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December 2024

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This week’s UMIH News: a look back at Fall 2024
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 18 Dec '24

18 Dec '24

Dear Friends of UMIH, I write today to thank you for your support for UMIH this fall. We’ve explored a wide range of topics, skills, and methods that matter to the humanities. They have included, among many other things, a contemporary staging of an historical drama, professional editing skills, the media history of hobbyist woodworking, strategies for dissertation writing, connections between beading and storytelling, Ukrainian diasporic writing, and the crafting of haiku. We temporarily transformed a boardroom into a studio space to explore weaving methods and block printing traditions and we made time to learn from the many people who generously contributed to UMIH’s programming as speakers or event hosts. Those contributors include (from the University of Manitoba): Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith, Dr. Alison Calder, Dr. Warren Cariou, Dr. Sean Carleton, Dr. David Churchill, Dr. Sarah Elvins, Dr. Michelle Faubert, Dr. Erin Keating, Dr. Len Kuffert, Dr. Mike Sampson, and Dr. David Watt. They also include (from beyond the University of Manitoba): Dr. Urvashi Chakravarty, Dr. Celiese Lypka, Dr. Emily Maggiacomo, Dr. Carla Manfredi, Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn, Dr. Maria Zytaruk, Lisa Hislop, Michelle Waitzman, Kristian Enright, Mark Nowak, Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau, Moni Brar, Jenna Butler, Sam Jones, and Kelly Shepherd. Special thanks go to our UMIH Research Cluster leaders, Dr. Jamie Paris and Dr. Serenity Joo. Thanks also go to UMIH Research Assistant Lakshmisree Shaji Marar and to UMIH student interns Hanako Teranishi and Patrick Fermin. Thank you to Ekene Emeka Maduka for all her work for the Institute. Of course, I also want to thank all who attended talks, participated in hands-on crafting sessions, or made time to prepare for and participate in our book group. We will be sharing our winter schedule with you early in the new year. By way of a sneak peek, we can let you know that we look forward to collaborating with the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture on several events. We can also look forward to presentations by UMIH affiliates Dr. Youcef Soufi and Rachel Shields and by Graduate Fellows Karen Brglez and Carla Kennedy. It’s going to be another great term at UMIH. As always, I welcome your suggestions for ways that UMIH can support your teaching, learning, research, and outreach in the humanities. This is especially true as we finalize plans for the Winter Term. Don’t hesitate to be in touch. With best wishes for a restful break, Vanessa Dr. Vanessa Warne (Interim Director UMIH<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/?hl=en>, 2024-2025)

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CFP for upcoming conference on Identity and Poetics - Ukrainian Canadian Literature
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

Dear Friends of UMIH, We are pleased to share a Call for Papers on behalf of Visiting Scholar Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn (Kyiv National Linguistics University). A conference exploring IDENTITY AND POETICS OF UKRAINIAN CANADIAN LITERATURE will take place on March 14, 2025; proposals are due to Dr. Shymchyshyn by Feb. 15, 2025. Topics for exploration include Ukrainian Canadian literary responses to political and social changes in Ukraine and Canada. Please see the attached CFP for more information. You can reach Dr. Shymchyshyn at mariya.shymchyshyn(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariya.shymchyshyn@umanitoba.ca>. We look forward to sharing more UMIH news with you soon! [cid:78b7a824-4263-4d99-bf11-2ae95ed23370] 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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