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UMIH Newsletter March 28th 2022 - TOMORROW! @ 02:30 PM CT ; From Tombs to Parchman: The Prison and the Plantation in US Experimental Fiction by Dr. Caitlin Mcintyre (State University of New York at Buffalo)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who joined us at last week's events. We look forward to seeing folks again in the coming weeks (: Upcoming Events: The Occupy Bartleby Research Cluster presents From Tombs to Parchman: The Prison and the Plantation in US Experimental Fiction by Dr Caitlin Mcintyre (State University of New York at Buffalo) Mar 29, 2022, at 02:30 PM Central Time Via Zoom This talk will argue, figure the ruptures of enslavement—a figuring extant in modern and contemporary novels by women of colour including Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) and Gayl Jones’s Eva’s Man (1976), owing to the violent afterlives of the plantation long after the Civil War. Ultimately, in seeing literary experimentation as a specific engagement with the prison/plantation complex in the United States, this talk ultimately asks: how can reading Melville shift how modernism is conceived and periodized? Please see the attached event poster for more details. To attend this talk, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents Lessons from the Argentine Destape: Sex and Culture in the Transition to Democracy presented by Dr Natalia Milanesio (University of Houston) Wednesday, April 6th, 2022, at 4:15 PM CT How did the restoration of democracy in 1983, after years of repression and censorship, transform sexuality and representations and ideas about sexuality? This talk answers this question by examining the unparalleled sexualization of Argentine culture and society after the fall of the last military dictatorship that contemporaries called the destape. Omnipresent, sex was not only about fantasies and indulgence but was also imbued with a myriad of social, political, and cultural positive meanings—including citizenship, social progress, national development, and modernity—that made sexual culture into a powerful metaphor for democracy and the reconstruction of Argentine society. Event poster coming soon. To attend, please email landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 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. Please see the attached posters for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Of Interest: Critical Environments Research Group Presents: Being Whole - Yukon First Nation’s Science and Storytelling for Transformation and Hope Dr Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Indigenous Knowledge Research Chair, Yukon University Thursday, March 31st, 2022 at 12:30 CST Join Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Daqualama, a Yukon First Nation’s scientist, philosopher, and leader. She will share stories from long ago to today then envision our role to create a better tomorrow. Jocelyn uses her knowledge as a microbiologist, hydrologist, policy analyst and Auntie to explore new understandings for social transformation and responsibility in our crisis of mental health, climate change and inequality. Attend the event via this Zoom link<https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/69864232634?pwd=VThhaW51K1BLUFFpR1NLSGpqREM1Zz09>. Please address all questions regarding this event to: bruce.erickson(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:bruce.erickson@umanitoba.ca> 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> [cid:8bce5322-147b-4a07-bdf4-253aab8a03d5]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:6c179f83-178f-494e-95a2-5723cfc2921e]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:8f6c6667-eea8-4e70-8c8f-738378328aeb]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 21st 2022 - Tonight at 7 PM CT - Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday, for the Filipino Canadian Comis Symposium. The live version of the talk is currently available on Facebook via this link<https://fb.watch/bUe5vGJ3_G/>. Upcoming Events: UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction in preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the same theme Monday, March 21, 2022, from 7:00-8:30 PM CDT via Zoom In preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the theme of Poetics, Energy, and Extraction, join Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University) & Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) for this event. There will be Poetry readings and statements of poetics by; Kazim Ali, Madhur Anand, Lesley Battler, Warren Cariou, Cecily Nicholson, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. A closing discussion among the poets and Q&A will also be facilitated by Warren Cariou. To attend, email umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents Agrarian Extractivisms, land, and social reproduction: a feminist political ecology approach. Cases from Colombia and Ecuador By Natalia Landívar (University of Manitoba) and Diana Ojeda (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia) Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 at 2:30 PM CT We are excited to welcome folks to this lecture presented by Natalia Landívar (University of Manitoba) and Diana Ojeda (Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia). This talk will combine the research and activist works of Natalia Landivan and Dr Ojeda which ranges from right-to-food socially engaged research work and the bridging of feminist political ecology. For a short bio on Natalia Landivan and Dr Ojeda, please view the attached two page PDF poster. To attend this event, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Expanding Our Perceptual Possibilities: Empathy, Creativity, and Interdisciplinarity presented by Dr Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) with