Dear friends of the hUManities,

Welcome to a new week. We hope folks enjoyed a restful break

Announcements:

In anticipation of Eternity Martis's Knight Lecture on the 9^th of March, the UMIH will host a book club on her memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun. The discussion will be facilitated by Nampande Londe and Bonique Dawiskiba-Clark. The meeting will hold on Monday, March 6^th from 2:30 to 4:00 PM CT at 409 Tier building. FREE copies of the book are available for students, staff, and community members. BIPOC prioritized. Books can be picked up at 407 on Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30-4:30 PM. Please address queries to : joo@cc.umanitoba.ca

Upcoming events:

The Food Matters Research Cluster Presents: Cultivating Identity: Italian-Canadian Subsistence Gardens in Toronto, 1960-2000 by Rosaria Moretti, (York University)

Friday, March 3rd from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

In person at 409 Tier Buidling

Rosaria Moretti, York University Subsistence gardening has become popular in many urban and suburban homes. While gardening supplies, exotic seeds, and plants flood today’s markets, such luxuries were unheard of half a century ago. For many Italian Canadian immigrants in Toronto in the 1960s, gardening was a way to connect to their new habitat via the memories of the land they had left behind. The garden served as an inexpensive way to acquire fresh produce that was preserved and enjoyed throughout many harsh and lean Canadian winters. Italian Canadian gardeners found innovative and frugal ways to create gardens which became an extension of the kitchen and served as an additional gathering space. Through oral interviews with subsistence gardeners and photographs by Vincenzo Pietropaolo, this talk will show the many ways Italian Canadians were cultivating identity in their gardens. Please see event poster attached for more details. Please see the attached event poster for more details on Moretti's work and this event.

The Food Matters Research Cluster Presents: Poetry, Philosophy and Potatoes by Rebecca Earle

March 9^th 2023 at 2:30 PM CT. In person at 307 Tier Building

Hosted by Jennifer Dueck (History), this lecture is especially open to students. Rebecca Earle's research work focuses on the cultural history of Spanish America and early modern Europe. She is interested in how ordinary, every-day activities such as eating or dressing shape how we think about the world and how others view us. Her early work was rooted in a very specific part of the world (southern Colombia). Recently, she studies the movement of ideas and practices across larger geographies. Her first book Spain and the Independence of Colombia, tried to explain the collapse of Spanish colonialism in early nineteenth-century Colombia. Subsequent work took on ampler time-spans and broader geographies. We are thrilled to extend this seminar to folks and hope to see you there. Poster coming soon.

UMIH Affiliate organized book club: March 15^th from 12 - 1 PM CT at 409 Tier boardroom

Amal Majumder and Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau are thrilled to resume regular book club meetings. They will be reading and discussing Zoe Todd’s article “Fossil Fuels and Fossil Kin: An Environmental Kin Study of Weaponised Fossil Kin and Alberta’s So-Called ‘Energy Resources Heritage.’” (article linked for folks to access). Please address questions or accessibility needs to: umih@umanitoba.ca

Sponsored events:

The Department of History and the UMIH present: Many Victorias: Memorials to a Long-Long Living Queen

by The 2023 Assiniboia Lecturer Dr. Durba Ghosh, History, Cornell University.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 3:30 pm

Hybrid event: in person at Schultz Lecture Theatre, St. John's College and on Zoom

When Queen Victoria died in January 1901, statues to commemorate her legacy sprung up across the British empire. Many Victorias were sculpted into marble and bronze, and streets such as Queen’s Way and Queen’s Gate were named in her honor. As the war between the British and Boers continued in South Africa and the swadeshi campaigns took hold in eastern India to boycott British goods, private donors, colonial and military officials collected funds to install the Queen’s likeness, arguing that a memorial to her legacy was especially critical when there were revolts against the British empire. This talk follows the installation of royal statues across India in a moment of rising opposition; it concludes by considering the continued existence of royal statues in a time of decolonizing. Please register for the webinar using this link or the embedded zoom page in the heading.

Open Calls:

Call for Applications 23-24 UMIH Grad Fellowship, Research Affiliates & Research Clusters:

Deadline: April 28th 2023

The UMIH call for applications for the 2023-24 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. Visit the UMIH webpage for more details on how to apply for each call. All questions regarding applications can be addressed to: umih@umanitoba.ca

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

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Please also be aware of my new hybrid work schedule: I am available in the remote office on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM and in person at 407 Tier, Tuesdays - Thursdays from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Thank you kindly (: