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UMIH Weekly Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Here is your weekly rundown of events and news. EVENTS Thursday, 15 February 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building “Environmental Humanities: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?”<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/1/2018&todate=2/28/201…> A public roundtable discussion featuring, Bruce Erickson (Geography and the Environment), Jocelyn Thorpe (Women’s and Gender Studies/History), Melanie Unrau (English, Theatre, Film and Media), David Watt (ETFM/Director, UM Institute for the Humanities), and others. All Welcome to join the conversation of this fascinating and important field. Wednesday, 7 March 8:30 am to 6:00 pm 409 Tier Building Alternate Histories: A One-Day Symposium<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html> Organized by the UMIH Alternate Histories Research Cluster and generously supported by the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada. <http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html> <http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html> Wednesday, 7 March 2:45 pm, 409 Tier Building Allison Muri (University of Saskatchewan), “Digital Humanities and Alternate Histories: The Case of the Grub Street Project.”<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> NEWS UMIH 2018-19 Call<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/> for Research Affiliate, Research Clusters, and Graduate Fellowship applications is now open. Call for Papers<http://1919-2019.com/> – The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Due date: February 28, 2018. Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Cancellation of Monday's Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster event
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

The following event scheduled for Monday, 12 February has been cancelled, but will be re-scheduled. Monday, 12 February—Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster (UMIH) 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Julie Gibbings, "Labor, Violence, and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914" Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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UMIH Weekly Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Here is your rundown for a busy an exciting couple of weeks. Wednesday, 7 February—Department of History 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building “Annishnaabeg Land, Indigenous Labour, and the Organized Labour Movement: Winnipeg, 1919”<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/1/2018&todate=2/28/201…>—A public seminar with Adele Perry (Dept of History). Thursday, 8 February—UMIH, Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Jennifer Dueck, “Cooking Politics: How America Has Learned the Middle East in the Kitchen”<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/1/2018&todate=2/28/201…> Dr. Dueck is Stephen A Jarislowsky Chair in Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa. Friday, 9 February—Department of History 12:00 pm, 409 Tier Building James Daschuk (University of Regina), “What’s In a Name? History, Commemoration and Identity in the Canada of 2018” (Poster attached) Monday, 12 February—Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster (UMIH) 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Julie Gibbings, "Labor, Violence, and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914" Thursday, 15 February—UMIH, Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building “The Environmental Humanities: What are They and Why do They Matter?” A public discussion inspired by “Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action”<http://www.environmentandsociety.org/sites/default/files/key_docs/humanitie…> All Welcome! Thursday, 15 February—Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) 12:30 pm, Faculty Lounge, Robson Hall A public seminar by Visiting Scholar, Dr. Nagarathna Anappa, on “Indian Approaches to Regulating Cyber Crimes—An Overview” All welcome. Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Humanities weekly rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Here is your weekly rundown of news and events. Thursday, January 25, 2018 – Arts of Conversation series<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/3991.html> resumes 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Moholy-Nagy and Media: Theory and Practice<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=1/1/2018&todate=1/31/201…> A panel discussion featuring: Oliver A.I. Botar, School of Art Eduardo Aquino, Faculty of Architecture Lancelot Coar, Faculty of Architecture Monika Vracar, Independent Scholar, former UMIH Affiliate Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:00 pm, McNally Robinson Booksellers. “The Making of Modern Syria”, a public talk by Daniel Neep, Assistant Professor of Arab politics in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University Dr. Neep's public talk is part of the event series "Beyond Crisis: The Middle East, Past, Present, Future"<https://www.facebook.com/beyondcrisis/> organized by Jennifer Dueck, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in the Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa, University of Manitoba. Friday, January 26, 2018 2:30 pm, 210 Helen Glass Bldg. “Working with and for Indigenous communities in Colombia: ongoing process, ongoing questions” Gabriel Nemogá, University of Winnipeg Dr. Nemogá’s presentation and discussion, opened to any interested person, will be based on a short text available upon request, please send a message to jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> Monday, January 29, 2018 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building “Leigh Hunt, Rebooted: Textual Editing and Digital Humanities”<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=1/1/2018&todate=1/31/201…> Michael E. Sinatra, Université de Montréal UMIH 2018-19 Call<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/> for Research Affiliate, Research Clusters, and Graduate Fellowship applications is now open. Call for Papers<http://1919-2019.com/> – The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Due date: February 28, 2018. Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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UMIH weekly rundown
by Paul Jenkins 17 Jan '18

17 Jan '18

Dear Friends of the Humanities, Happy New Year. Here is your weekly run-down of upcoming events and other news Thursday, January 25, 2018 – Arts of Conversation series resumes 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Moholy-Nagy and Media: Theory and Practice A panel discussion featuring: Oliver A.I. Botar, School of Art Eduardo Aquino, Faculty of Architecture Lancelot Coar, Faculty of Architecture Monika Vracar, Independent Scholar, former UMIH Affiliate Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:00 pm, McNally Robinson Booksellers. “The Making of Modern Syria”, a public talk by Daniel Neep, Assistant Professor of Arab politics in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University Dr. Neep's public talk is part of the event series "Beyond Crisis: The Middle East, Past, Present, Future"<https://www.facebook.com/beyondcrisis/> organized by Jennifer Dueck, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in the Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa, University of Manitoba. UMIH 2018-19 Call for Research Affiliate, Research Clusters, and Graduate Fellowship applications is now open. For more details, please visit: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/ or https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/ Call for Papers – The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference Due date: February 28, 2018. For details, please visit: http://1919-2019.com Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba

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Humanities Announcements
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Dear friends of the humanities, We at the Institute for the Humanities wish you a very happy and fulfilling New Year. Below are several announcements that may be of interest. Please share accordingly. 1.) The 2018-19 call for Research Affiliate, Cluster, and Graduate Fellowship applications now open For information about each of these programs, please visit http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/ For details on how to apply, please see the attached posters. 2.) The UMIH has begun to compile student accounts explaining why they decided to study the humanities and/or social sciences, as well as why they find them important and useful. We are looking for more submissions, so if you know of any thoughtful students who may be interested in sharing their views, please invite them to do so and put them in touch with Paul Jenkins at the Institute. For more about this initiative, please visit: https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/want-to-assess-the-importance… [https://umhumanities.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/4.jpg]<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/want-to-assess-the-importance…> Want to Assess the Importance and Value of a Humanities Education? Ask your Students – hUManities<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/want-to-assess-the-importance…> umhumanities.wordpress.com The humanities, it is constantly said, are in free fall and notable only for their dramatic decline and the unremitting “crisis” confronting them. This crisis may be more apparent than real however… 3.) The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference—Call for Papers Characterized as “a world on fire” and heralded as “the year our world began,” 1919 was a year of transnational trends and revolution, when many things seemed up for grabs. In 1919 Winnipeg was convulsed by the longest and most complete general strike in North American history. The significance and legacies of this landmark moment in history will be explored in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference. To submit a proposal or for more details, please visit: http://1919-2019.com<http://1919-2019.com/> Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Merry, Happy, Jolly, and Safe Everything
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 21 Dec '17

21 Dec '17

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Uber and Winnipeg
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Dear Friends of the hUManities, As many of you already know, Winnipeg's City Council is set to vote on new vehicle-for-hire regulations tomorrow. Please join us on Thursday for a public panel discussion of how this will impact the culture of work, public safety, and the future of transportation in Winnipeg. Please see below for details. All welcome. [cid:8acfd03f-fa27-4ebb-b87c-249f205e92b4] Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Humanities holiday rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Dear Friends of the Humanities, Here is your holiday run-down of events. For more details, please see attached. Sunday 10 December & Thursday 14 December 8:30-5:30 at the Inn at the Forks Write-on-Site for Arts Graduate Students/Upper-level undergraduates Katelyn Dykstra, PhD Candidate in the Department of English, Film, and Theatre, has, with the help of the Faculty of Arts Endowment Fund, organized two full-day Write-on-Sites for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates in Arts to help them reach their writing goals at the end of this term. The dates for these mini-retreats are as above. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please inform interested students to email k.dykstra(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:k.dykstra@umanitoba.ca> ASAP. They must have signed up by this coming Thursday, December 7th. Space is limited. Monday 11 December 5:15 pm, The Canadian Museum for Human Rights Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan, “Being Young, Being Arab, in an Age of Revolutions: Arab Youth Politics Since the 2011 Uprisings” Thursday 14 December 2:00 pm, 409 Tier Building Panel Discussion, “Ubering the City: Understanding the Changes to Transportation in Winnipeg” Panelists include: Joe Kornelsen - Public transit advocate Lea Baturin - Former member of the Winnipeg Taxicab Board Paul Moist - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives David Camfield - Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology Adolf Ng - Director, University of Manitoba Transport Institute Scott McFadyen - Spokesperson for the Winnipeg Community Taxi Coalition Sheri Gibbings, Wilfrid Laurier University What to know more, follow us on Facebook and our blog: https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/ https://umhumanities.wordpress.com Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Humanities Rundown and hUManities Blog
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Dear friends of the Humanities, Here is your weekly rundown of events. For additional details, please see attached posters. Tuesday, December 5 4:00 pm Robert Schultz Theatre, St John’s College Johnny Marquez, “The Geo-Politics of Oil and Venezuela” (see also below, December 6) Tuesday, December 5 7:30 pm at the Lantern Gallery, 211 Pacific Ave LAUNCH and CELEBRATION The Slovenian paraliterary journal IDIOT presents a special bilingual issue of Poetry and Fiction by Canadian and First Nations Writers Readings by: Colin Smith, Angela Lopes, and the issue editors Mariiane Wiebe and Monika Vrečar Wednesday, December 6 7:00 pm, Ukrainian Labour Temple, 591 Pritchard (Admission by Donation) Johnny Marquez, “Venezuela What is Really Going On?” Thursday, December 14 2:00 pm, 409 Tier Building A panel discussion, “Ubering the City: Understanding the Changes to Transportation in Winnipeg.” Panelists include: Joe Kornelsen - Public transit advocate Lea Baturin - Former member of the Winnipeg Taxicab Board Paul Moist - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives David Camfield - Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology Adolf Ng - Director, University of Manitoba Transport Institute Scott McFadyen - Spokesperson for the Winnipeg Community Taxi Coalition Sheri Gibbings, Wilfrid Laurier University Finally, you may want to follow the Institute for the Humanities’ blog, for more news, articles, and other special features about, by, and for our humanities and social science community: https://umhumanities.wordpress.com Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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