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UMIH Upcoming Events - talks by Jacqueline Jordaan and Kevin Coleman ... and more!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Please join us for this week's UMIH talks: UMIH graduate fellowship recipient Jacqueline Jordaan (Anthropology) is presenting "Democra-tease, Museum Resources and the Presentation of the African Past in South Africa" Thursday October 17, 2019 2:30-3:30 PM 409 Tier Building The Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America is hosting a talk by visiting guest lecturer, Kevin Coleman (Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto) "Romero: The Making of an Icon" Friday, October 18, 2019 2:30 PM 409 Tier Building Upcoming UMIH Events: Join us on Halloween for "Specters of Modernism. Or Loose Ends Without Time to Spare: Repetition, Color and Allegory in Morris Louis" Thursday, October 31, 2019 2:30-3:30 PM 409 Tier Building UMIH CFPs: UMIH is seeking proposals for our External Grant Support program. This funding source was established in order to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events. This program has been devised with SSHRC Connections and SSHRC Partnership Engage grants in mind, but it is open to applicants targeting other funding agencies or organizations. Applicants are asked to contact the UMIH with the details of the grant before applying to ensure that their application can be supported under the UMIH mandate. See the attached poster for more information. Intersex and the Health and Medical Humanities Edited Volume CFP (with interest from Emerald Press) Editors: Dr. Katelyn Dykstra, Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square The University of Manitoba’s Institute for the Humanities We welcome abstracts of 500 words by December 15, 2019, with full articles of 5000 words required by mid-May 2020. Submissions and questions can be directed to Drs. Dykstra and Jones Square at k.dykstra(a)umanitoba.ca. See the attached poster for more information. Of Interest: For those interested in Create: Words and Art from WCC - copies are now available by donation at UMIH! Serenity Joo has been volunteering inside Women's Correctional Centre in Headingley, MB for the past three years with the Prison Libraries Committee (PLC). PLC is a volunteer-run organization committed to literacy and supporting the right to read for those currently incarcerated. Recently, PLC published a chapbook entitled CREATE: Words and Art from WCC, partly based on writing workshops Serenity co-facilitated with Dr. Kate Ready from U of W. Serenity hopes to be able to offer U of M courses inside WCC in the near future. For now, the chapbook is available for purchase with donation to PLC in the UMIH office, and for free perusal online at the UMIH blog: https://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/. Faculty of Arts Opportunities: The Faculty of Arts Student Conference Travel Award This fund is intended to provide graduate and senior undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts with financial support to attend a conference in their discipline at which they will present a paper, or play a role of similar significance. There are two competitions each year, with deadlines of November 1 and April 1 -- application is to be made to Acting Associate Dean (Research) Heidi Marx C/O Jen Chappellaz, 307 Fletcher Argue Building. TO GET TO MORE INFORMATION AND THE APPLICATION FORM FOR THIS AWARD, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/awards/3006.html

