September 2024 - UM-Humanities - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Upcoming UMIH Events and Book Group News
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 23 Sep '24

23 Sep '24

Dear Friends of UMIH, We are pleased to share details of two upcoming events: Hands-On Humanities: A Roundtable Wednesday 2 OCT, 2:30 – 4:00 (Tier 409) Exploring practices as diverse as beading, woodworking, and chemical photography, six speakers will reflect on how hands-on practices are shaping their research, teaching, and/or outreach. Please join us to hear from: Dr. Alison Calder, Dr. Warren Cariou, Dr. Sarah Elvins, Dr. Nicole Goulet, Dr. Len Kuffert, and Dr. Celiese Lypka (U of Winnipeg). Gestalt Narrative in Migration Fiction: Valya Dudycz Lupescu’s The Silence of Trees Thursday 3 OCT, 1:00 – 2:00 (Haney Reading Room, Fletcher Argue 625) Please come to hear a talk by ETFM Visiting Speaker Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn (Chair of Literary Theory and World Literature, Kyiv National Linguistics University). All are welcome. And now for some UMIH Book Group news: This term, UMIH invites members of the UM community to join us for two conversations about Tiya Miles’ award-winning book All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (2022). You can learn more about this book here<https://tiyamiles.com/books/all-that-she-carried/>. The first meeting of the book group (Intro to Chapter 4) is scheduled for Tuesday 22 October (2:30 - 4:00, Tier 409). The second meeting (Chapters 5 to 7) will take place on Tuesday 19 November (2:30 - 4:00, Tier 409). Please come for tea, snacks, and conversation. Students, instructors, support staff, and library staff are all welcome. Ten copies of All That She Carried are now available. If you’re thinking of joining our book group, please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca to request your free copy. As always, we welcome your suggestions for ways that UMIH can support your work in the humanities. 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 : Monday, September 16th, 2024 - Preview of the Institute’s 2024-2025 Fall Term Programming
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Dear Friends of the Humanities, This message shares a preview of our Fall term programming. Thanks for your patience as we finalized some plans! We are pleased to announce two roundtables featuring presenters from the U of M and the U of W. These roundtables will explore how making and the study of material culture enrich work in the humanities. Here are some details: Hands-On Humanities Roundtable (Wed 2 October, 2:30 – 4:00; Tier 409) Exploring practices as diverse as woodworking, chemical photography, and beading, six speakers will reflect on how hands-on practices shape their research, teaching, and/or outreach. Our speakers are: Dr. Alison Calder, Dr. Warren Cariou, Dr. Sarah Elvins, Dr. Nicole Goulet, Dr. Len Kuffert, and Dr. Celiese Lypka (U of W). Object Lessons Roundtable (Wed 6 November, 2:30 – 4:00; Tier 409) This roundtable will feature speakers’ reflections on objects that have transformed their work in the humanities. Our speakers are: Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith, Dr. Sean Carleton, Dr. Mark Lawall, Dr. Carla Manfredi (U of W), and Dr. Mike Sampson. Please mark your calendar to attend one or both of these roundtables. To deepen our exploration of material culture and making, we also invite you to join the UMIH Book Group. Our book for this term is Dr. Tiya Miles’ All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (2022). This group will meet twice (Tues Oct 22, 2:30-4:00; Tues Nov 19, 2:30- 4:00). All are welcome. Ten free copies of the book are available for book club participants. And continuing our engagement with hands-on humanities work, we will welcome Dr. Maria Zytaruk (U of Calgary) as a guest speaker on Friday November 29 (2:30-3:30, via Zoom). Dr. Zytaruk is a professor, curator, and radio documentary maker. Her lecture is tentatively titled “Public Humanities on the Ground: Cultivating Flax for Papermaking in a Campus Community Garden.” Please also mark your calendar to attend one (or more) of our UMIH Crafternoons, a series of drop-in crafting sessions. Try out a new craft or bring your own project. We’ll gather on three Wednesday afternoons (2:30-4:00; Tier 409). All supplies and instructions will be provided. Join us to explore weaving with looms (Oct 16), repurposing rags into rugs (Oct 30), and block printing and paper arts (Nov 27). Please note: we will be sharing news of additional events in the weeks ahead. This is just a sneak peek of what’s to come. We can, for example, look forward to presentations by some new members of the UMIH community. We hope you’ll join us in welcoming our new Research Affiliates: Rachel Shields (McMaster) and Dr. Youcef Soufi (U of T). We are also delighted to announce this year’s UMIH Graduate Fellows. They are Carla Kennedy (Indigenous Studies) and Karen Brglez (History). We can also look forward to hearing about the work of two new UMIH Research Clusters: a cluster on Prairie Abolition (led by Dr. Hee-Jung Serenity Joo) and a cluster dedicated to Ecology, Canadian Poetry, and Labour (led by Dr. Jamie Paris). To learn more about our affiliates, fellows, and clusters, please follow us on Instagram (@__umih). We look forward to seeing you at an event soon. In the meantime, we welcome your suggestions for ways that UMIH can support your work in the humanities. Don’t hesitate to be in touch. 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 Announcement - Palestine & Us : Tuesday, September 10 @ 3:30
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

Dear Friends of the Humanities, Welcome back to the Fall Term. The Institute for the Humanities will be sharing an exciting set of announcements soon. For now, we wish to alert you to the following event of interest. The Institute together with Faculty for Palestine presents: Palestine & Us: Our Universities and Human Dignity Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM CT Hybrid event: Room 409 Tier Building and on Zoom Speakers include faculty and students from UManitoba and UWinnipeg. Come to learn more about how you can get involved with F4P MB on your campus. To attend virtually, please email umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@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>

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