Dear friends of the humanities,


Here is your rundown for a busy an exciting couple of weeks.


Wednesday, 7 February—Department of History

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

“Annishnaabeg Land, Indigenous Labour, and the Organized Labour Movement: Winnipeg, 1919—A public seminar with Adele Perry (Dept of History).

 

Thursday, 8 February—UMIH, Arts of Conversation

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

Jennifer Dueck, “Cooking Politics: How America Has Learned the Middle East in the Kitchen”

Dr. Dueck is Stephen A Jarislowsky Chair in Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa.

 

Friday, 9 February—Department of History

12:00 pm, 409 Tier Building

James Daschuk (University of Regina), “What’s In a Name? History, Commemoration and Identity in the Canada of 2018” (Poster attached)

 

Monday, 12 February—Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster (UMIH)

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

Julie Gibbings, "Labor, Violence, and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914"

 

Thursday, 15 February—UMIH, Arts of Conversation

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

“The Environmental Humanities: What are They and Why do They Matter?”

A public discussion inspired by Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action” All Welcome!

 

Thursday, 15 February—Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR)

12:30 pm, Faculty Lounge, Robson Hall

A public seminar by Visiting Scholar, Dr. Nagarathna Anappa, on “Indian Approaches to Regulating Cyber Crimes—An Overview”  All welcome.



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@umanitoba.ca

umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities