Dear friends of the UMIH,
As we enjoy a beautiful and long Fall season, please join us this week for these exciting events:
-Poetry Talk &
Writing Workshop
Dr. Christine Stewart-Nuñez (Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies)
Wednesday, Oct 21, 6-8pm*
Jake Epp Library, 255 Elmdale St., Steinbach
Please note:
registration is required for this event:
https://jakeepplibrary.com/event/adult-creative-writers-4/
* This poetry talk & workshop, supported by the UMIH
Research Cluster Poetry, Grief, and Mourning, is funded through UofM Community Engagement.
-Film screening and discussion
War Came to My Home (Canada, 2026, 16 min.)
Marusya Bociurkiw (dir.)
Thursday, October 22nd
2:30pm
409 Tier
War Came to My Home is set in an undisclosed location in Lviv, Ukraine, where approximately twenty women gather to weave camouflage nets for the Ukrainian army. What first appears to be
a peaceful craft workshop gradually reveals itself as a space shaped by war, volunteering, solidarity, and everyday resistance. Structured to evoke the rhythm of a long afternoon, the film gradually reveals the women’s individual reasons for being there and
offers an intimate perspective on how the Russia-Ukraine war enters domestic, communal, and emotional life.
Marusya Bociurkiw is an award-winning Ukrainian Canadian filmmaker, writer, media scholar, and Professor Emeritus at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her scholarly and creative work brings together feminist and queer
archives, media activism, migration, social justice, documentary filmmaking, cultural memory, and questions of belonging and displacement.
After the screening of the film, there will be a discussion with its director, Dr. Bociurkiw, moderated by Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn (UMIH Research Affiliate)
This event, organized by the UMIH, counts on the generous support of the Departments of English, Theatre, Film & Media, and German and Slavic Studies, and it is part of Central and East European Lecture Series.
Also, mark your calendars for next week’s events:
-Guest speaker
“Queer and Trans Space Operas: From Samuel Delany to Becky Chambers”
Dr. Jes Battis (University of Regina)
Monday, October 26th
2:30 - 4 pm
409 Tier and online via Zoom
(link below)
The space opera genre has a long history of queer and trans authors, including Samuel "Chip" Delany, who was writing before
the 1969 Stonewall uprising. This talk, with Dr. Jes Battis, will explore the radical history of space ships and interstellar travel, including Star Trek and the popular Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers. This hybrid talk will be recorded and shared online
via YouTube.
Dr. Jes Battis (all pronouns) teachers queer and trans speculative fiction, medieval studies, and creative writing at the University of Regina. They are the author of books on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Farscape, and the cult classic film Labyrinth, as well as the fantasy novel
The Winter Knight. Their work has won the Saskatchewan Book Award, and been shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.
Zoom Meeting link:
https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/68325450693?pwd=wFpO7DauHtWJmO6f2iwDL4TBG28Xlz.1
Meeting ID: 683 2545 0693
Passcode: 307571
This event, organized by the
UMIH Research Cluster Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy, counts with the generous support of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media.
-Workshop and Meet and Greet
-“Queer Science Fiction & Fantasy World Building Workshop with Jes Battis”
Tuesday, October 27th
9:30 – 10:30 am
307 Tier
-“Queer Science Fiction Research Cluster- Meet and Greet”
Tuesday, October 27th
10:30 am – 11:30 am
307 Tier
All al welcome to attend one or both events. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be served
These events are organized by the UMIH Research Cluster Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy, with the generous support of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media.
Finally, visit our website (in process of being updated) to read our last blog,
https://www.umhumanities.com/longexposures/write-it-exploring-grief-through-poetry-with-dr-neil-besner
, and follow us in Instagram, umih@umanitoba.ca
Jorge A. Nállim
Professor, Department of History
Director, Institute for the Humanities
405 Fletcher Argue Bldg.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5
https://umanitoba.ca/arts/jorge-nallim