special guest performers Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu Thurs, March 24th 2022, at 2:30 PM CT via Zoom Join UMIH research affiliate Dr Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University), with presenters Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu for this upcoming event. This talk will explore the ways in which we can heighten our empathy through imaginative and creative activities, collaboration, and interdisciplinary thinking to bring about a more compassionate, caring, and sustainable society. For more details, please refer to the attached event poster. To attend this program, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Occupy Bartleby Research Cluster presents From Tombs to Parchman: The Prison and the Plantation in US Experimental Fiction by Dr. Caitlin Mcintyre (State University of New York at Buffalo) Mar 29, 2022, at 02:30 PM Central Time This talk will argue, figure the ruptures of enslavement—a figuring extant in modern and contemporary novels by women of colour including Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) and Gayl Jones’s Eva’s Man (1976), owing to the violent afterlives of the plantation long after the Civil War. Ultimately, in seeing literary experimentation as a specific engagement with the prison/plantation complex in the United States, this talk ultimately asks: how can reading Melville shift how modernism is conceived and periodized? Please see the attached event poster for more details. To attend this talk, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> UMIH Sponsored Events: UMIH + QTWOC Writing Group & QPOC Winnipeg are thrilled to present a virtual open mic hosted by Mee Ok Icaro Call for QTBIWOC identifying writers: Deadline March 22nd 2022. Open Mic scheduled for Saturday, March 26th (with more details for time to follow) We are thrilled to welcome folks to this open mic featuring readings by queer and trans-Black, Indigenous, and other women of colour. If you are a QTBIWOC writer and would like to participate, please send a writing sample to meeok.author(a)gmail.com<mailto:meeok.author@gmail.com> (doc/pdf) by March 22 for consideration. An honorarium will be provided for chosen participants. For updated information on this event, please visit our Facebook page linked here<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities> Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 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 the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. 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> [cid:cd4c6983-c5cf-46d4-afd6-e7ceb2c2c4bc]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:7f2994d4-621f-4f31-907e-dd5d89d11fee]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:291623fb-ad14-4254-8108-09be1b5b2b86]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 14th 2022 - Wednesday, March 16th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Waves of Departure and Return: Mennonite Migration Between Canada and Latin America. Presented by Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (UofW)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday, for Dr. Duclos's talk. This lecture and several others from the year will be edited and posted on the UMIH YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw> in the next few weeks. Upcoming Events: The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents: Waves of Departure and Return: Mennonite Migration Between Canada and Latin America. Presented by Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (University of Winnipeg) Wednesday, March 16th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Ben Nobbs-Thiessen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg and editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies. He has conducted research in Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada with a focus on the transnational history of Mennonite settlement throughout the Americas. His new SSHRC funded research examines the return migration of Mennonites from Latin America to Canada. To attend this event, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> The UMIH research cluster, Graphic Narratives beyond the Gutter presents: Filipino Canadian Comics symposium March 18th 2022 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CST. We welcome comic fans and scholars to join us for this symposium featuring perspectives from panellists; J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!), April dela Noche Milne (The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration), Allan Matudio (Kasama) and more! We hope this event will bring awareness to some of the creative minds in Canada's Filipino communities and, we look forward to seeing you there. To attend, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr. Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction in preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the same theme Monday, March 21, 2022, from 7:00-8:30 PM CDT via Zoom In preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the theme of Poetics, Energy, and Extraction, join Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University) & Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) for this event. There will be Poetry readings and statements of poetics by; Kazim Ali, Madhur Anand, Lesley Battler, Warren Cariou, Cecily Nicholson, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. A closing discussion among the poets and Q&A will also be facilitated by Warren Cariou. To attend, email umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Expanding Our Perceptual Possibilities: Empathy, Creativity, and Interdisciplinarity presented by Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) with special guest performers Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu Thurs, March 24th 2022, at 2:30 PM CT via Zoom Join UMIH research affiliate Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University), with presenters Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu for this upcoming event. This talk will explore the ways in which we can heighten our empathy through imaginative and creative activities, collaboration, and interdisciplinary thinking to bring about a more compassionate, caring, and sustainable society. To attend, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 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 the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. 