Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Welcome to a new week, we hope you had a restful weekend. 

Thank you to everyone who attended the screening of AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY - THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS hosted by Prairie Asian Organizers with the UMIH. In case you missed the event but will like the opportunity to screen the documentary, read the transcript or re-watch the documentary, you can do so until November 19th. Please contact prairieasian.organizers@gmail.com for the link to access the documentary or, follow their Instagram linked below for future updates. 


Up-coming events: 

PATHWAYS OF RECONCILIATION VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH Please join the UM-Press, supported by the UMIH for the virtual launch of Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC's Call to action. Editors Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan will be joined by contributors Régine Uwibereyeho King, Sheryl Lightfoot, David B. MacDonald, and Andrea Walsh. Wednesday, November 25th, 2020. 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST. Please see the following link for more details and registration: https://uofmpress.ca/events/entry/pathways-of-reconciliation-virtual-launch


Public Lecture - What does the “K” stand for in K-pop?  Deconstructing Koreanness in K-pop: Please join Dr Tina Chen and the Asian Studies Centre for an upcoming public lecture: What does the “K” stand for in K-pop?  Deconstructing Koreanness in K-pop. With increasing numbers of non-Korean members in K-pop groups, K-pop as a music genre, cultural product and system has become increasingly more transnational and hybrid than ever before.  This lecture questions what constitutes K-pop and discusses what is specifically Korean about K-pop. The lecture first introduces various ways in which we understand K-pop and then discusses K-pop’s racial imagination by looking at fans’ reaction to and discourse around K-pop groups without Korean members. In doing so, the lecture addresses how the boundary of K-pop is made and re-made. Friday, December 4th 2020 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM. Please email  Asian.Studies@umanitoba.ca  for the Zoom link. See Attachment for the event poster. 

On-going Opportunities: 

We will like to continue to highlight that the UMIH welcomes opportunities to spotlight teaching this term for teaching staff in Arts that would like support for a remote guest lecture in their class to be made a broader, public event. We can provide some financial support for guest lecture honoraria, as well as logistical support for a live-streamed event online. Email heejungserenity.joo@umanitoba.ca for more details.

Announcements: 

Next week, we will at last share the names of the recipients of the 3rd round of the CARE-Microgrants. With the awardees released, you can also anticipate the sharing of previous winners on the UMIH blog very soon!  

Please note the Weekly Wrap Up: A Teaching Happy Hour session will resume on Friday, November 20th, 2020. 

Our Write On-Site Sessions have commenced starting today and will be ongoing Mondays 9 AM - 12 PM and Thursdays 2 PM - 4 PM. 

--Take Care, Friends. 



Ekene Maduka

Assistant to the Director 

Institute for the Humanities 

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

204 474 9599

umih@umanitoba.ca

umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities