April 2021 - UM-Humanities - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

UMIH Newsletter April 26th 2021- UMIH Affiliate Talk - Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau : Ducks, Syncrude Ducks, and Father Goose: Reading Waterfowl in the Tar Sands - April 29th 2021
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Upcoming Events: UMIH Research Affiliate Talk - Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau: Ducks, Syncrude Ducks, and Father Goose: Reading Waterfowl in the Tar Sands Thursday, April 29th 2021. 2:30 PM - 3:30 CT. Using found and erasure poetry as literary criticism, this lecture interprets early-20th-century representations of waterfowl by S.C. Ells, “the father of the tar sands,” in light of the drowning of 1600 ducks on a Syncrude tailings pond in 2008. For more details, visit the UMIH Facebook timeline<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/>. Please also see the event poster attached. On-going Opportunities: Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th, 2021 The UMIH calls for applications for the 2021-22 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See attached posters for each call and details on how to apply. More information can also be found on the UMIH website linked here.<https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/> UMIH External Grant Support: The UMIH is seeking proposals for its External Grant Support program. This is an initiative to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program was designed to provide opportunities for scholars to secure support, (both cash and in-kind), from the UMIH in order to leverage funds from other agencies. Please see attached, poster for details on how to apply. Of Interest: Annual Humanities Writing Contest (Dpt of. Psychiatry, Dalhousie University) Medical students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, prose, poetry, plays, or graphic novellas exploring the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Competition. Other forms of creative writing may also be accepted. For more details on requirements and how to apply, please see this link<https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/psychiatry/education/m…>. 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 April 19th 2021- Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th, 2021
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Event Recap: Thank you to everyone who joined us for the teach-in on anti-Asian racism and community formation and also for Dr Gayatri Gopinath's talk Unruly visions. If you missed Dr Gopinath's Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora, the lecture is now available with closed captions and ASL interpretation on the School of Art Gallery's YouTube channel linked here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0oPa17vXs8> On-going Opportunities: Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th, 2021 The UMIH calls for applications for the 2021-22 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See attached posters for each call and details on how to apply. More information can also be found on the UMIH website linked here.<https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/> UMIH External Grant Support: The UMIH is seeking proposals for its External Grant Support program. This is an initiative to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program was designed to provide opportunities for scholars to secure support, (both cash and in-kind), from the UMIH in order to leverage funds from other agencies. Please see attached, poster for details on how to apply. Of Interest: Annual Humanities Writing Contest (Dpt of. Psychiatry, Dalhousie University) Medical students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, prose, poetry, plays, or graphic novellas exploring the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Competition. Other forms of creative writing may also be accepted. For more details on requirements and how to apply, please see this link<https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/psychiatry/education/m…>. 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 April 12th 2021- Teach-In: Anti-Asian Racism and Community Formation (UMIH + Prairie Asian Organizers) Friday April 16th at 3:00 PM.
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 12 Apr '21

12 Apr '21

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Upcoming Events: Teach-In: Anti-Asian Racism and Community Formation (UMIH + Prairie Asian Organizers): Friday, 16th April 2021. 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CT. Join the UMIH in collaboration with Prairie Asian Organizers (PAO!) for a teach-in on anti-Asian racism and community formation. This event features discussions by Serenity Joo (English, Theatre, Film & Media), Jeongmin Kim (History) and Tina Chen (History) moderated by Naomi Woo. For more information, visit the events page linked here<https://www.facebook.com/events/2884758968414786/> and see the attached poster. Please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca for the Zoom link to attend. Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora: A Lecture by Dr. Gayatri Gopinath (New York University) (UMIH + School of Art Gallery) Thursday, 15th April 2021. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM CDT "Unruly Visions" continues and expands upon the framing of queer diaspora as it brings queer diaspora studies to bear on studies of visual culture. In so doing, Gopinath suggests new ways of theorizing, seeing, and sensing queerness and diaspora across different geographies and temporalities. Dr Gopinath's talk will be followed by a Q&A with Christina Hajjar, curator of cause to become. For details to register visit the following link<https://www.facebook.com/events/1077108012774106/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%…> also, see the event poster attached. New-Opportunities: Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th, 2021 The UMIH calls for applications for the 2021-22 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See attached posters for each call and details on how to apply. On-going Opportunities: UMIH External Grant Support: The UMIH is seeking proposals for its External Grant Support program. This is an initiative to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program was designed to provide opportunities for scholars to secure support, (both cash and in-kind), from the UMIH in order to leverage funds from other agencies. Please see attached, poster for details on how to apply. Of Interest: Annual Humanities Writing Contest (Dpt of. Psychiatry, Dalhousie University) Medical students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, prose, poetry, plays, or graphic novellas exploring the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Competition. Other forms of creative writing may also be accepted. For more details on how to enter click the link here<http://Medical%20students%20and%20residents%20are%20invited%20to%20submit%2….> 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 April 5th 2021 -Event Recap: Horror writer Gemma Files: Guest lecturer for ENGL1400: Monstrosity in Literature (UMIH + Department of English)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 05 Apr '21

05 Apr '21

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to April! Event Recap: Horror writer Gemma Files: Guest lecturer for ENGL1400: Monstrosity in Literature (UMIH + Department of English) In case you missed this morning's discussion with former film critic, journalist, screenwriter and teacher, Gemma Files posted on the UMIH Facebook, please feel welcome to watch the live on our Facebook timeline linked HERE<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>. Captions will be added to the documentation of the video and archived on the UMIH's YouTube channel soon. New-Opportunities: Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th, 2021 The UMIH call for applications for the 2021-22 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support and create space for scholars doing important research work & endeavours in the humanities. See attached posters for each call and details on how to apply. On-going Opportunities: UMIH External Grant Support: The UMIH is seeking proposals for its External Grant Support program. An initiative to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program was designed to provide opportunities for scholars to secure support, both cash and in-kind, from the UMIH in order to leverage funds from other agencies. Please see attached, the poster for details on how to apply. Of Interest: What I Was Meant to Do: Black Women Teachers in 20th Century Canada with Dr. Funké Aladejebi (History, University of Toronto) Tuesday, April 6th, 2021. 1:30 PM CST Join the Department of History, University of Manitoba, for a special guest lecture discussing Dr. Funke Aladejebi's forthcoming book Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers (McGill-Queen’s Press<https://www.mqup.ca/schooling-the-system-products-9780228005391.php>. This talk will explore the importance of Black Canadian women sustaining their communities and preserving a distinct Black identity within restrictive gender and racial barriers. To pre-register for the event please see the link HERE<https://bit.ly/2MLEbGY.> 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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