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Humanities weekly rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

Dear friends of the Humanities, Here is our weekly rundown of events and announcements. EVENTS Thursday, September 20 – Robin Connor Lectureship in the History and Philosophy of Science, presented by the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Arts 6:00 pm, Schultz Theatre, St John’s College, reception to follow Anita Guerrini (Oregon State University), “Giants, Fossils, and National Identity in Early Modern France” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=9/1/2018&todate=9/30/201…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1223> Friday, September 21 – Public Lecture 12:00 pm, 409 Tier Building Anita Guerrini (Oregon State University), “William Hunter and Eighteenth-Century Anatomical Collections” Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=9/1/2018&todate=9/30/201…> Event Poster<https://umhumanities.com/#jp-carousel-1226> 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…> The Fall Arts of Conversation program can be found here<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/3991.html>. 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 Mary Jane Logan McCallum & Adele Perry’s Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City<https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/structures-of-indifference> (University of Manitoba Press) – Book Launch<https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-16665/Mary-Jane-Logan-McCallum-&-Adel…> Friday, September 21st – 7:00 pm, McNally Robinson, Grant Park in the Atrium 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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10 June - Canoes, Colonialism and Reconciliantion
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 31 May '18

31 May '18

[cid:d1e40f32-346e-4731-902a-3cff5322cccf] 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 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Dear Friends of the Humanities, As our programming for the academic year tapers down for the summer, we at the UMIH would like to thank you for so generously sharing your research, knowledge and expertise, for helping to sustain such vibrant and diverse research culture on campus, and beyond, and for generally making this a great place to think together. We hope that you found it as stimulating and rewarding as we did. Of course, it should be noted that we are not finished and still have a number of exciting things planned for the summer, so stay tuned. In the meantime, many of you may be interested in the following: NEWS Call for Applications: UMIH call for Research Affiliate<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, Research Cluster<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, and Graduate Fellowship<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…> applications is also open. The deadline for applications is April 30th. EVENTS The Critical Environments Research Group's Spring Workshop will take place April 26th, 10:30-3:00 in 320 Sinnott Bldg. See below for more details. [cid:24401ea5-6a89-4b92-a100-310b838a5931] 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 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

EVENTS Wednesday, 11 April— Presented by The Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America and The Canadian Consortium on Performance and Politics in the Americas 409 Tier Building Cynthia Milton (Université de Montréal), “Counter Memories: How the Peruvian Military Performs and Curates a Contested Past” Cynthia Milton is Professor of Latin American History at the Université de Montréal. She is the editor of Art from a Fractured Past: Memory and Truth-telling in Post–Shining Path Peru. She is the author of Conflicted Memory. Military Cultural Interventions and the Human Rights Era in Peru (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018). Her co-edited works include Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places (Palgrave, 2011) and The Art of Truth-Telling about Authoritarian Rule (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005). NEWS Call for Applications: UMIH call for Research Affiliate<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, Research Cluster<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, and Graduate Fellowship<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…> applications is also open. The deadline for applications is April 30th. 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 19 Mar '18

19 Mar '18

UMIH DIRECTOR SEARCH Call for Applications: The Director Search<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/UMIH_-_Dire…>, University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities is still open. The deadline for applications is March 23rd. If you have and questions, please contact Paul Jenkins at the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities. EVENTS Thursday, 22 March – UMIH, Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier R.J. Leland (Department of Philosophy), “Discrimination in Sex and Romance” Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1116> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> Friday, 23 March – UMIH 1:30 pm, 330 Elizabeth Dafoe Library Jason Brown (UMIH Research Affiliate), “How Law was Taught at a Medieval University: Showcasing a Medieval Manuscript in the St John’s College Collection” Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1117> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> Wednesday, 21 March – Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Julie Gibbings (Department of History), “Labour, Violence and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914.” This event, opened to any interested person, will be in the format of a workshop based on discussion of a text available upon request, please send a message to jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> NEWS UMIH call for Research Affiliate<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, Research Cluster<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, and Graduate Fellowship<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…> applications is also open. The deadline for applications is April 30th. 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 - Correction - 2
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Well, I am a proper muppet. As I apologies again for all the confusion, I would ask that you please note that Julie Gibbings' workshop on “Labour, Violence and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914,” will start at 2:30 pm on March 21st, (and not the 28th!) The corrected details are as follows: Wednesday, 21 March – Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Julie Gibbings (Department of History), “Labour, Violence and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914.” This event, open to any interested person, will be in the format of a workshop based on discussion of a text available upon request, please send a message to jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> 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 - Correction
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Dear friends of the humanities, Please note that Julie Gibbings' workshop on “Labour, Violence and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914,” will start at 2:30 pm, not 1:30 pm as previously stated. Apologies for the confusion. The corrected details are as follows: Wednesday, 28 March – Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Julie Gibbings (Department of History), “Labour, Violence and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914.” This event, open to any interested person, will be in the format of a workshop based on discussion of a text available upon request, please send a message to jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> 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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Weekly Humanities Rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

EVENTS Thursday, 22 March – UMIH, Arts of Conversation 2:30 pm, 409 Tier R.J. Leland (Department of Philosophy), “Discrimination in Sex and Romance” Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1116> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> Friday, 23 March – UMIH 1:30 pm, 330 Elizabeth Dafoe Library Jason Brown (UMIH Research Affiliate), “How Law was Taught at a Medieval University: Showcasing a Medieval Manuscript in the St John’s College Collection” Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1117> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> Wednesday, 28 March – Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster 1:30 pm, 409 Tier Julie Gibbings (Department of History), “Labour, Violence and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914.” This event, open to any interested person, will be in the format of a workshop based on discussion of a text available upon request, please send a message to jorge.nallim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:jorge.nallim@umanitoba.ca> NEWS Call for Applications: The Director Search<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/UMIH_-_Dire…>, University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities is still open. The deadline for applications is March 23rd. If you have and questions, please contact Paul Jenkins at the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities. UMIH call for Research Affiliate<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, Research Cluster<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, and Graduate Fellowship<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…> applications is also open. The deadline for applications is April 30th. 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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Today 2:30, 409 Tier - Readymade Code: Braille in Contemporary Visual Culture
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

Today! The Arts of Conversation series continues with Vanessa Warne, who will be discussing braille in contemporary visual culture. All welcome. Translation: Today! The Arts of Conversation series continues with Vanessa Warne, who will be discussing braille in contemporary visual culture. All welcome. [cid:6f7b9a80-4e01-4ed7-bced-27eb01468fb0] 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 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

Wednesday, 7 March—UMIH Alternate Histories Research Cluster 8:30 am – 6:00 pm, 409 Tier Building Alternate Histories: A One-Day Symposium. All welcome. Poster attached. Symposium Webpage and Program<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html> Alternate Histories Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1102> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> Wednesday, 7 March 2:45 pm, 409 Tier Building Alternate Histories Keynote Allison Muri (University of Saskatchewan), “Digital Humanities and Alternate Histories: The Case of the Grup Street Project.” Keynote Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1104> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> Monday, 12 March—UMIH Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster 2:30 pm, 409 Tier Jaymie Patricia Heilman (University of Alberta), “Writing Now Peru is Mine: Notes from an Activist/Academic Collaboration.” All welcome. Heilman Poster<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-1093> Event Calendar<http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/201…> NEWS Call for Applications: Director Search<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/UMIH_-_Dire…>, University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities. UMIH call for Research Affiliate<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, Research Cluster<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…>, and Graduate Fellowship<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/media/Call_2018-1…> applications For more news and information, visit the hUManities blog<https://umhumanities.wordpress.com>, or follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/> 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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