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UMIH Newsletter
by Jorge Nallim 02 Feb '26

02 Feb '26

Dear friends of the UMIH, the UMIH is very glad to invite you this week to the UMIH International Conference- Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants Venue: hybrid, Zoom and in-person. All sessions and keynote addresses will be held via Zoom and can be attended at the rooms mentioned below for each day. Thursday, February 5th: 307 Tier Bldg, Zoom link: https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/64360446545?pwd=lovbcd9Tud5lGLokLpEWyQy6FgaKlG.1 Friday, February 6th: Cross Common Room, 108 St. John's College, Zoom link: https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/67829779443?pwd=S4E4RC5etHLE5Yg82JYkQE1HdWdDsa.1 For the full program, please see the attached program or visit our website Over two days, this conference seeks to explore the diverse literary portrayals of displacement, migration, exile, and the refugee experience across genres, languages, and cultures. In addition to twenty presenters divided in panels, the conference will feature two keynote speakers: -Dr. Alex Sager, (Professor of Philosophy and University Studies, Portland State University): "What If Refugees Designed Asylum", at the conference's opening session, February 5th, 10:15am -Dr. Peggy Levitt (Professor, Mildred Lane Kemper Chair of Sociology, Wellesley College Co-Founder, Global (De)Centre): "Move Over, Mona Lisa: Reimagining What We Read, Look at, and Learn", at the conference's closing session, February 6th, 12:30pm The UMIH acknowledges the generous support of the University of Manitoba's Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media and the Department of German and Slavic Studies for making this conference possible. And for next week, mark your calendar for, -"New and Curious Sights": Nineteenth-Century Literary Representations of Women's Encounters with Zoological Gardens and Menageries Shelby Stymeist, UMIH Graduate Fellow Monday, February 9th, 409 Tier, 2:30pm Based on research on nineteenth-century literary representations of women's encounters with zoological gardens and menageries, this presentation examines the ways in which these spaces act as sites of liminality for women and girls in fictional and non-fictional texts of the period And don't forget to follow us in Instagram and visit our website, where you can find the blogs of our last events. Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Acting Head and 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 27 Jan '26

