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UMIH - External Grant Support program
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 03 Jan '19

03 Jan '19

Dear friends of the humanities, The UMIH wishes you all a happy, prosperous and productive 2019! And we can help with our External Grant Support program. The inaugural 2018-19 call for applications is still open. [cid:159b6501-934a-4e23-990a-defcc83d7eaf] Paul Jenkins, PhD Programming Manager and Assistant 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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Fire and Loss – Brazil's Museo Nacional and the importance of archives
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

[cid:f94cfa55-9986-4141-be97-e5291e098541] Paul Jenkins, PhD Programming Developer/Manager and Assistant 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 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Our Fall programming will draw to a close this week with a moderated roundtable discussion with faculty and students on "Race and Whiteness." For more details please see below. [cid:2236dcf0-aad1-4cb5-bc4b-307417295409] Paul Jenkins, PhD Programming Developer/Manager and Assistant 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 - Humanities Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Next week will be another busy with a series of events explicitly dedicated to discussing and demonstrating the value and importance of the work we do in the Faculty of Arts. As ever, all are welcome. Thursday, November 22, 2018—Presented by the UMIH Health Humanities Research Cluster 12:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Ellen Amster, Jason A Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, McMaster University “The Humanity of Medicine and the Humanities in Medicine.” Lunch provided. Event poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1343> Thursday, November 22, 2018—Part of the “Beyond Crisis: The Middle East Past, Present, Future” series 6:00 pm, Schultz Theatre, St John’s College Ellen Amster, Jason A Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, McMaster University, “The Body and the Body Politic: Healing, History, and Biomedicine in the Middle East and North Africa” Reception to follow Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1342> Thursday, November 22, 2018 — The Futures of the Humanities Series 10:00 am – 4:30 pm, 230 University College Working Your Degree: Co-operative Education, Experiential Learning and the Twenty-first Century – A One-Day Symposium. Keynote: Julie Walchli, Executive Director, Work Integrated Education and Career Initiatives and Co-Director, Canada Japan Co-op Program, Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia, and Past-President of CEWIL Canada. Event poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1345> For news, events and much more, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARDm8FH…> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.com/> Paul Jenkins, PhD Programming Developer/Manager and Assistant 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
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18

HALLOWE’EN EVENTS Thursday, October 25 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building David Annandale (Dept ETFM), “The Darkest Timeline: Get Out, Hereditary, And The Horror Movie In The Age Of Trump” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1274> Wednesday, October 31 – All Day Public Event Frankenreads, Winnipeg<https://frankenreadswinnipeg.wordpress.com/> – An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1227> RACE AND THE MIDDLE AGES Monday, October 29 10:30 am, 409 Tier Building Dorothy Kim (Brandeis University), “Embodying the Database: Race, Gender, and Social Justice” This talk deals with Medieval Studies, Roberto Busa, S.J., The Index Thomasticus, alternative genealogies of the database that go back to Khipu, pre-contact American embodied databases, WWII, IBM and the Holocaust, and the possibilities of a decolonized history of science. Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1317> Monday, October 29 12:30 pm, 408 Tier Building—Please note the room change Dorothy Kim, (Brandeis University), “Race and the De/Post/Anti-Colonial Middle Ages” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1314> Dorothy Kim teaches Medieval Literature at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on race, gender, digital humanities, medieval women’s literary cultures, medievalism, Jewish/Christian difference, book history, digital media, and the alt-right. A prolific scholar, Professor Kim has, among many other projects, two books, The Alt-Medieval: Digital Whiteness and Medieval Studies and Decolonize the Middle Ages, forthcoming with ArcPress, and a co-edited volume (with Kimberly Coles), A Cultural History of Race in the Renaissance and Early Modern Age (1350-1550) forthcoming with Bloomsbury. ANNOUNCEMENTS Tuesday, November 6 – Workshop Series—Register Today, space limited 10:30-4:00 – 409 Tier Building PhDs That Work: Finding Success in an Uncertain Job Market, with Maren Wood and Jennifer Polk of Beyond the Professoriate Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1288> Free registration at https://umhumanities.com Thursday, November 22, 2018 — The Futures of the Humanities Series 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, 230 University College Working Your Degree: Co-operative Education, Experiential Learning and the Twenty-first Century – A One-Day Symposium. Keynote: Julie Walchli, Executive Director, Work Integrated Education and Career Initiatives, Co-Director, Canada Japan Co-op Program, Faculty of Arts, The University of British Columbia Session 1 – What Are Co-ops and What Are They Not? Panel: TBC Session 2 – Challenges Facing CEWIL Programs Panel: TBC Session 3 – Keys to Successful CEWIL Programs Panel: TBC Session 4 – CEWIL and the Future Panel: TBC For news, events and much more, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARDm8FH…> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.com/> Paul Jenkins, PhD Programming Developer/Coordinator and Assistant 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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Correction - Tipi Confessions - Doors 5:30
