Upcoming Events:
Teach-In: Anti-Asian Racism and Community Formation (UMIH + Prairie Asian Organizers):
Friday, 16th April 2021. 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CT.
Join
the UMIH in collaboration with Prairie Asian Organizers (PAO!) for a teach-in on anti-Asian racism and community formation. This
event features discussions by Serenity
Joo (English, Theatre, Film & Media), Jeongmin Kim (History) and Tina Chen (History) moderated by Naomi Woo. For more information,
visit the events page linked here and
see the attached poster. Please email umih@umanitoba.ca
for the Zoom link to attend.
Unruly
Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora: A Lecture by Dr. Gayatri Gopinath (New York University) (UMIH + School of Art Gallery)
Thursday,
15th April 2021. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM CDT
"Unruly
Visions" continues and expands upon the framing of queer diaspora as it brings queer diaspora studies to bear on studies of visual culture. In so doing, Gopinath suggests new ways of theorizing, seeing, and sensing queerness and diaspora across different geographies
and temporalities. Dr Gopinath's talk will be followed by a Q&A with Christina Hajjar, curator of
cause to become. For details to register visit the following link also,
see the event poster attached.
New-Opportunities:
Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th,
2021
The UMIH calls for
applications for the 2021-22 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. See attached posters for each call and details
on how to apply.
On-going
Opportunities:
UMIH External Grant Support:
The UMIH is seeking proposals for its External Grant Support program. This
is an initiative to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events.
This program was designed to provide opportunities for scholars to secure support, (both
cash and in-kind), from the UMIH in order to
leverage funds from other agencies.
Please see attached, poster for details on how to apply.
Of
Interest:
Annual Humanities Writing Contest (Dpt
of. Psychiatry, Dalhousie University)
Medical
students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, prose, poetry, plays, or graphic novellas exploring the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie
Department
of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Competition. Other forms of creative writing may also be accepted. For more details on how to enter click the link here
Take care, friends
--UMIH