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UMIH Upcoming Events - Jill McConkey: The Ins and Outs of Scholarly Book Publishing AND MORE!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Join us this week for talks from some of our current Research Clusters as well as an introduction to scholarly book publishing from Jill McConkey of UM Press! If you are in the Ottawa area on Wednesday, UMIH is supporting the Expert Roundtable on Canadian Economic Sanctions on October 9, 2019, from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at the Museum of Nature. Closer to home, the UMIH Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America will also be presenting a talk on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, in 409 Tier Building at 2:30 pm. SUGAR CANE-BASED AGROFUELS IN SOUTHWEST ECUADOR: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF NEW AGRO-EXTRACTIVISMS Natalia Landívar Natural Resource Institute University of Manitoba Natalia Landívar is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Manitoba’s Natural Resource Institute. She is a right to food activist and academic committed to socially-engaged research. Her research focuses on the sugar cane-based commodity chain and land grabbing in the Ecuadorian lower Guayas River Basin, using the conceptual frameworks of food sovereignty and feminist political ecology. Thursday, October 10, 2019, UM Press' Acquisitions Editor, Jill McConkey, will be presenting on The Ins and Outs of Scholarly Book Publishing at 2:30 pm in 409 Tier. If you're curious about scholarly book publishing in Canada and learning about how to publish your work, this will be of interest! Jill has worked in scholarly publishing for twenty years, primarily in the fields of Canadian history, literature, and Indigenous Studies. UMIH's Shelter Research Cluster will also be presenting a talk and workshop by guest speaker Adrian McKerracher. TALK How metaphor can change what you make and how you make it. Think outside the box. Have a breakthrough. Get over writer’s block. How do metaphors affect the way we understand creative processes? And how can different metaphors change the way we engage with our own creative practices? In this talk, McKerracher draws on travel memoir, interviews, and research in Havana, Buenos Aires, and Vancouver to demonstrate how the language of creativity limits and liberates creative possibilities. Relevant to students and faculty of any discipline. October 10, 2019 at 12 Noon, ARTlab 364 WORKSHOP Why you are not stuck: Using metaphor to reimagine your art practice Feeling stuck? Like things aren’t going anywhere? At a dead end? Participants will explore the implicit expectations of journey metaphors and how things could be otherwise. The workshop guides artists of any medium through a reflective process about the way they describe their practice, using metaphor to try out new ways of relating to their work. Participants are encouraged to bring a draft of their artist statement. October 10, 2019 at 1:30 pm, ARTlab 364 Coming up: The Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America Presents ROMERO: THE MAKING OF AN ICON Kevin Coleman Department of Historical Studies University of Toronto 409 Tier Building Friday, October 18,2019 at 2:30 pm The Faculty of Arts Student Conference Travel Award This fund is intended to provide graduate and senior undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts with financial support to attend a conference in their discipline at which they will present a paper, or play a role of similar significance. There are two competitions each year, with deadlines of November 1 and April 1 -- application is to be made to Acting Associate Dean (Research) Heidi Marx C/O Jen Chappellaz, 307 Fletcher Argue Building. TO GET TO MORE INFORMATION AND THE APPLICATION FORM FOR THIS AWARD, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/awards/3006.html Last, but not least of all, if anyone is interested in Create: Words and Art from WCC, we will have copies available at UMIH by donation! Sabrina Sethi 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>

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UMIH Upcoming Events: Sara Ahmed Lecture and Q&A "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work" AND MORE!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, We hope everyone has had a great first week of fall, despite the blustery weather! This week we are looking forward to Sara Ahmed's much-anticipated lecture and Q&A "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work" on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 at the West End Cultural Centre from 5-7 pm. Donations to the 2SQTBIPOC Library will be accepted at the door! Tickets for the lecture are currently sold out, though we are taking names for a waitlist should spaces become available on the day of the lecture. If you want to be contacted, please send your name to be added to the waitlist. If you prefer to watch from the comfort of your own home, we are pleased to announce that Sara Ahmed's lecture will be live-streamed on YouTube! Click here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui5kdJPSBt4> to watch the live-stream on Wednesday at 5pm. If you would like to join the Q&A, please submit your questions to MasonC(a)BrandonU.ca or the Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies on their Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/Institute-for-Womens-and-Gender-Studies-IWGS-13093…> page prior to the event. Due to the nature of the event, we are unable to guarantee the quality of the stream. We appreciate your understanding should any issues arise! On Thursday evening, October 3, 2019, The Decolonizing Lens Film Series will be presented at the WAG (300 Memorial Blvd.). Doors open for the reception at 6:30pm (free food, coffee, and tea will be available), and the films start at 7pm! There will be a discussion with filmmakers Gail and Melanie from "Rosie" following the films. This event is free for all to attend! If you enjoyed Nuit Blanche and want to continue exploring Winnipeg's vibrant arts and culture scene, explore First Fridays<https://www.firstfridayswinnipeg.org/> on Friday, October 4, 2019! Winnipeg's many artist-run centres and local galleries will be open late showcasing the work of our city's many talented artists. If you are in the Ottawa area next week, UMIH is supporting the Expert Roundtable on Canadian Economic Sanctions on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at the Museum of Nature. Closer to home, the UMIH Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America will also be presenting a talk on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. More details to follow soon! Thursday, October 10, 2019, UM Press' Acquisitions Editor, Jill McConkey, will be presenting on The Ins and Outs of Scholarly Book Publishing at 2:30pm in 409 Tier. If you're curious about scholarly book publishing in Canada and learning about how to publish your work, this will be of interest! Jill has worked in scholarly publishing for twenty years, primarily in the fields of Canadian history, literature, and Indigenous Studies. We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events! Sabrina Sethi 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>