27 Jan '26

Dear friends of the Institute for the Humanities, the UMIH is very glad to invite you to join us for this event this week: -Everything You Want to Know about Publishing an Academic Book; Celebration and Insights from Faculty of Arts Members Tuesday, January 27th, 2:30, 307 Tier This event is both a celebration of books published by Faculty of Arts' scholars as well as an open discussion on the experience involved in the process of publishing an academic book. It will count on the participation of two faculty members from Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media, David Watt (author of Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England: Social Discomfort in the Literature of the Middle Ages, Bloomsbury 2023 ) and Vanessa Warne (author of By Touch Alone; Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture, University of Michigan Press, 2025); and two from the Department of History, Roisin Cossar (co-author with Jason Brown of Telling Tales: Clerics, Concubines, and an Inquisitor in Late Medieval Ferrara: A Primary Source Study, University of Toronto Press, 2025) and Jorge Nállim (co-editor with Sandra McGee Deutsch of Antifascim(s) In Latin America and the Caribbean. From the Margins to the Centre, Cambridge University Press, 2025). The following events are organized by the Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Prorgram (ACMP), co-sponsored by the UMIH along other institutions (please visit https://weareacmp.com/ for more information) : -Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Program- Free Movie Screening: Till Friday, January 30th, 11-2pm Landmark Cinemas, Grant Park For more information, visit. https://weareacmp.com/free-movie-screening/ -4th Annual Anti-Black Racism As A Mental Health Concern Friday, January 30, 6-8:30pm MTS Classrooms ABC Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way This forum situates mental health within broader historical, cultural, and structural contexts, drawing on humanities-informed perspectives alongside community expertise. It offers a space for critical analysis of how anti-Black racism shapes lived experience, narrative formation, and access to care. This event will examine how the intersections of race, social class, immigration status, sexuality, and gender influence distinct mental health challenges among Black Canadians. In addition to several panelists, the keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Ciann L. Wilson. For more information, visit https://weareacmp.com/4th-annual-anti-black-racism-as-a-mental-health-conce… -Hairstyling and Conversations. Salon Talk Series Part 1: Reframing the Mental Health Conversation Dr. Rhonesha Blaché (facilitator), Dr. Ciann Wilson (guest speaker) Saturday, January 31, 11am-2pm Karen's Hair and Loc Studio, 1867 Portage Avenue Supported by a Prime X Community Grant, Hairstyling and Conversations exemplifies community-engaged humanities in practice. The initiative transforms Winnipeg-based Black-owned barbershops and salons into sites of informal pedagogy and cultural exchange, where participants engage in structured dialogue on trauma, identity, healing, and systemic inequality. Grounded in humanities-based research and mentorship, the project values oral history, storytelling, and critical reflection as legitimate forms of knowledge production. It invites collaboration among scholars, students, local business owners, and community members, reinforcing reciprocal relationships between the University and the broader Black community For more information, visit https://weareacmp.com/hairstyles-and-conversations/ And for next week, we are glad to invite you to the, -UMIH International Conference- Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants Venue: hybrid, Zoom and in-person. All sessions and keynote addresses will be held virtually via Zoom and can be attended at the rooms mentioned below for each day. February 5th: 307 Tier Bldg, Zoom link: https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/64360446545?pwd=lovbcd9Tud5lGLokLpEWyQy6FgaKlG.1 February 6th: Cross Common Room, 108 St. John's College, Zoom link: https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/67829779443?pwd=S4E4RC5etHLE5Yg82JYkQE1HdWdDsa.1 For the conference's full program, please see the attached program. Over two days, this conference seeks to explore the diverse literary portrayals of displacement, migration, exile, and the refugee experience across genres, languages, and cultures. In addition to twenty presenters divided in panels, the conference will feature two keynote speakers: -Dr. Alex Sager (Professor of Philosophy and University Studies, Portland State University): "What If Refugees Designed Asylum", at the conference's opening session, February 5th, 10:15am -Dr. Peggy Levitt (Professor, Mildred Lane Kemper Chair of Sociology, Wellesley College, Co-Founder, Global (De)Centre): "Move Over, Mona Lisa: Reimagining What We Read, Look at, and Learn", at the conference's closing session, February 6th, 12:30pm This event is co-sponsored by the University of Manitoba's Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media and the Department of German and Slavic Studies, whose generous support has made this conference possible. Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Acting Head and 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 20 Jan '26

