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UMIH Newsletter September 26th 2022 - "Look See Write" by Sally Ito - Tuesday, September 27th - 12 - 2 PM CT
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 26 Sep '22

26 Sep '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week Upcoming Public Lectures: The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: Look See Write by Sally Ito Tuesday, September 27th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yoWJR4vBROWAF5oK9ppJPQ?_x_zm_rt…> Look, See, Write is a workshop about turning what you see into words. What happens when the things you look at become words ? A transformation. Roses are red, it's true, but in a line of verse, they can also be blue. We'll begin this workshop by deep looking and then transform those sights into words and hopefully end up with a poem! This workshop is a hybrid event. Folks are welcome to attend in person at 307 Tier or stream via Zoom. Please use this link<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yoWJR4vBROWAF5oK9ppJPQ?_x_zm_rt…> to register and see the attached event poster for more on Sally's work. The UMIH & The W.R.E.N.C.H present: Intro to a Culture of Repair - A WRENCH Speaker Series Wednesday, September 28th at 7 pm with Levi Foy and Blandine Tona In-person at ARTSJUNKTION - 312 William in the Courtyard This talk considers the question 'What is a Culture of Repair' through a series of free monthly talk<https://www.thewrench.ca/culture_of_repair>s with friends from the Homeland of the Metis/Treaty One Territory. This conversation will help guide W.R.E.N.C.H's work, and support Winnipeggers to consider the question as well. Speakers Blandine Tona and Levi Foy will explore how this question is useful in considering the challenges of climate change, and poverty and its impacts. This talk will be held in person at Artsjunktion (312 William in the Courtyard) and is also in partnership with the U of W Campus Sustainability Office. See attached posters for more details The UMIH & MAWA present Like Queer Animals a lecture by Dr. Chantal Neadeau (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Friday, October 7th from 12 PM - 1 PM CT Hybrid event: in-person at 611 Main Street & online via MAWA.com<https://mawa.ca/events/we-hold-your-gaze-remix-by-like-queer-animals-jessie…> All are welcome to attend this free noon-hour lecture. Queer scholar and writer Chantal Nadeau will discuss Like Queer Animals, her collaboration with visual artist Jessie Mott. Mott and Nadeau’s multidisciplinary practice reveals their abiding interest in reshaping creature morphologies. This talk also marks the opening of the exhibition We Hold Your Gaze Remix at MAWA. Folks can attend this lecture in person at MAWA (611 main street) or stream it online with ASL on Mawa's website.<https://mawa.ca/events/we-hold-your-gaze-remix-by-like-queer-animals-jessie…> Please see the event poster attached for more details. The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: The Role of the Writer in the World by Jacob Scheier Wednesday, October 12th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom We are super excited to invite folks to this hybrid workshop hosted by the Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster with CCWOC's writer in residence, Jacob Scheier. Jacob Scheier is a poet, essayist, and journalist. He is the author of three full length poetry collections with ECW Press, including the Governor General’s Award winning More to Keep Us Warm (2007). His most recent collection Is This Scary? (2021) explores the radical subjectivity of chronic mental and physical illness. His poems have been published in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies, as well as nominated for a National Magazine Award and longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize. Please stay tuned for more details on how to register for this workshop and we look forward to folks joining us. Upcoming Events Of interest: Dr. Sarah Elvins (History) with Dr. Dana Medoro (ETFM) Moderated by Dr. Nancy Kang (Women's and Gender Studies) presenting on "Abortion and the Secrets of Women, Before & After Roe v Wade” Friday, October 14th 2022 at 12:30 PM CT In-person event at 307 Tier Building We are excited to extend this invite for a talk by past UMIH Research Cluster Head, Dr. Dana Medoro (ETFM) scheduled on the 14th of October, 2022. More details on this event and how to register to follow soon. 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> [cid:ebb23b24-fd28-4aed-b701-10f55aab3aec]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:3f5c3ad5-70de-45e9-96e5-b0dcb1e11a2b]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:383e2669-8de1-42c7-88f6-2d77d2898a2e]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter September 20th 2022 - Welcoming the 2022-2023 Members of the Institute & Upcoming Programming
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 20 Sep '22

20 Sep '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome back to a new term! We hope that the holidays were restful for folks. Welcome to the 2022-23 Members of the UMIH: The UMIH is pleased to welcome and introduce community members and friends to the 2022-23 research affiliates, research clusters, and graduate fellows. This year, the Institute is excited to support two research clusters: the Writing towards a Just World Research Cluster coordinated by Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe (Women's and Gender Studies) and the Food Matters Research Cluster by Dr. Jeongmin Kim (History). The Institute will also be supporting one research affiliate this year: Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University) In addition, we are excited to welcome this year's UMIH Graduate Fellows Jessie Krahn (ETFM) and Amal Majumder (ETFM). We are also thrilled to welcome back the two student interns: Alex Rana (ETFM) and Lydia Gork (Native Studies) Follow us on Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> and Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities> as we will be sharing more on the Institute's 2022-23 members and their research work. We again welcome the community to engage with texts, podcasts, and other media created by us on the UMIH blog<https://www.umhumanities.com/> and YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>. We wish last year's members success in their research endeavors. Upcoming Public Lectures: The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: Look See Write by Sally Ito Tuesday, September 27th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yoWJR4vBROWAF5oK9ppJPQ?