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UMIH Upcoming Events - Feminist Killjoys: A Sara Ahmed Reading group facilitated by Karen Sharma AND MORE!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Thank you to everyone who came out to our inaugural events for the Fall 2019 Term! And a big thank you to our insightful and inspiring speakers for sharing their research with us. This week we are looking forward to gathering for Feminist Killjoys: A Sara Ahmed Reading group, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Revolution Wellness (433 Graham Ave.). The discussion will be facilitated by Karen Sharma of QPOC Winnipeg. Please note, that this event prioritizes those who identify as 2SQTBIPOC. If you are interested in attending please RSVP to umih(a)umanitoba.ca. There are still spaces available! On Wednesday morning our friends at Thin Air 2019 are presenting Sonja Boon & Kaie Kellough. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 from 11:30 am - 12:20 pm in Cross Common Room, St John's College. The event is free and open to the public! Unfortunately, Katherine Boyer's talk "Two stitches, hers then mine: Experiences working with the Manitoba Museum Ethnographic Collection" has been postponed until winter. More details will be available in the coming weeks. This weekend coming up will be a busy weekend for community events with the Global Climate Strike - Winnipeg<https://www.facebook.com/events/435176020403170/> starting at noon, Friday, September 27, 2019 at the Manitoba Legislative Building, and Culture Days<https://www.culturedays.ca/mb> and Nuit Blanche<https://culturedays.ca/hubs/df14b363-0445-4a12-a7d8-8701c1e2aaf1> taking place over the weekend! Upcoming October events include: Sara Ahmed "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work" Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 at the West End Cultural Centre 5-7 pm, Lecture + Q&A Tickets for the lecture are currently sold out, though we are taking names for a waitlist should spaces become available on the day of the lecture *donations to the 2SQTBIPOC Library will be accepted at the door The Decolonizing Lens Film Series Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:30 pm doors, 7pm film start time, WAG, 300 Memorial Blvd. Expert Roundtable on Canadian Economic Sanctions Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON The Ins and Outs of Scholarly Book Publishing 2:30 pm, Thursday, October 10, 2019 Jill McConkey, Acquisitions Editor, UM Press We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events!

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UMIH Upcoming Events: Punam Mehta on Feminist-Informed Yoga as Healing for Marginalized Mothers AND MORE!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, We're looking forward to an event filled week this week! Please join us for these exciting events and talks: Thursday, September 19, 2019 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Punam Mehta (Women's & Gender Studies) "From Critical to Cosmic Consciousness: Feminist-Informed Yoga as Healing for Marginalized Mothers" Friday, September 20, 2019 2:30 pm, 303 Tier Building Luiz Henrique Eloy, guest speaker for UMIH's Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster, "Indigenous Peoples and Land Conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon" Saturday, September 21, 2019 VegFest<http://winnipegvegfest.ca/>, University of Winnipeg, Axworthy Health & Recplex UMIH sponsored speaker Dr. Milton Mills, MD "What the Health?" Sunday, September 22, 2019 1:30 - 3:00 pm, The Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave. Prison Libraries Committee, Chapbook Launch Party Next week we will be facilitating a reading and discussion group on Sara Ahmed's work in advance of her Winnipeg Lecture "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work." Please join us on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Revolution Wellness, 433 Graham Ave. For a lively discussion of Sara Ahmed's writing facilitated by Karen Sharma of QPOC Winnipeg *Please note that this event prioritizes those who identify as 2SQTBIPOC And some upcoming October events include: Thursday, October 3, 2019 6:30 pm doors, 7pm film start time, WAG, 300 Memorial Blvd. The Decolonizing Lens film series Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Museum of Nature, Ottawa ON Expert Roundtable on Canadian Economic Sanctions We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events!

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Tickets for Sara Ahmed - October 2nd, 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Additional tickets for Sara Ahmed "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work" are now available on Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/closing-the-door-complaint-as-diversity-work-sa…>! UMIH and WGS is pleased to be presenting a public lecture "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work" by visiting speaker Sara Ahmed in partnership with the University of Winnipeg and Brandon University on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019! Public lecture by Sara Ahmed Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work October 2, 2019 5-7pm **New Venue** West End Cultural Centre 586 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1Z8 **TICKETS TO "CONVOCATION HALL" EVENT ARE STILL VALID** Free and open to the public ASL provided Monetary or book donations for the 2SQTBIPOC Library encouraged

