Dear friends of the UMIH,
I would like to bring to your attention to the next series of exciting events brought to you by UMIH and its partners.
This week join us for,
-The Closest Thing to Time Travel: Original Antique Objects as a Teaching Aid in Literary Studies
Christopher Heyl (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 15th, 2:30pm
Zoom presentation, streamed in and moderated by
UIMIH Research Affiliate Dr.
Mariya Shymchyshyn in 409 Tier Zoom link:
https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/67327444304?pwd=AB46IxXZaBhblTlLhXclgpkM9KUeia.1
Objects, and especially original antique objects, can be very powerful tools in academic teaching. This lecture will offer a discussion of how they can be used in a lecture or seminar context, and why they have the power
to fascinate and motivate. One focus of this lecture will be the special appeal of small, portable objects that were once embedded in social practices.
Next week we have a full series of events:
-Brown Bag Lunch Series: Understanding Mediums: The Extensions of Spirit
Catherine Van Reenen
Date: Monday, October 20th, 1pm, 409 Tier
Catherine van Reenen is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religion. Based on a chapter of her thesis,
this
presentation will highlight conceptual affinities between the media theory of Marshall McLuhan and the 'medium theory' of a group of psychical researchers who focused on a phenomenon known as 'teleplasm', a mysterious substance alleged to ooze from the orifices
of entranced mediums.
Workshop: AI and Artmaking
Erika Jean Lincoln,
-Organized by Creative Manitoba and Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), supported by UMIH
-Date: October 22, 7- 8:30pm, online,
information available at https://creativemanitoba.ca/event/ai-and-artmaking/#tribe-tickets__tickets-form
This online Boot Camp will break down artificial intelligence (AI) into bite-sized pieces that are easy to understand. It will explore the gateways and barriers that AI employs in image and sound generation,
and generative text in performance and writing.
-Strangely Friends. A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters
Karen Dubinsky (Queen’s University)
Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2:30pm, 409 Tier
In this presentation, Karen Dubinsky will discuss her new book Strangely Friends, which focuses on the often-neglected network of personal and cultural connections between Cuban and Canadians since the early days of the Cuban revolution.
It addresses the stories of many Canadians, from teachers and activists, attracted to Cuban a well as of Cubans drawn to Canada.
This presentation counts on the support of the Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America and the Centre for Human Rights Research
There will also be a book presentation and discussion of Dr. Dubinsky’s book the following day, also co-sponsored with the Centre for Human Rights Research:
“An evening of Cuban-Canadian Encounters Through Music, Art, Politics, and More with Karen Dubinsky and Jorge Nállim.”
Friday, October 24, 7pm, Atrium at McNally Robinson Booksellers’-Grant Park
For more information, visit https://chrr.info/event/an-evening-on-cuban-canadian-encounters-through-music-art-politics-and-more-with-karen-dubinsky-and-jorge-nallim/
and https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18802/Karen-Dubinsky-Winnipeg-Book-Launch
And we continue reminding about the forthcoming event organized by UMIH Research Affiliate Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn:
-The Great Overlooked – Prof. Leonid Biletskyi as Teacher and Scholar
This is a one-day symposium honoring Leonid Biletskyi (1882–1955), an influential Ukrainian literary scholar, educator, and cultural leader whose work in Winnipeg left a lasting legacy. This one-day, mixed-format symposium will be held on
November 18th, and the keynote address will be delivered via Zoom at 2:30pm by Prof. Rostyslav Radyshevskyi (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). We invite submissions for the symposium, for further information see attached pdf and
contact Dr. Shymchyshyn at
mariya.shymchyshyn@umanitoba.ca
Stay tuned for more events!
Jorge A. Nállim
Director
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities
Sanda McGee Deutsch and Jorge A. Nállim (eds.),
Antifascism(s) in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Margins to the Center (Cambridge University Press, 2025). For more information, visit our blog,