_x_zm_rt…> Look, See, Write is a workshop about turning what you see into words. What happens when the things you look at become words ? A transformation. Roses are red, it's true, but in a line of verse, they can also be blue. We'll begin this workshop by deep looking and then transform those sights into words and hopefully end up with a poem! This workshop is a hybrid event. Folks are welcome to attend in person at 307 Tier or stream via Zoom. Please use this link<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yoWJR4vBROWAF5oK9ppJPQ?_x_zm_rt…> to register and see the attached event poster for more on Sally's work. The UMIH & The W.R.E.N.C.H present: Intro to a Culture of Repair - A WRENCH Speaker Series Wednesday, September 28th at 7 pm with Levi Foy and Blandine Tona In-person at ARTSJUNKTION - 312 William in the Courtyard This talk considers the question 'What is a Culture of Repair' through a series of free monthly talk<https://www.thewrench.ca/culture_of_repair>s with friends from the Homeland of the Metis/Treaty One Territory. This conversation will help guide W.R.E.N.C.H's work, and support Winnipeggers to consider the question as well. Speakers Blandine Tona and Levi Foy will explore how this question is useful in considering the challenges of climate change, and poverty and its impacts. This talk will be held in person at Artsjunktion (312 William in the Courtyard) and is also in partnership with the U of W Campus Sustainability Office. See attached posters for more details The UMIH & MAWA present Like Queer Animals a lecture by Dr. Chantal Neadeau (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Friday, October 7th from 12 PM - 1 PM CT Hybrid event: in-person at 611 Main Street & online via MAWA.com<https://mawa.ca/events/we-hold-your-gaze-remix-by-like-queer-animals-jessie…> All are welcome to attend this free noon-hour lecture. Queer scholar and writer Chantal Nadeau will discuss Like Queer Animals, her collaboration with visual artist Jessie Mott. Mott and Nadeau’s multidisciplinary practice reveals their abiding interest in reshaping creature morphologies. This talk also marks the opening of the exhibition We Hold Your Gaze Remix at MAWA. Folks can attend this lecture in person at MAWA (611 main street) or stream it online with ASL on Mawa's website.<https://mawa.ca/events/we-hold-your-gaze-remix-by-like-queer-animals-jessie…> Please see the event poster attached for more details. Coming soon: This fall, the Institute, in partnership with CERG (Critical Environments Research Group), is also looking forward to welcoming Dr. Julie Sze, professor of American Studies and founding director of the Environmental Justice project at the University of California. More details coming soon 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> [cid:95e9c903-0f60-4a59-ad75-cb0aaa079934]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:fd7cd4e6-f4d4-4777-bd58-8fef5d7d01c2]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:3812b3d4-31f4-4fbc-830b-28b085d254b8]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter May 2nd 2022 - Extended Application Deadlines : Monday, May 16th, 2022 @ Midnight
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 02 May '22

02 May '22

We come out of hiatus to inform folks that the deadlines for the UMIH Graduate Fellowship, Research Clusters and Affiliateship program, are extended to midnight on Monday, May 16th, 2022. Considering how the circumstances of the current school year differ from previous years, we hope this extension provides more time and encourages interested folks to send in applications. All application documents are to be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> Please see more information below. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: Monday, May 16th, 2022 at Midnight (Extended Deadline) The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Please see the attached posters for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: 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> [cid:a2daf9cf-7304-4307-854e-7022e3cda3a5]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:99391f59-f65f-4efc-ad27-1f70f771a3e5]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:320f00cb-d7e0-44ae-baff-96309eb4c71a]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter April 18th 2022 - UMIH call for Applications : Research Clusters, Research affiliates, Graduate Fellowship. Deadline May 6th 2022