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UMIH Upcoming Events: Punam Mehta on Feminist-Informed Yoga as Healing for Marginalized Mothers
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome back to a new fall term! We have an exciting lineup of events planned this term that we can't wait to share with you. Please join us for these upcoming UMIH events in September: Thursday, September 19, 2019 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Punam Mehta (Women's & Gender Studies) "From Critical to Cosmic Consciousness: Feminist-Informed Yoga as Healing for Marginalized Mothers" Friday, September 20, 2019 2:30 pm, location TBA Luiz Henrique Eloy, guest speaker for UMIH's Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster, "Indigenous Peoples and Land Conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon" Saturday, September 21, 2019 VegFest<http://winnipegvegfest.ca/>, University of Winnipeg UMIH sponsored speaker Dr. Milton Mills, MD "What the Health?" Sunday, September 22, 2019 The Good Will Social Club Prison Libraries Committee, Chapbook Launch In other exciting news, UMIH and WGS is pleased to be presenting visiting speaker Sara Ahmed "Closing the Door: Complaint as Diversity Work" in partnership with the University of Winnipeg and Brandon University on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019! For more event details, please see the Facebook event page here<https://www.facebook.com/events/institute-for-womens-and-gender-studies-iwg…>. We are looking forward to seeing you all at our Fall 2019 events!

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Error Acknowledgment: Indigenous Organization and Conflict in Cauca, Colombia Event: May 28, 2019: 23:20pm, 307 Tier Building
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 22 May '19

22 May '19

Dear all, My humble apologies for the spelling error in my subject line. Please note it should read "Colombia." Utterly embarrassed, Katelyn Dykstra, PhD Interim 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>

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Indigenous Organization and Conflict in Cauca, Columbia Event: May 28, 2019: 23:20pm, 307 Tier Building
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 22 May '19

22 May '19

Hello everyone, I alert you to the following wonderful event, organized by the UMIH Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America. I encourage you all to attend: The Interdisciplinary Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America Presents INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION AND CONFLICT IN CAUCA, COLOMBIA: THE CASE OF THE INDIGENOUS REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CAUCA (CRIC) 307 Tier Building, Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba May 28, 2:30pm This event will involve a visiting delegation of Colombian Indigenous leaders. A representative from the group will present on the history of struggle and organization of the Nasa people of Cauca, Colombia, in particular in relation to the Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (CRIC). They will also discuss the Plan de Vida-Proyecto Nasa, which is their regional plan for autonomy and development. Delegation members: Lizardo Ul Secue, Governor, Indigenous cabildo of San Francisco Sigifredo Pavi Ilamo, Governor, Indigenous cabildo of Toribio Elcy Mesa Taquinas, Coordinator, Plan de Vida Nasa Project Martha Segura Córdoba, Health Secretary, Municipality of Toribio Angélica Aguilar Rugeles, Manager, Empresa Social del Estado (hospital) Cxayu’ce Jxut, Toribio y Jambalo Jaime Díaz Noscue, Coordinator, Plan de Vida Nasa Project José Correa Vasquez, Coordinator, Plan de Vida Nasa Project Nusmem Acosta Aguilar, Indigenous law student Hope to see you there! Katelyn Dykstra, PhD Interim 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>

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Upcoming Events (May 13-20, 2019)
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 13 May '19

13 May '19

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is off to an excellent start! Here are a few UMIH-related events to draw your attention to: The first is a reminder that this coming Wednesday, May 15th, at 7pm at X-cues, UMIH is helping to host a panel discussion to celebrate the publication of Dr. Julie Guard's new book Radical Housewives: Price Wars and Food Politics in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada. The panelists are Dr. Guard (University of Manitoba), Dr. Janis Theissen (University of Winnipeg), and Dr. Rhonda Hinther (Brandon University), moderated by Dr. Deborah McPhail (University of Manitoba). We encourage you all to join us! You can find the poster attached. The second is this coming Sunday (May 19) at 3:00pm in the Buchwald Room at Millennium Library. There will be a Preview/Launch event for "The Modern Reception of the Medieval Saga of the Sworn Brothers," a special volume of the journal Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, which is about to be published (Volume 26, Spring 2019). Several contributors will be there to discuss topics such as the place of Icelandic literature in world literature and its international influence in Winnipeg and elsewhere. All are welcome to attend - but please note that (for those who may be smuggling exotic animals, for example) there is a security scan at the entrance. Thanks are due to the Icelandic Department and UMIH for their support of the research being presented here, as well a to AASSC who run the journal (scancan.net). Please see the attached poster and venue files for further details. Warm wishes, Katelyn Dykstra, PhD Interim 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>

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