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Apologies, but the doors for "Sex at the End of the World – Tipi Confessions in Bed with QPOC" event open at 5:30 pm tonight, and not 6:30 pm as listed. The show starts at 6:00 pm. 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
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Here is your rundown of upcoming events and announcements. TONIGHT - Wednesday, October 17 – Arts of Conversation Doors 6:30 pm, Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave. Tipi Confessions<https://www.facebook.com/tipiconfessions/>: “Sex at the End of the World–Tipi Confessions in Bed with QPOC” Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1300> HALLOWE’EN EVENTS Thursday, October 25 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building David Annandale (Dept ETFM), “The Darkest Timeline: Get Out, Hereditary, And The Horror Movie In The Age Of Trump” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1274> Wednesday, October 31 – All Day Public Event Frankenreads, Winnipeg<https://frankenreadswinnipeg.wordpress.com/> – An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1227> RACE AND THE MIDDLE AGES Monday, October 29 10:30 am, 409 Tier Building Dorothy Kim (Brandeis University), “Embodying the Database: Race, Gender, and Social Justice” This talk deals with Medieval Studies, Roberto Busa, S.J., The Index Thomasticus, alternative genealogies of the database that go back to Khipu, pre-contact American embodied databases, WWII, IBM and the Holocaust, and the possibilities of a decolonized history of science. Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1317> Monday, October 29 12:30 pm, 206 Tier Building Dorothy Kim, (Brandeis University), “Race and the De/Post/Anti-Colonial Middle Ages” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1314> Dorothy Kim teaches Medieval Literature at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on race, gender, digital humanities, medieval women’s literary cultures, medievalism, Jewish/Christian difference, book history, digital media, and the alt-right. A prolific scholar, Professor Kim has, among many other projects, two books, The Alt-Medieval: Digital Whiteness and Medieval Studies and Decolonize the Middle Ages, forthcoming with ArcPress, and a co-edited volume (with Kimberly Coles), A Cultural History of Race in the Renaissance and Early Modern Age (1350-1550) forthcoming with Bloomsbury. ANNOUNCEMENTS TOMORROW - Thursday, October 18 10:00 am, U of M Archives & Special Collections, 330 Elizabeth Dafoe Book Launch of Evelyn Peters’ Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961 Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1302> Tuesday, November 6 – Workshop Series—Register Today, space limited 10:30-4:00 – 409 Tier Building PhDs That Work: Finding Success in an Uncertain Job Market, with Maren Wood and Jennifer Polk of Beyond the Professoriate Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1288> Free registration at https://umhumanities.com For news, events and much more, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARDm8FH…> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.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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UMIH - Weekly Humanities Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Here is your rundown of our community's upcoming activities. EVENTS Thursday, October 11 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Michael Sampson (Dept of Classics), “He Makes The Sort Of Marriage By Which He Is At Some Point Upset”: Myth And Misdirection In Prometheus Bound” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1273> Monday, October 15 – Public Lecture 7:00 PM, Carol Shields auditorium, Millennium Library, 251 Donald St Tracy Bear (University of Alberta), “Red Erotic: The Fall and Rise of Indigenous Erotica” Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1291> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Wednesday, October 17 – Arts of Conversation Doors 6:30 pm, Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave. Tipi Confessions<https://www.facebook.com/tipiconfessions/>: “Sex at the End of the World–Tipi Confessions in Bed with QPOC” Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1300> HALLOWE’EN EVENTS Thursday, October 25 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building David Annandale (Dept ETFM), “The Darkest Timeline: Get Out, Hereditary, And The Horror Movie In The Age Of Trump” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1274> Wednesday, October 31 – All Day Public Event Frankenreads, Winnipeg<https://frankenreadswinnipeg.wordpress.com/> – An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1227> ANNOUNCEMENTS Thursday, October 18 10:00 am, U of M Archives & Special Collections, 330 Elizabeth Dafoe Book Launch of Evelyn Peters’ Rooster Town: The History of an Urban Métis Community, 1901-1961 Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1302> Tuesday, November 6 – Workshop Series—Register Today, space limited 10:30-4:00 – 409 Tier Building PhDs That Work: Finding Success in an Uncertain Job Market, with Maren Wood and Jennifer Polk of Beyond the Professoriate Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1288> Free registration at https://umhumanities.com For news, events and much more, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARDm8FH…> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.