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> [cid:e82e1146-25a4-41c4-b967-d079ce63470f]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:a13ddad7-5dcd-4351-8186-6d73c121b5c0]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:4d289271-63e5-4032-a320-a6de090c488c]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 7th 2022 - Friday, March 11th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Death Scripts: A personal reflection on the healing properties of dialogic writing presented by Dr. Rebecca Duclos (Concordia University)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week Upcoming Events: The Death as Transformative Experience Research Cluster Presents: Death Scripts: A personal reflection on the healing properties of dialogic writing presented by Dr. Rebecca Duclos (Concordia University) Friday, March 11th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT In this informal conversation, Rebecca Duclos will share and reflect on the process of her own unexpected production of a recent theatrical script-in-progress that emerged during the pandemic when she took time to reflect on the death of her mother by VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking) in 1998. As an Art History professor, a certified death doula, a palliative care volunteer, and a nascent script-writer, she will discuss new ways to consider the role of dialogic writing as a form of “alternative accounting” of death as a transformative experience, for both the living and the dying. Please see the attached two-page PDF poster for more details. To attend this event, email: simone.mahrenholz(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:simone.mahrenholz@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents: Waves of Departure and Return: Mennonite Migration Between Canada and Latin America. Presented by Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (University of Winnipeg) Wednesday, March 16th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Ben Nobbs-Thiessen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg and editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies. He has conducted research in Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada with a focus on the transnational history of Mennonite settlement throughout the Americas. His new SSHRC funded research examines the return migration of Mennonites from Latin America to Canada. To attend this event, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> The UMIH research cluster, Graphic Narratives beyond the Gutter presents: Filipino Canadian Comics symposium March 18th 2022 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CST. We welcome comic fans and scholars to join us for this symposium featuring perspectives from panellists; J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!), April dela Noche Milne (The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration), Allan Matudio (Kasama) and more! We hope this event will bring awareness to some of the creative minds in Canada's Filipino communities and, we look forward to seeing you there. To attend, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr. Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction in preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the same theme Monday, March 21, 2022, from 7:00-8:30 PM CDT via Zoom In preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the theme of Poetics, Energy, and Extraction, join Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University) & Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) for this event. There will be Poetry readings and statements of poetics by; Kazim Ali, Madhur Anand, Lesley Battler, Warren Cariou, Cecily Nicholson, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. A closing discussion among the poets and Q&A will also be facilitated by Warren Cariou. To attend, email umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 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 the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. Of Interest: Stateless Histories: A Project by Dr Jennifer Dueck (Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa) and Dr. Laura Robson (Oliver-McCourtney Professor of History at Penn State University). Stateless Histories is a collection of digital resources – essays, podcasts, documents, and short videos – exploring the manifestations, meanings, and experiences of statelessness in the modern era with particular emphasis on the non-European world. From national politics to diasporic organizations to international legal regimes, stateless places and populations appear everywhere in the modern world. Stateless Histories is a project by Dr Jennifer Dueck (University of Manitoba) and Laura Robson (Penn State University). To engage with more of this work, visit the website<http://statelesshistories.org/> 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> [cid:1c82d361-4193-4c44-a587-54aa9401bf79]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:95cdf0a5-730d-4ec2-b6fe-b4f06a8eeb75]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:d066828a-cbbd-4c62-903e-231a71836ff5]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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