20 Jan '26

Dear friends of the UMIH, The UMIH is glad to present you an exciting line of events to keep you warm through January. Mark your calendars! We'll start tomorrow with, -Fighting Islamophobia, Colonizing Palestine: Canada's Instrumentalization of Anti-Racism Strategies after October 7th, 2023- Youcef Soufi (UMIH Research Affiliate) Tuesday, January 13th at 2:30 pm, 335 Isbister This presentation will explore how, in the wake of Hamas' October 7th attacks in South-West Israel, the Trudeau government instrumentalized its recently adopted policy of fighting Islamophobia to shield its foreign policy from critique and uphold a status quo-characterized by Canada's support for Israel's destruction of Gaza. It was a discursive shift that would soon be embraced among centrist politicians, media, and public institutions like universities across Canada. In exploring this shift, the presentation raises questions regarding Canadian foreign and domestic policies in relation to the cooptation of progressive policies and discourses and the governmental use of anti-Islamophobia to silence criticism. And then we continue with the following: -Rethinking Empire: Sugar and Dispossession at Home and Abroad Donica Belisle (University of Regina) Tuesday, January 20th, at 2:30 pm, 335 Isbister Today, 90% of the sugars that Canadians eat are made from cane. But where does our sugar come from? This presentation looks at the history of sugar in Canada, focusing on the case of B.C. Sugar. Taking advantage of imperial trade networks and coerced labour in colonial sugarcane fields, this Vancouver company sourced sugars from around the world. Inquiring into the conditions that made western Canadian sugar possible, this talk suggests that it is time to revisit Canada's place in the British Empire. Doing so enables us to see how Empire enabled western Canadian development even while Canadian multinationals perpetuated colonial extraction and dispossession both at home and abroad. This event is organized by the UMIH's Food Matters Research Cluster. -Faces of Palestine, 1972: From a Document in The Manitoban to the Current Crisis Rachad Antonius January 22nd, 3:00-4:30 pm, 307 Tier While an M.A. student in Mathematics at the University of Manitoba between 1970 and 1973, Rachad Antonius helped publish a fascinating yet almost completely unknown dossier of articles, Faces of Palestine, in The Manitoban. This document was for him the beginning of a long-term engagement with the question of Palestine. He will present this archival document as an introduction to the problematics of campus activism on the question of Palestine from the early 1970s to the present. As well, he will propose a critical reading of the current situation in Gaza based on a historical perspective of the processes that led to it. Bio: Rachad Antonius, who until his retirement in 2021 was a Full Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, is an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, contemporary Arab societies, Arab uprisings, political Islam, and Arab and Muslim minorities in Canada. His recent books include La conquête de la Palestine. De Balfour à Gaza, une guerre de cent ans (Écosociété, 2024) and Islam et Islamisme en Occident. Éléments pour un dialogue (University of Montreal Press, 2023, co-authored with Ali Belaïdi). He is also a frequent commentator on events in the Middle East, appearing on networks such as CBC, BBC, France24, and Radio France International. Sponsors: Faculty of Arts Endowment Fund; Centre for Human Rights Research; Institute for the Humanities -Everything You Want to Know about Publishing an Academic Book; Celebration and Insights from Faculty of Arts Members Tuesday, January 27th, 2:30, 307 Tier This event is both a celebration of books published by Faculty of Arts' scholars as well as an open discussion on the experience involved in the process of publishing an academic book. It will count on the participation of two faculty members from Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media, David Watt (author of Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England: Social Discomfort in the Literature of the Middle Ages, Bloomsbury 2023 ) and Vanessa Warne (author of By Touch Alone; Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture, University of Michigan Press, 2025); and two from the Department of History, Roisin Cossar (co-author with Jason Brown of Telling Tales: Clerics, Concubines, and an Inquisitor in Late Medieval Ferrara: A Primary Source Study, University of Toronto Press, 2025) and Jorge Nállim (co-editor with Sandra McGee Deutsch of Antifascim(s) In Latin America and the Caribbean. From the Margins to the Centre, Cambridge University Press, 2025). Please follow the QR in the posters or visit our website for more information, and do not forget to follow us in Facebook and Instagram. Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Acting Head and 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 06 Jan '26

06 Jan '26

Dear friends of the UMIH, Happy New Year! As we come back to the university, we are very happy to present our first event for what will be another exciting semester of UMIH activities: "Fighting Islamophobia, Colonizing Palestine: Canada's Instrumentalization of Anti-Racism Strategies after October 7th, 2023" Youcef Soufi (UMIH Research Affiliate) Tuesday, January 13th at 2:30 pm, 335 Isbister This presentation will explore how, in the wake of Hamas' October 7th attacks in South-West Israel, the Trudeau government instrumentalized its recently adopted policy of fighting Islamophobia to shield its foreign policy from critique and uphold a status quo-characterized by Canada's support for Israel's destruction of Gaza. It was a discursive shift that would soon be embraced among centrist politicians, media, and public institutions like universities across Canada. In exploring this shift, the presentation raises questions regarding Canadian foreign and domestic policies in relation to the cooptation of progressive policies and discourses and the governmental use of anti-Islamophobia to silence criticism. Jorge A. Nállim Director, Institute for the Humanities Acting Head and 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 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 17 Nov '25

17 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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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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