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! The UMIH newsletter will be on hiatus until the Fall 2023 term begins; we wish everyone a warm and peaceful summer. The institute is seeking interested applicants for Research Affiliateships, Graduate fellowships and Research Clusters. Please see the attached posters for more details on how to apply. The deadline is May 6th, 2022 at midnight. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Please see the attached posters for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: 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> [cid:68115ae1-b505-49d6-84c9-3fef0d6e5487]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:1315fe9d-b849-4781-8d62-d96ed83f5cff]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:5ec3002d-c558-4332-adf4-2366aff578b3]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter April 11th 2022 - Thursday, April 14th, 2022 at 2:30 PM CT : The Muisca community in Sesquilé, Colombia presented by Gabriel R. Nemogá (University of Winnipeg)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who attended Dr Milanesio's Lecture. We look forward to seeing you at our forthcoming talk by Dr Nemogá Upcoming Events: The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents Restoring Biocultural Memory: The Muisca community in Sesquilé, Colombia presented by Gabriel R. Nemogá (University of Winnipeg) Thursday, April 14th, 2022 at 2:30 PM CT via Zoom Gabriel R. Nemogá is a descendant of the Muisca Indigenous People of Colombia, South America. Dr Nemogá is also a lead author in the Assessment on Values on Nature conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). His research focuses on biocultural diversity and indigenous rights. He has worked with Indigenous communities in the tropical rainforest in Mexico, and in the Amazon and Andean regions in Colombia. Please see the attached two-page poster for more on Dr Nemogá and his research. To attend this lecture, email landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Please see the attached posters for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Of Interest: Public Lecture by Dr Noa Yaari: Artist and CRRS Fellow: Art-Based Knowledge Mobilization at the CRRS Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM CT. In her talk, artist, Dr Noa Yaari invites us to view "knowledge" as a physical body that has spatial dimensions, which are necessary for its existence and validity. This talk will focus on her art project at the CRRS to explore shifts in the way we pass, preserve and produce knowledge. To register for this talk, visit the following link<https://crrs.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83c8b34d92c3473aa78cd54c3&id…>. 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> [cid:1caa139b-8c91-4582-a604-93765273281f]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:f53642e5-2817-4f32-af05-ed8cbadd9650]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:098cb97f-82b5-478c-885a-1476c4d5910c]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 28th 2022 - TOMORROW! @ 02:30 PM CT ; From Tombs to Parchman: The Prison and the Plantation in US Experimental Fiction by Dr. Caitlin Mcintyre (State University of New York at Buffalo)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 28 Mar '22

28 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who joined us at last week's events. We look forward to seeing folks again in the coming weeks (: Upcoming Events: The Occupy Bartleby Research Cluster presents From Tombs to Parchman: The Prison and the Plantation in US Experimental Fiction by Dr Caitlin Mcintyre (State University of New York at Buffalo) Mar 29, 2022, at 02:30 PM Central Time Via Zoom This talk will argue, figure the ruptures of enslavement—a figuring extant in modern and contemporary novels by women of colour including Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) and Gayl Jones’s Eva’s Man (1976), owing to the violent afterlives of the plantation long after the Civil War. Ultimately, in seeing literary experimentation as a specific engagement with the prison/plantation complex in the United States, this talk ultimately asks: how can reading Melville shift how modernism is conceived and periodized? Please see the attached event poster for more details. To attend this talk, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents Lessons from the Argentine Destape: Sex and Culture in the Transition to Democracy presented by Dr Natalia Milanesio (University of Houston) Wednesday, April 6th, 2022, at 4:15 PM CT How did the restoration of democracy in 1983, after years of repression and censorship, transform sexuality and representations and ideas about sexuality? This talk answers this question by examining the unparalleled sexualization of Argentine culture and society after the fall of the last military dictatorship that contemporaries called the destape. Omnipresent, sex was not only about fantasies and indulgence but was also imbued with a myriad of social, political, and cultural positive meanings—including citizenship, social progress, national development, and modernity—that made sexual culture into a powerful metaphor for democracy and the reconstruction of Argentine society. Event poster coming soon. To attend, please email landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. Please see the attached posters for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Of Interest: Critical Environments Research Group Presents: Being Whole - Yukon First Nation’s Science and Storytelling for Transformation and Hope Dr Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Indigenous Knowledge Research Chair, Yukon University Thursday, March 31st, 2022 at 12:30 CST Join Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Daqualama, a Yukon First Nation’s scientist, philosopher, and leader. She will share stories from long ago to today then envision our role to create a better tomorrow. Jocelyn uses her knowledge as a microbiologist, hydrologist, policy analyst and Auntie to explore new understandings for social transformation and responsibility in our crisis of mental health, climate change and inequality. Attend the event via this Zoom link<https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/69864232634?pwd=VThhaW51K1BLUFFpR1NLSGpqREM1Zz09>. Please address all questions regarding this event to: bruce.erickson(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:bruce.erickson@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> [cid:8bce5322-147b-4a07-bdf4-253aab8a03d5]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:6c179f83-178f-494e-95a2-5723cfc2921e]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:8f6c6667-eea8-4e70-8c8f-738378328aeb]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 21st 2022 - Tonight at 7 PM CT - Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday, for the Filipino Canadian Comis Symposium. The live version of the talk is currently available on Facebook via this link<https://fb.watch/bUe5vGJ3_G/>. Upcoming Events: UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction in preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the same theme Monday, March 21, 2022, from 7:00-8:30 PM CDT via Zoom In preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the theme of Poetics, Energy, and Extraction, join Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University) & Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) for this event. There will be Poetry readings and statements of poetics by; Kazim Ali, Madhur Anand, Lesley Battler, Warren Cariou, Cecily Nicholson, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. A closing discussion among the poets and Q&A will also be facilitated by Warren Cariou. To attend, email umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents Agrarian Extractivisms, land, and social reproduction: a feminist political ecology approach. Cases from Colombia and Ecuador By Natalia Landívar (University of Manitoba) and Diana Ojeda (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia) Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 at 2:30 PM CT We are excited to welcome folks to this lecture presented by Natalia Landívar (University of Manitoba) and Diana Ojeda (Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia). This talk will combine the research and activist works of Natalia Landivan and Dr Ojeda which ranges from right-to-food socially engaged research work and the bridging of feminist political ecology. For a short bio on Natalia Landivan and Dr Ojeda, please view the attached two page PDF poster. To attend this event, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Expanding Our Perceptual Possibilities: Empathy, Creativity, and Interdisciplinarity presented by Dr Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) with special guest performers Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu Thurs, March 24th 2022, at 2:30 PM CT via Zoom Join UMIH research affiliate Dr Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University), with presenters Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu for this upcoming event. This talk will explore the ways in which we can heighten our empathy through imaginative and creative activities, collaboration, and interdisciplinary thinking to bring about a more compassionate, caring, and sustainable society. For more details, please refer to the attached event poster. To attend this program, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Occupy Bartleby Research Cluster presents From Tombs to Parchman: The Prison and the Plantation in US Experimental Fiction by Dr. Caitlin Mcintyre (State University of New York at Buffalo) Mar 29, 2022, at 02:30 PM Central Time This talk will argue, figure the ruptures of enslavement—a figuring extant in modern and contemporary novels by women of colour including Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017) and Gayl Jones’s Eva’s Man (1976), owing to the violent afterlives of the plantation long after the Civil War. Ultimately, in seeing literary experimentation as a specific engagement with the prison/plantation complex in the United States, this talk ultimately asks: how can reading Melville shift how modernism is conceived and periodized? Please see the attached event poster for more details. To attend this talk, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> UMIH Sponsored Events: UMIH + QTWOC Writing Group & QPOC Winnipeg are thrilled to present a virtual open mic hosted by Mee Ok Icaro Call for QTBIWOC identifying writers: Deadline March 22nd 2022. Open Mic scheduled for Saturday, March 26th (with more details for time to follow) We are thrilled to welcome folks to this open mic featuring readings by queer and trans-Black, Indigenous, and other women of colour. If you are a QTBIWOC writer and would like to participate, please send a writing sample to meeok.author(a)gmail.com<mailto:meeok.author@gmail.com> (doc/pdf) by March 22 for consideration. An honorarium will be provided for chosen participants. For updated information on this event, please visit our Facebook page linked here<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities> Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. 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> [cid:cd4c6983-c5cf-46d4-afd6-e7ceb2c2c4bc]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:7f2994d4-621f-4f31-907e-dd5d89d11fee]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:291623fb-ad14-4254-8108-09be1b5b2b86]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 14th 2022 - Wednesday, March 16th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Waves of Departure and Return: Mennonite Migration Between Canada and Latin America. Presented by Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (UofW)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday, for Dr. Duclos's talk. This lecture and several others from the year will be edited and posted on the UMIH YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw> in the next few weeks. Upcoming Events: The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents: Waves of Departure and Return: Mennonite Migration Between Canada and Latin America. Presented by Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (University of Winnipeg) Wednesday, March 16th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Ben Nobbs-Thiessen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg and editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies. He has conducted research in Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada with a focus on the transnational history of Mennonite settlement throughout the Americas. His new SSHRC funded research examines the return migration of Mennonites from Latin America to Canada. To attend this event, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> The UMIH research cluster, Graphic Narratives beyond the Gutter presents: Filipino Canadian Comics symposium March 18th 2022 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CST. We welcome comic fans and scholars to join us for this symposium featuring perspectives from panellists; J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!), April dela Noche Milne (The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration), Allan Matudio (Kasama) and more! We hope this event will bring awareness to some of the creative minds in Canada's Filipino communities and, we look forward to seeing you there. To attend, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr. Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction in preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the same theme Monday, March 21, 2022, from 7:00-8:30 PM CDT via Zoom In preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the theme of Poetics, Energy, and Extraction, join Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University) & Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) for this event. There will be Poetry readings and statements of poetics by; Kazim Ali, Madhur Anand, Lesley Battler, Warren Cariou, Cecily Nicholson, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. A closing discussion among the poets and Q&A will also be facilitated by Warren Cariou. To attend, email umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Expanding Our Perceptual Possibilities: Empathy, Creativity, and Interdisciplinarity presented by Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) with special guest performers Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu Thurs, March 24th 2022, at 2:30 PM CT via Zoom Join UMIH research affiliate Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University), with presenters Emmanuel Juma & Naaz Sidhu for this upcoming event. This talk will explore the ways in which we can heighten our empathy through imaginative and creative activities, collaboration, and interdisciplinary thinking to bring about a more compassionate, caring, and sustainable society. To attend, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. 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> [cid:e82e1146-25a4-41c4-b967-d079ce63470f]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:a13ddad7-5dcd-4351-8186-6d73c121b5c0]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:4d289271-63e5-4032-a320-a6de090c488c]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter March 7th 2022 - Friday, March 11th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Death Scripts: A personal reflection on the healing properties of dialogic writing presented by Dr. Rebecca Duclos (Concordia University)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week Upcoming Events: The Death as Transformative Experience Research Cluster Presents: Death Scripts: A personal reflection on the healing properties of dialogic writing presented by Dr. Rebecca Duclos (Concordia University) Friday, March 11th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT In this informal conversation, Rebecca Duclos will share and reflect on the process of her own unexpected production of a recent theatrical script-in-progress that emerged during the pandemic when she took time to reflect on the death of her mother by VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking) in 1998. As an Art History professor, a certified death doula, a palliative care volunteer, and a nascent script-writer, she will discuss new ways to consider the role of dialogic writing as a form of “alternative accounting” of death as a transformative experience, for both the living and the dying. Please see the attached two-page PDF poster for more details. To attend this event, email: simone.mahrenholz(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:simone.mahrenholz@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents: Waves of Departure and Return: Mennonite Migration Between Canada and Latin America. Presented by Ben Nobbs-Thiessen (University of Winnipeg) Wednesday, March 16th 2022 at 2:30 PM CT Ben Nobbs-Thiessen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg and editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies. He has conducted research in Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada with a focus on the transnational history of Mennonite settlement throughout the Americas. His new SSHRC funded research examines the return migration of Mennonites from Latin America to Canada. To attend this event, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> The UMIH research cluster, Graphic Narratives beyond the Gutter presents: Filipino Canadian Comics symposium March 18th 2022 from 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. CST. We welcome comic fans and scholars to join us for this symposium featuring perspectives from panellists; J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!), April dela Noche Milne (The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration), Allan Matudio (Kasama) and more! We hope this event will bring awareness to some of the creative minds in Canada's Filipino communities and, we look forward to seeing you there. To attend, email: umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. UMIH Research Affiliate, Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) & Dr. Warren Cariou (University of Manitoba) present: Forum on Poetics, Energy, and Extraction in preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the same theme Monday, March 21, 2022, from 7:00-8:30 PM CDT via Zoom In preparation for a special issue of Canadian Literature on the theme of Poetics, Energy, and Extraction, join Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University) & Dr. Max Karpinski (University of Alberta) for this