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UMIH upcoming events - 2 December 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Please join us this week at Plug In ICA for The Ghost and The Flesh, a lecture by Morehshin Allahyari co-presented by UMIH as part of Labour of Love: on Digital Economies in the Arts<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/labour-of-love-on-digital-economies-in-the-a…>, a series of lectures, screenings, and workshops. Allahyari will discuss the intense research and the invisible labour of digital and technological tools, focusing specifically on concepts such as archiving, 3D modeling, Digital Fabrication, Digital Colonialism, and re-figuring in relationship to her practice. Thursday, December 5, 2019 7 pm Plug In ICA, 460 Portage Ave. More information can be found here<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/lol-allahyari/>! Of Interest: Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/>. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. Other Opportunities and events: Library and Archives Canada Digital Optimization of Canada's Collections - with Sylvain Bélanger Today - 12 noon 307 Tier Building, University of Manitoba Today - 5pm University of Winnipeg Archives, Centennial Hall Library 5C Democracy Underfoot: Roosivelt Pinheiro and the Visual Language of Brazilian Protest Poolroom Gallery, Architecture 2 Friday, November 29 - Friday, December 6 Please see attached poster for more information. PhD Candidate Elikem Tsamenyi is giving a talk on African Peace, Security & Conflict Management: An African International Society Approach Monday, December 16, 2019 10:30 am - 12 noon 307 Tier Building Please see attached poster for more information. Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by Wednesday, December 18, 2019 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 - Week of November 25, 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Please join us this week for our final Arts of Conversation speaker for the term! Mental Health and Norway's Medieval Royal Court Christopher Crocker (UMIH, University of Iceland) Thursday, November 28, 2019 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building More information can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1811>! Upcoming: UMIH and Plug In ICA present The Ghost and The Flesh, a lecture by Morehshin Allahyari as part of Labour of Love: on Digital Economies in the Arts, a series of lectures, screenings, and workshops. Allahyari will discuss the intense research and the invisible labour of digital and technological tools, focusing specifically on concepts such as archiving, 3D modeling, Digital Fabrication, Digital Colonialism, and re-figuring in relationship to her practice. Thursday, December 5, 2019 7 pm Plug In ICA, 460 Portage Ave. More information can be found here<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/lol-allahyari/>! Of Interest: Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/>. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. UMIH Research Affiliate, Murray Leeder, has just published an article at the official Star Trek site. To read the article, click here<https://ca.startrek.com/news/watching-star-trek-generations-spoiled>! Other Opportunities and events: PhD Candidate Elikem Tsamenyi is giving a talk on African peace, security & conflict management: An African international society approach Monday, December 16, 2019 10:30 am - noon 307 Tier Building Please see attached poster for more information. Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by Wednesday, December 18, 2019 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! Nov 18, 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Welcome back, we hope you all had a restful and productive reading week! Please join us for UMIH's upcoming events. Today: Why study the history of medicine, health, and healing? A case study of patient-centered medicine in the ancient Mediterranean. Kristi Upson-Saia Professor of Religious Studies, Occidental College November 18, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 pm 409 Tier Building More information can be found here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/why-study-the-history-o…> This Week: "What Lies Beneath...: Emerging Trends of Intersex Representation in Popular Media" Katelyn Dykstra (UMIH, FKRM) November 21, 2019 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building More information can be found here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/what-lies-beneath/> Upcoming UMIH Events: Mental Health and Norway’s Medieval Royal Court Christopher Crocker (UMIH, University of Iceland) November 28, 2019 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building More information can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1811> UMIH CFPs: 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. 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. For more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1765>. Of Interest: Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/>. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. UMIH Research Affiliate, Murray Leeder, has just published an article at the official Star Trek site. To read the article, click here<https://ca.startrek.com/news/watching-star-trek-generations-spoiled>! Plug In ICA presents the lecture Code, Corals, Capitalism and Curls by Carmen Aguilar y Wedge of Hyphen-Labs on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 8pm part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/labour-of-love-on-digital-economies-in-the-a…>, a series of lectures, screenings, and workshops. Code, Corals, Capitalism and Curls will look at an international approach to tackling issues of the planet, marginalization, power structures, omnipresent technologies, and the end of sleep through capitalism. For more information, click here<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/lol-hyphen-labs/>. As part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts<https://plugin.org/?nltr=MTA5OzM2MjY7aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVnaW4ub3JnL2V4aGliaXRpb2…>, Plug In ICA will host a five-day coding workshop facilitated by Ali Shamas Qadeer, Browser as Canvas, Building, Pond will introduce artists to digital-first making practices using basic HTML, CSS, and JAVASCRIPT. Participants will learn to use browser as digital spaces to create “things” from visual forms to life forms. Dates: Monday, December 2 to Friday December 6, 2019 Time: 10am-4pm Submit applications by Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Find more information here<https://plugin.org/exhibitions/call-for-artists-browser-as-canvas-building-…>. Other Opportunities and events: Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by December 18, 2019 UM Queer invites you to: Queer Pub Night! All U of M 2SLGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty welcome. Allies too! November 21, 2019 4:30 - 7:30 pm @ The Hub 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! Nov 12, 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, This Week: There will be no lecture this week due to the Fall Term Break. We look forward to seeing you at our lectures next week! Upcoming UMIH Events: Why study the history of medicine, health, and healing? A case study of patient-centered medicine in the ancient Mediterranean. Kristi Upson-Saia Professor of Religious Studies, Occidental College November 18, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 pm 409 Tier Building More information can be found here<https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/arts/event/why-study-the-history-o…> "What Lies Beneath...: Emerging Trends of Intersex Representation in Popular Media" Katelyn Dykstra (UMIH, FKRM) November 21, 2019 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building Mental Health and Norway’s Medieval Royal Court Christopher Crocker (UMIH) November 28, 2019 2:30-3:30 pm 409 Tier Building UMIH CFPs: 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. 