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UMIH newsletter-forthcoming events
by Jorge Nallim 27 Oct '25

27 Oct '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, Please join us this week for these exciting events (see attached posters and links for more information): UMIH Lecture Series, "Research Subjectivity and the Politics of Israel/Palestine" Mira Sucharov (Carleton University) Date: October 29th, noon, 409 Tier Bldg. In this presentation, Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, will discuss the role of the scholar-activist as researcher in the context of the politics of Israel/Palestine. This event is possible due to the support of the University of Manitoba's Department of Religion and the Newcombe Family Foundation -"Refusing to Harness a River: A Study of Drylands Farmers Resisting Irrigation in Mid-20th Century Saskatchewan." Shannon Stunden Bower (University of Alberta) Date: Thursday, October 30th, 1-2:30pm, 108 St. John's College This presentation will focus on dryland farmers from Saskatchewan's Outlook-Broderick area in their efforts to resist the Saskatchewan government's attempts to compel them to irrigate. This event, organized by the Centre for Human Rights Research, is also supported by the UMIH's Research Cluster Food Matters. And please mark your agendas for the following week: - "Sport Activism and Social Justice. A Conversation with Olympians Gabriella Papadakis and Kaitlyn Weaver." Tina Chen (Vice-Provost, Equity) and Doug Brown (Den, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management) host a panel discussion on gender, queer identities and leading change in figure skating with Olympic Champion and 5x World Champion Papadakis and 3x World Medalist Weaver. -Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2:30-3:45 220 Active Living Centre. Also, join us for Queer Community Skate. UM 2SLGBTQIA+ staff, students and faculty are invited to join Papadakis and Weaver for a community skate. Date: Nov. 6, 2:30-3:30 pm, Wayne Fleming Arena, Max Bell Centre, Fort Garry campus The panel and the community skate are sponsored by the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, the Office of Equity Transformation, UM Creative Works Grant, and the UM Institute for the Humanities -History Colloquium, book presentation and discussion, Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution Eva Payne (University of Mississippi) Date: Friday, November 7th, 2:30-4pm, 111 St. John's College (Quiet Room) This event is co-sponsored by the Department of History, the Asian Studies Program, the Centre for Human Rights Research, the Institute for the Humanities, and the Faculty of Arts. And we continue reminding about our forthcoming events in November and later, February 2026, organized by UMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn: -The Great Overlooked - Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar This is a one-day symposium honoring Leonid Biletskyi (1882-1955), an influential Ukrainian literary scholar, educator, and cultural leader whose work in Winnipeg left a lasting legacy. This one-day, mixed-format symposium will be held on November 18th, 409 Tier, beginning at noon and with the keynote address delivered via Zoom at 2:30pm by Prof. Rostyslav Radyshevskyi (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). We have several confirmed participants already and the program will be announced soon. For further information and potential participation, see attached pdf and contact Dr. Shymchyshyn at mariya.shymchyshyn(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariya.shymchyshyn@umanitoba.ca> - International Conference, "Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants". UMIH, February 5-6, 2026. The Institute for Humanities at the University of Manitoba invites proposals for papers and panel presentations for the international conference Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants. This conference seeks to explore the diverse literary portrayals of displacement, migration, exile, and the refugee experience across genres, languages, and cultures. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches, including but not limited to literary studies, cultural studies, history, and sociology. The format for this conference is hybrid (in person/Zoom). The deadline for submitting proposals is January 5th 2026. For more information, please see attached pdf or contact Dr. Shymchyshyn. Stay tuned for more events! Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Faculty of Arts Humanities Research Professor Department of History 405 Fletcher Argue Bldg. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> https://umanitoba.ca/arts/jorge-nallim Sanda McGee Deutsch and Jorge A. Nállim (eds.), Antifascism(s) in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Margins to the Center (Cambridge University Press, 2025). For more information, visit our blog, https://cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/antifascisms-in-latin-america-and-the-car…

