Welcome to a new week! Thanks to everyone who attended Dr Milanesio's Lecture.
We look forward to seeing you at our forthcoming talk by Dr Nemogá
Upcoming Events:
The Power & resistance in Latin America Research Cluster presents Restoring
Biocultural Memory: The Muisca community in Sesquilé, Colombia presented by
Gabriel R. Nemogá (University of Winnipeg)
Thursday,
April 14th,
2022 at 2:30 PM CT via Zoom
Gabriel
R. Nemogá is a descendant of the Muisca Indigenous People of Colombia, South America. Dr Nemogá is also a lead author in the Assessment on Values on Nature conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). His research
focuses on biocultural diversity and indigenous rights. He has worked with Indigenous communities in the tropical rainforest in Mexico, and in the Amazon and Andean regions in Colombia.
Please see the attached two-page poster for more on Dr Nemogá
and his research.
To
attend this lecture, email landivan@myumanitoba.ca for
the Zoom link.
Calls
for Applications:
2022-23 UMIH Research
Clusters, Graduate Fellowship &
Research Affiliates calls for applications
Application
Deadlines: May 6th 2022
at Midnight
The UMIH call for
applications for the 2022-23 Graduate Fellow,
Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique
opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars
doing important research in the humanities.
Please see the attached posters for
more details on how to apply for each call. All
questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih@umanitoba.ca
Of Interest:
Public Lecture by Dr Noa Yaari: Artist
and CRRS Fellow: Art-Based Knowledge Mobilization
at the CRRS
Tuesday,
April 12th, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM CT.
In
her talk, artist, Dr Noa Yaari invites us to view "knowledge" as a physical body that has spatial dimensions, which are necessary for its existence and validity. This talk will focus on her art project at the CRRS to explore shifts in the way we pass, preserve
and produce knowledge. To register for this talk, visit the following link.
Take
care, friends