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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UMIH - Humanities Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Here is a rundown of upcoming events and announcements. EVENTS Tuesday, October 2—TOMORROW 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Graduate Student Grant Writing Workshop Panel: Len Kuffert (Grad Chair, History), Erin Keating (Dept ETFM), David Watt (past-Director, UM Institute for the Humanities. Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1260> Thursday, October 4 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Etienne-Marie Lassi (Dept of French, Spanish and Italian), “Environmental/Ecological Issues And The Aesthetics Of Detective Novels In Francophone Africa” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1272> Thursday, October 11 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Michael Sampson (Dept of Classics), “He Makes The Sort Of Marriage By Which He Is At Some Point Upset”: Myth And Misdirection In Prometheus Bound” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1273> Monday, October 15 – Public Lecture 7:00 PM, Carol Shields auditorium, Millennium Library, 251 Donald St Tracy Bear (University of Alberta), “Red Erotic: The Fall and Rise of Indigenous Erotica” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Wednesday, October 17 – Arts of Conversation Doors 6:30 pm, Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave. Tipi Confessions<https://www.facebook.com/tipiconfessions/>: Sexy storytelling, performances, and anonymous audience confessions. Sex, (almost) everybody does it and (almost) nobody talks about it — except at Tipi Confessions. ANNOUNCEMENTS Tuesday, November 6 – Workshop Series—Register Today 10:30-4:00 – 409 Tier Building PhDs That Work: Finding Success in an Uncertain Job Market, with Maren Wood and Jennifer Polk of Beyond the Professoriate Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1288> Free registration at https://umhumanities.com For news, events and much more, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARDm8FH…> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.com/> <https://umhumanities.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 October Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Dear friends of the humanities, We have full and exciting month of programming in October. If you want to keep up to date with all we have going on, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.com/>. EVENTS Tuesday, October 2 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Graduate Student Grant Writing Workshop Panel: Len Kuffert (Grad Chair, History), Erin Keating (Dept ETFM), David Watt (past-Director, UM Institute for the Humanities. Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1260> Thursday, October 4 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Etienne-Marie Lassi (Dept of French, Spanish and Italian), “Environmental/Ecological Issues And The Aesthetics Of Detective Novels In Francophone Africa” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1272> Thursday, October 11 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building Michael Sampson (Dept of Classics), “He Makes The Sort Of Marriage By Which He Is At Some Point Upset”: Myth And Misdirection In Prometheus Bound” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1273> Monday, October 15 – Public Lecture 7:00 PM, Carol Shields auditorium, Millennium Library, 251 Donald St Tracy Bear (University of Alberta), “Red Erotic: The Fall and Rise of Indigenous Erotica” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Wednesday, October 17 – Arts of Conversation Doors 6:30 pm, Good Will Social Club, 625 Portage Ave. Tipi Confessions<https://www.facebook.com/tipiconfessions/>: Sexy storytelling, performances, and anonymous audience confessions. Sex, (almost) everybody does it and (almost) nobody talks about it — except at Tipi Confessions. Thursday, October 25 – Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building David Annandale (Dept ETFM), “The Darkest Timeline: Get Out, Hereditary, And The Horror Movie In The Age Of Trump” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1274> Wednesday, October 31 – All Day Public Event Frankenreads, Winnipeg<https://frankenreadswinnipeg.wordpress.com/> – An international celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=10/1/2018&todate=10/31/2…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1227> ANNOUNCEMENTS Tipi Confessions in Bed with QPOC Call for Stories<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1230> for Sex at the End of the World Submit your story by Sept 28. Decisions made by Oct 5. For submission instructions, visit facebook.com/tipiconfessions<https://www.facebook.com/tipiconfessions/>. To all Graduate Students and Postdocs in Arts—Are you on the job market? Contact the UMIH to organize a Mock Job Talk. Work out the rough edges among friendlies and receive valuable feedback and experience BEFORE the big interview! Contact: Dr Paul Jenkins umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@umanitoba.ca> Also, follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel> and subscribe to the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.com/> (UMHumanities.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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