event. There will be Poetry readings and statements of poetics by; Kazim Ali, Madhur Anand, Lesley Battler, Warren Cariou, Cecily Nicholson, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. A closing discussion among the poets and Q&A will also be facilitated by Warren Cariou. To attend, email umih(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. Of Interest: Stateless Histories: A Project by Dr Jennifer Dueck (Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa) and Dr. Laura Robson (Oliver-McCourtney Professor of History at Penn State University). Stateless Histories is a collection of digital resources – essays, podcasts, documents, and short videos – exploring the manifestations, meanings, and experiences of statelessness in the modern era with particular emphasis on the non-European world. From national politics to diasporic organizations to international legal regimes, stateless places and populations appear everywhere in the modern world. Stateless Histories is a project by Dr Jennifer Dueck (University of Manitoba) and Laura Robson (Penn State University). To engage with more of this work, visit the website<http://statelesshistories.org/> 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> [cid:1c82d361-4193-4c44-a587-54aa9401bf79]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:95cdf0a5-730d-4ec2-b6fe-b4f06a8eeb75]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:d066828a-cbbd-4c62-903e-231a71836ff5]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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UMIH Newsletter February 28th 2022 - Thursday, March 3rd , 22 at 2:30 PM : Political Dissent among Afro-descendants Collectives in Colombia by Dr. Christina Rojas (Carleton University)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome to a new week Thanks to everyone who attended last week's discussion by Tasheney Francis, the 2020/2021 UMIH graduate fellowship recipient. Upcoming Events: The power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents: Political Dissent among Afro-descendants Collectives in Colombia by Dr. Christina Rojas (Carleton University) Thursday, March 3rd , 2022 at 2:30 PM via Zoom Join Dr. Cristina Rojas' (Carleton University) discussing political dissent among Afro-descendant collectives in Colombia. Dr. Rojas' academic research includes political ontology, indigeneity, peace and citizenship studies. Presently she is doing a research project “Territory Making as World Making: a Participatory Comparison of Indigenous-state Conflicts in Bolivia and Paraguay” financed with an SSHRC grant. Please see the attached two-page poster with a bio on Dr. Rojas' for more information on her research work. To attend this discussion, email: landivan(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca> for the Zoom link. UMIH Sponsored Events: The UMIH & Desautels Faculty of Music presents: Film as Anti-Racist Practice: A Panel Discussion March 1st 2022 at 6 PM CT via Zoom Folks are invited to attend this panel on film as anti-racist practice, with perspectives from Arma Collier, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Alana Wong, Gimli International Film Festival (GIFF), Gurpreet Sehra, visual artist and Tina Chen, University of Manitoba. The first 28 people to register and attend this panel will receive a $25 CAD gift card. Please note registration closes on February 27th 2022. There will be live ASL available during the talk. For further accessibility requests and the Zoom link to attend, Email: andayaa(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:andayaa@myumanitoba.ca> Calls for Applications: 2022-23 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates calls for applications Application Deadlines: May 6th 2022 at Midnight The UMIH call for applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See the attached posters for more details on how to apply for different openings. Further details are also available through our linked Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/> feed. Of Interest: pAGES - Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media Call for Submission to Loose Threads (Summer 2022 virtual colloquium) Deadline: April 8th 2022 pAGES, the Association of Graduate English Students, from the University of Manitoba’s Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media invites folks to submit proposals for their Summer 2022 virtual colloquium titled “Loose Threads” to be held over zoom on Friday, June 10th, 2022. Please see the attached call for papers and poster for details. If you have any questions about submission guidelines, accessibility, or anything else, please send inquiries to pages.info(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:pages.info@umanitoba.ca> Stateless Histories: A Project by Dr Jennifer Dueck (Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa) and Dr. Laura Robson (Oliver-McCourtney Professor of History at Penn State University). Stateless Histories is a collection of digital resources – essays, podcasts, documents, and short videos – exploring the manifestations, meanings, and experiences of statelessness in the modern era with particular emphasis on the non-European world. From national politics to diasporic organizations to international legal regimes, stateless places and populations appear everywhere in the modern world. Stateless Histories is a project by Dr Jennifer Dueck (University of Manitoba) and Laura Robson (Penn State University). To engage with more of this work, visit the website<http://statelesshistories.org/> 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> [cid:37b91222-4a5f-454e-b309-751160751ea9]<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzOH9Ozf9CLXAnbTUPqeMhw>[cid:cd1a600e-8394-4df1-b424-75e5370ecb13]<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities>[cid:83de4636-30f3-4ff9-8417-8ae652a8b73d]<https://www.instagram.com/umih___/>

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