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. For more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1765>. Other Opportunities: Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by December 18, 2019 Of Interest: Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/>. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. UM Queer invites you to: Queer Pub Night! All U of M 2SLGBTQ+ students, staff, and faculty welcome. Allies too! November 21, 2019 4:30 - 7:30 pm @ The Hub (Poster attached)

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UMIH Upcoming Events - November 4th, 2019
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, Thanks to everyone who came out to UMIH talks today. It has been a great start to our November programming! Please join us for our other events coming up this week! Info session for the Fort Gary Lecture Writing Workshop for graduate students Graduate students are invited to an information session outlining the Fort Gary Lecture Writing Workshop for MAs and PhDs to be held in Winter 2020. The writing workshop is designed to help you write your thesis or dissertation, with detailed feedback and support from faculty members and other graduate students. Wednesday, November 6, 2019 12:00 to 2:00 pm (Lunch at noon, with brief FGL Workshop presentation at about 12:30. Come by when you can and if you miss the formal presentation, we can provide you the cliff notes version when you arrive) UMIH Board Room - 409 Tier "Rhizomatic Celebrity: The Emergence of Celebrity Culture in London, 1660-1700" Erin Keating (ETFM) Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:30-3:30pm 409 Tier Building For more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/2019/11/01/3-exciting-lectures-coming-up/> Upcoming UMIH Events: Why study the history of medicine, health, and healing? A case study of patient-centered medicine in the ancient Mediterranean. Kristi Upson-Saia Professor of Religious Studies, Occidental College November 18, 2019 "What Lies Beneath...: Emerging Trends of Intersex Representation in Popular Media" Katelyn Dykstra (UMIH, WGS, ETFM) November 21, 2019 UMIH CFPs: 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. 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. For more information, click here<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1765>. Of Interest: Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M) Information Session (Fort Garry Campus) – Sign Up Required<https://manitobagrad.radiusbycampusmgmt.com/ssc/eform/zN8k8GB0SS3Ex67f3Gal.…> Tuesday, November 12, 2019 2:30 to 3:30 pm Room E3 – 262 Engineering Building (Senate Chamber Room) Sign up here for the Fort Garry CGS-M Information Session<https://manitobagrad.radiusbycampusmgmt.com/ssc/eform/zN8k8GB0SS3Ex67f3Gal.…> Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found here<https://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/>. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click here<https://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/>. Faculty of Arts Opportunities & Events: The Decolonizing Lens series world premiere of Freedom Road Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery For more information, click here<https://www.wag.ca/visit/events/specialevents/display,event/1130/film-night…> Other Opportunities: Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by December 18, 2019 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 - Shep Steiner on Halloween!
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Dear Friends of the hUManities, 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 & Events: 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<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/awards/3006.html><http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/awards/3006.html> The Decolonizing Lens series world premiere of Freedom Road Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery FREE entry 6:30 doors open, 7:00 pm screening and panel discussion Reception to follow Freedom Road is a National Film Board of Canada five-film series presenting powerful accounts of lived history from band members of Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe First Nation – where Winnipeg gets its water. That the world premiere screening of this unique, community-led project is happening at “the other end of the pipe” is rich terrain for considering our collective relationship to water, and to each other. A post-screening panel with band members Daryl Redsky, Roxanne Greene, director Angelina McLeod and Winnipeg-based historian Adele Perry, will highlight the complex, ongoing work of Shoal Lake 40 in resolving a brutal colonial legacy – one that is inseparable from the history of this place. Other Opportunities: Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University (SFU) is pleased to announce five Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowships in the Humanities for the 2020-21 academic year. Worth up to $60,000/year, these fellowships are designed for engaged scholars, artists, writers, and knowledge keepers who will help us imagine how we can make the world we live in better through the act of world-making in the creative arts and/or publicly engaged scholarship in the humanities, in alignment with the fundamental values of advancing reconciliation and equity, diversity and inclusion, communication, coordination, and collaboration. Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows will: * deliver at least one public lecture, performance, or other form of community or public outreach based on their projects * be available for informal, occasional consultations with students and faculty Applicants are asked to submit (via email) a completed application form, a current CV, and a cover letter outlining: * the project the applicant intends to take up during the fellowship * the desired primary unit affiliation in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, as well as a secondary unit affiliation, as applicable * the length of fellowship desired * names and contact information of two references Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> to download the form and for more detailed information.<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> Apply by December 18, 2019 For more information, please visit www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt<http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt> or email shadbolt_fellows(a)sfu.ca<mailto:shadbolt_fellows@sfu.ca>

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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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