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UMIH Newsletter
by Jorge Nallim 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, As the days become shorter, with cold and snow in the horizon and the looming end of the semester, the UMIH will brighten your spirits by bringing you the next exciting events, the last ones for this semester: Book presentation and discussion, "The Secret of the Ravens" Joanna Cao Date: November 28th, 160 Elizabeth Dafoe Library, 1:30pm Local comics artist Joanna Cacao will discuss her work as a cartoonist and her YA fantasy comic The Secret of the Ravens. This event is supported by the Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media and the UMIH. Grief in the Open- A Community Panel and Workshop Date: November 29th, 2-5pm, Creative Manitoba (300-245 McDermot Avenue), 4th Floor Classroom In this discussion on grief, community members and experts will reflect on how our society expects us to carry sorrow in silence. Together, it will explore the power of grieving collectively, an ancient practice in many cultures, and invite you to bring your own grief into this shared space of remembrance. Grief is not something you move on from, it is something you move with. The hope is that you will leave this space feeling empowered, and refreshed with purpose and peace. There will be a quiet space available during the day for those who need time to reflect. Format: Panel conversation + guided discussion + Q&A + collaborative art ritual. This workshop is FREE to attend but you must register in advance. For more information on the program and required free registration, visit https://creativemanitoba.ca/event/grief-in-the-open-a-community-panel-and-w… This event is organized by Creative Manitoba and supported by the UMIH Prairie Abolition Research Cluster And for the grand finale for this semester, please mark your agendas for, Portals, Potions, and Politics: Dungeons & Dragons and the Esoteric Impulse and Imagination, 1965-1980 Gregory Jones-Katz (Institute for General and Comparative Literature at Goethe-Universität/ American Studies Department at TU Dortmund) Date: Wednesday, December 3rd at 2:30 pm, the presentation will be streamed at 409 Tier, zoom link https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/69775861871?pwd=abNQfCUulg8AtO0efhGb4ypq8IQRm7.1 In this presentation, Gregory Jones-Katz will explore the early cultural and intellectual contexts of Dungeons & Dragons, today widely recognized as the beating heart of the role-playing game industry. In particular, he will historicize the biographies and writings of D&D's creators, E. Gary Gygax (1938-2008) and Dave Arneson (1947-2009), and other figures, like Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Barker (1929-2012). For more information, visit our website. 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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by Global Router 27 Nov '25

27 Nov '25

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UMIH presentation today- Zoom link
by Jorge Nallim 20 Nov '25

20 Nov '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, I would like to let you know that due to accessibility requests, we have created a Zoom link so people who are not able to attend Dr. Schwartz's presentation today in person can still have access to it-see below. Looking forward to seeing you later today, personally or virtually, Jorge Join Zoom Meeting https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/68765564610?pwd=1NbV4o4itSPiKgXe42TO0Z2lY0A5rq.1 Meeting ID: 687 6556 4610 Passcode: 781725 --- One tap mobile +17789072071,,68765564610#,,,,*781725# Canada +12042727920,,68765564610#,,,,*781725# Canada 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
by Jorge Nallim 16 Nov '25

16 Nov '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, As we go into reading week, we would like to let you about the exciting events waiting for you when you come back, brought to you by the UMIH and other institutions and programs: -2025 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize Winner presentation: The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman, by Dr. Gerald Friesen Monday, November 17, 11:30am-1:00pm, 108 St. John's College (Cross Common Room) Gerald Friesen will be talking about his multi-award-winning book, including the Dafoe Book Prize, "The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman". The book explores the life and contributions of John Norquay, leader and premier of Manitoba who was once described as Louis Riel's alter ego. Have some lunch with the author and engage in questions and discussion about the book and about a new research tool developed for students of Manitoba politics and history. This event is sponsored by the J.W. Dafoe Foundation, the Duff Roblin Professor of Government, the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities, and the Department of Political Science. -Symposium: The Great Overlooked - Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar Tuesday, November 18th, 12-4:15pm, hybrid format: 409 Tier and Zoom, https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/61961511998?pwd=gUoTFCabW46bS9QqIbIBlalXZz6pOY.1 his 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 mixed-format symposium will begin at noon and includes presentations from several local and international scholars, with the keynote address delivered via Zoom at 2:30pm by Prof. Rostyslav Radyshevskyi (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). Please see the symposium's full program in English or Ukrainian (attached) for the list of presenters and topics. This symposium counts on the support of the Kyiv National Linguistic University (Ukraine), the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University (Ukraine), the Center for Canadian and Quebec Studies / Centre d'Études Canadiennes et Québécoises, Saarland University (Germany), the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (Manitoba), and "Oseredok" Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre (Winnipeg) -UMIH Guest Lecture Series: "i-Crimes and Misdemeanours: [Presti]Digit[iz]ation, Analogue Photographs, and their Digital Surrogates" Joan Schwartz (Queen's University) Thursday, November 20th, 335 Isbister, 3:30 pm Under pressure from administrators, funders, and the user-public, institutions strive to make photographs available online as searchable single items. In the process, the relationship between materiality and meaning is easily effaced, and valuable information about the physical and intellectual contexts of creation, circulation, and viewing is sacrificed at the altar of speed, quantity, convenience, and the almighty dollar. This lecture will point to examples of those instances for which institutions can justly be accused of "i-Crimes and Misdemeanours". With a view to balancing access aims and descriptive affordances, it raises the distinction between search and research, call for a broader appreciation of photographs as "working objects in their own time" (Frizot), and advocate for better "best practices" as a way to bring the in-situ experience of analogue photographs and on-screen encounter with their digital surrogates into closer alignment. This event counts on the support of the Department of History. Black Film Collective- Third Annual Screening Date: November 23rd, The Park Theatre. Door opens at 6, films at 7pm The Black Film Collective celebrates its third year as a local grassroots organization dedicated to the preservation, cultivation and promotion of Black cinematic art form from Prairie Black people. Organized by the Black Film Collective, this event counts on the support of Creative Manitoba, the Assiniboine Credit Union, IATSE Local 856, the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities, and the University of Winnipeg Department of Women's and Gender Studies. 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 events for this week
by Jorge Nallim 03 Nov '25

03 Nov '25

Dear friends of the UMIH, As we head toward the Fall term break, please join us this week for these exciting events: - "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. After the break, we will have several events, including the symposium The Great Overlooked - Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar; honoring the 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). The full program will be soon circulated. 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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