's Instagram. Respective links are listed below: Facebook Events page: https://fb.me/e/1HR8bbD9t Prairie Asian Organizers on Instagram: https://instagram.com/prairieasian.organizers?igshid=19waz88ronx4m Upcoming Events: PATHWAYS OF RECONCILIATION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Please join the UM-Press, supported by the UMIH for the virtual launch of Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Call to action. Editors Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan will be joined by contributors Régine Uwibereyeho King, Sheryl Lightfoot, David B. MacDonald, and Andrea Walsh. Wednesday, November 25th, 2020. 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST. Please see the following link for more details and registration: https://uofmpress.ca/events/entry/pathways-of-reconciliation-virtual-launch On-going Opportunities & Events: In case you missed the 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 is also now available on Dr Keating's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9xxcOh6Rg0 We will also like to highlight that 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(a)umanitoba.ca for more details. Announcements: Please note the Weekly Wrap Up: A Teaching Happy Hour session is currently on hold to resume on Friday, November 20th, 2020. Our Write On-Site Sessions are also paused for the reading week break and will resume Monday, November 16th, 2020. --Take Care, Friends. Ekene Maduka Assistant to the Director 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 newsletter (November 2, 2020): Recap of R.F Kuang Lecture: The Poppy War In Context : Asian American Speculative Fiction.
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

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(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto: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(a)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(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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