Dear Friends of the hUManities, 

We hope you had a restful week. 

The UMIH continues to stand in solidarity with UMFA members who are currently on strike. We hope for the needs of our community members who have enriched student lives and our campus experiences to be meaningfully, adequately, negotiated and met. For more on the UMFA strike, see this link 

Up-coming Public Lectures in Partnership with the UMIH: 

National Forum on anti-Asian racism: Building Solidarities

(UMIH + University of Ryerson + OCUFA + Shiseido) 

November 9th 2021 - November 10th 2021 

We are excited to encourage folks and community members to attend The National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Building Solidarities. This forum will bring together students, staff, faculty and academic leaders, as well as community partners, to engage in a timely and open dialogue about anti-Asian racism in Canada’s post-secondary education sector. Hosted by the Faculty of Arts, this two-day event will build on the important work initiated by the University of British Columbia at its inaugural National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism in June 2021. We are also excited to inform folks that Alex Rana, current UMIH student intern, will be presenting at the forum. To register, please visit the following link

MOSAIC Lecture series: 

Relative Time/Little Time-series: Emerging Scholars Roundtable: Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, Melanie Braith, Sean Singh Matharoo, and Melanie Dennis Unrau.

Friday, December 3rd, 2021 

We are also very excited to invite folks to this panel, part of the MOSAIC lecture series. Join UMIH research affiliate Melanie Dennis Unrau (Colombia University), Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba (University of Winnipeg), Melanie Braith (University of Manitoba) and Sean Singh Matharoo (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) in their discussion, part of the Relative Time/Little Time series. Lectures will run from October through December via Zoom. For a list of upcoming talks and to register, please email mosatemp@umanitoba.ca. Please also note that registration is free but required to attend. Future presentations this month include; Paul Huebener on Monday, November 8th, Etienne Turpin & Anna-Sophie Springer presenting on Monday, November 15th, Denise Ferreira da Silva presenting on Friday, November 19th and Andrea Robbins & Max Becher presenting on Friday, November 26th. 

Take care, friends