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FW: UMIH events- Today and for this week and the next one
by Jorge Nallim 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, Please join us for a full agenda of exciting events covering a wide range of topics, several in collaboration with UMIH’s partners. Please advertise these events, circulate the information and attached posters in your units and with anyone who might be interested. We begin today, Monday, October 20th, with another of our Brown Bag Lunch Series, on “Understanding Mediums: The Extensions of Spirit,” at 1pm, 409 Tier. This is a presentation by Catherine van Reenen, doctoral candidate in the Department of Religion and one of UMIH’s graduate fellows. Based on a chapter of her thesis, this presentation will highlight conceptual affinities between the media theory of Marshall McLuhan and the 'medium theory' of a group of psychical researchers who focused on a phenomenon known as 'teleplasm', a mysterious substance alleged to ooze from the orifices of entranced mediums. -Workshop: “AI and Artmaking” Erika Jean Lincoln, -Organized by Creative Manitoba and Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), supported by UMIH -Date: October 22, 7- 8:30pm, online, information available at https://creativemanitoba.ca/event/ai-and-artmaking/#tribe-tickets__tickets-… This online Boot Camp will break down artificial intelligence (AI) into bite-sized pieces that are easy to understand. It will explore the gateways and barriers that AI employs in image and sound generation, and generative text in performance and writing. -UMIH Guest Lecture Series: “Strangely Friends. A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters” Karen Dubinsky (Queen’s University)  Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2:30pm, 409 Tier In this presentation, Karen Dubinsky will discuss her new book Strangely Friends, which focuses on the often-neglected network of personal and cultural connections between Cuban and Canadians since the early days of the Cuban revolution. It addresses the stories of many Canadians, from teachers and activists, attracted to Cuban a well as of Cubans drawn to Canada. This presentation , organized by UMIH, also counts on the support of the Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America and the Centre for Human Rights Research There will also be a book presentation and discussion of Dr. Dubinsky’s book the following day, also co-sponsored with the Centre for Human Rights Research: “An evening of Cuban-Canadian Encounters Through Music, Art, Politics, and More with Karen Dubinsky and Jorge Nállim.” Friday, October 24, 7pm, Atrium at McNally Robinson Booksellers’-Grant Park For more information, visit https://chrr.info/event/an-evening-on-cuban-canadian-encounters-through-mus… and https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18802/Karen-Dubinsky-Winnipeg-Book-La… For next week, mark your calendars for two additional events: UMIH Guest Lecture Series: “Research Subjectivity and the Politics of Israel/Palestine” Mira Sucharov (Carleton University) October 29th, noon, 409 Tier Bldg. In this presentation, Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, will discuss the role of the scholar-activist as researcher in the context of the politics of Israel/Palestine. This event is possible due to the support of the Newcombe Family Foundation -“Refusing to Harness a River: A Study of Drylands Farmers Resisting Irrigation in Mid-20th Century Saskatchewan. Shannon Stunden Bower (University of Alberta) Thursday, October 30th, 1-2:30pm, 108 St. John’s College This presentation will focus on dryland farmers from Saskatchewan’s Outlook-Broderick area in their efforts to resist the Saskatchewan government’s attempts to compel them to irrigate. This event, organized by the Centre for Human Rights Research, is also supported by the UMIH’s Research Cluster Food Matters. For more info on this event, see https://chrr.info/event/refusing-to-harness-a-river-a-study-of-dryland-farm… Also, we continue reminding about one forthcoming event and a conference in February 2026, both organized by UMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn: -“The Great Overlooked – Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar” This is a one-day symposium honoring Leonid Biletskyi (1882–1955), an influential Ukrainian literary scholar, educator, and cultural leader whose work in Winnipeg left a lasting legacy. This one-day, mixed-format symposium will be held on November 18th, 409 Tier, beginning at noon and with the keynote address delivered via Zoom at 2:30pm by Prof. Rostyslav Radyshevskyi (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). We have several confirmed participants already and the program will be announced soon. For further information and potential participation, see attached pdf and contact Dr. Shymchyshyn at mariya.shymchyshyn(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariya.shymchyshyn@umanitoba.ca> - International Conference, “Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants”. UMIH, February 5-6, 2026. The Institute for Humanities at the University of Manitoba invites proposals for papers and panel presentations for the international conference Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants. This conference seeks to explore the diverse literary portrayals of displacement, migration, exile, and the refugee experience across genres, languages, and cultures. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches, including but not limited to literary studies, cultural studies, history, and sociology. The format for this conference is hybrid (in person/Zoom). The deadline for submitting proposals is January 5th 2026. For more information, please see attached pdf or contact Dr. Shymchyshyn. Stay tuned, and do not forget to follow us in Instagram and our webpage! Best, Jorge Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Faculty of Arts Humanities Research Professor Department of History 405 Fletcher Argue Bldg. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> https://umanitoba.ca/arts/jorge-nallim Sanda McGee Deutsch and Jorge A. Nállim (eds.), Antifascism(s) in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Margins to the Center (Cambridge University Press, 2025). For more information, visit our blog, https://cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/antifascisms-in-latin-america-and-the-car…

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UMIH newsletter- forthcoming events
by Jorge Nallim 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, I would like to bring to your attention to the next series of exciting events brought to you by UMIH and its partners. This week join us for, -The Closest Thing to Time Travel: Original Antique Objects as a Teaching Aid in Literary Studies Christopher Heyl (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 15th, 2:30pm Zoom presentation, streamed in and moderated by UIMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn in 409 Tier Zoom link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/67327444304?pwd=AB46IxXZaBhblTlLhXclgpkM9KUeia.1<https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/67327444304?pwd=AB46IxXZaBhblTlLhXclgpkM9KUeia.1,> Objects, and especially original antique objects, can be very powerful tools in academic teaching. This lecture will offer a discussion of how they can be used in a lecture or seminar context, and why they have the power to fascinate and motivate. One focus of this lecture will be the special appeal of small, portable objects that were once embedded in social practices. Next week we have a full series of events: -Brown Bag Lunch Series: Understanding Mediums: The Extensions of Spirit Catherine Van Reenen Date: Monday, October 20th, 1pm, 409 Tier Catherine van Reenen is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religion. Based on a chapter of her thesis, this presentation will highlight conceptual affinities between the media theory of Marshall McLuhan and the 'medium theory' of a group of psychical researchers who focused on a phenomenon known as 'teleplasm', a mysterious substance alleged to ooze from the orifices of entranced mediums. Workshop: AI and Artmaking Erika Jean Lincoln, -Organized by Creative Manitoba and Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), supported by UMIH -Date: October 22, 7- 8:30pm, online, information available at https://creativemanitoba.ca/event/ai-and-artmaking/#tribe-tickets__tickets-… This online Boot Camp will break down artificial intelligence (AI) into bite-sized pieces that are easy to understand. It will explore the gateways and barriers that AI employs in image and sound generation, and generative text in performance and writing. -Strangely Friends. A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters Karen Dubinsky (Queen’s University)  Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2:30pm, 409 Tier In this presentation, Karen Dubinsky will discuss her new book Strangely Friends, which focuses on the often-neglected network of personal and cultural connections between Cuban and Canadians since the early days of the Cuban revolution. It addresses the stories of many Canadians, from teachers and activists, attracted to Cuban a well as of Cubans drawn to Canada. This presentation counts on the support of the Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America and the Centre for Human Rights Research There will also be a book presentation and discussion of Dr. Dubinsky’s book the following day, also co-sponsored with the Centre for Human Rights Research: “An evening of Cuban-Canadian Encounters Through Music, Art, Politics, and More with Karen Dubinsky and Jorge Nállim.” Friday, October 24, 7pm, Atrium at McNally Robinson Booksellers’-Grant Park For more information, visit https://chrr.info/event/an-evening-on-cuban-canadian-encounters-through-mus… and https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18802/Karen-Dubinsky-Winnipeg-Book-La… And we continue reminding about the forthcoming event organized by UMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn: -The Great Overlooked – Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar This is a one-day symposium honoring Leonid Biletskyi (1882–1955), an influential Ukrainian literary scholar, educator, and cultural leader whose work in Winnipeg left a lasting legacy. This one-day, mixed-format symposium will be held on November 18th, and the keynote address will be delivered via Zoom at 2:30pm by Prof. Rostyslav Radyshevskyi (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). We invite submissions for the symposium, for further information see attached pdf and contact Dr. Shymchyshyn at mariya.shymchyshyn(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariya.shymchyshyn@umanitoba.ca> Stay tuned for more events! Jorge A. Nállim 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:image001.png@01DC3C81.132853D0]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:image002.png@01DC3C81.132853D0]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:image003.png@01DC3C81.132853D0]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> Sanda McGee Deutsch and Jorge A. Nállim (eds.), Antifascism(s) in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Margins to the Center (Cambridge University Press, 2025). For more information, visit our blog, https://cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/antifascisms-in-latin-america-and-the-car…

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UMIH newsletter- forthcoming events
by Jorge Nallim 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, Nothing like a beautiful autumn season for enjoying the next series of events brought to you by the UMIH-see attached posters for further information and do not forget to follow us in Instagram @umih__ -UMIH Brown Bag Lunch Series: Ecstatic Torment: Cinematic Motus in the Horror Genre GG Dascal, UMIH Graduate Fellow Thursday, October 9th, 1pm, 309 Tier Bldg. Get ready for Hallowing and bring your lunch, for a presentation by one of UMIH's Graduate Fellows! A PhD candidate at the Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media, Dascal will discuss her research on horror films, aesthetics, and audience experience and engagement. -The Closest Thing to Time Travel: Original Antique Objects as a Teaching Aid in Literary Studies Christopher Heyl (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Wednesday, October 15th, 2:30pm Zoom presentation, streamed in and moderated by UIMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn in 409 Tier Zoom link: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/67327444304?pwd=AB46IxXZaBhblTlLhXclgpkM9KUeia.1<https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/67327444304?pwd=AB46IxXZaBhblTlLhXclgpkM9KUeia.1,> Objects, and especially original antique objects, can be very powerful tools in academic teaching. This lecture will offer a discussion of how they can be used in a lecture or seminar context, and why they have the power to fascinate and motivate. One focus of this lecture will be the special appeal of small, portable objects that were once embedded in social practices. And we continue reminding about the forthcoming event organized by Dr. Shymchyshyn: -The Great Overlooked - Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar This is a one-day symposium honoring Leonid Biletskyi (1882-1955), an influential Ukrainian literary scholar, educator, and cultural leader whose work in Winnipeg left a lasting legacy. This one-day, mixed-format symposium will be held on November 18th, and the keynote address will be delivered via Zoom at 2:30pm by Prof. Rostyslav Radyshevskyi (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). We invite submissions for the symposium, for further information see attached pdf and contact Dr. Shymchyshyn at mariya.shymchyshyn(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariya.shymchyshyn@umanitoba.ca> Stay tuned for more events! Jorge A. Nállim 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:image001.png@01DC36C7.65194920]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:image002.png@01DC36C7.65194920]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:image003.png@01DC36C7.65194920]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Faculty of Arts Humanities Research Professor Department of History 405 Fletcher Argue Bldg. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> https://umanitoba.ca/arts/jorge-nallim Sanda McGee Deutsch and Jorge A. Nállim (eds.), Antifascism(s) in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Margins to the Center (Cambridge University Press, 2025). For more information, visit our blog, https://cambridgeblog.org/2025/08/antifascisms-in-latin-america-and-the-car…

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