Dear friends of the Institute for the Humanities,
the UMIH is very glad to invite you to join us for this event this week:
-Everything You Want to Know about Publishing an Academic Book; Celebration and Insights from Faculty of Arts Members
Tuesday, January 27th, 2:30, 307 Tier
This event is both a celebration of books published by Faculty of Arts’ scholars as well as an open discussion on the experience involved in the
process of publishing an academic book. It will count on the participation of two faculty members from Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media, David Watt (author of
Laughter and Awkwardness in Late Medieval England: Social Discomfort in the Literature of the Middle Ages,
Bloomsbury 2023 ) and Vanessa Warne (author of
By Touch Alone; Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture, University of Michigan Press, 2025); and two from the Department of History, Roisin Cossar (co-author with Jason Brown of
Telling Tales: Clerics, Concubines, and an Inquisitor in Late Medieval Ferrara: A Primary Source Study, University of Toronto Press, 2025) and Jorge Nállim (co-editor
with Sandra McGee Deutsch of Antifascim(s) In Latin America and the Caribbean. From the Margins to the Centre, Cambridge University Press, 2025).
The following events are organized by the Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Prorgram (ACMP),
co-sponsored by the UMIH along other institutions (please visit
https://weareacmp.com/ for more information) :
-Afro-Caribbean Mentorship Program- Free Movie Screening:
Till
Friday, January 30th, 11-2pm
Landmark Cinemas, Grant Park
For more information, visit.
https://weareacmp.com/free-movie-screening/
-4th Annual Anti-Black Racism As A Mental Health Concern
Friday, January 30, 6-8:30pm
MTS Classrooms ABC
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
This forum situates mental health within broader historical, cultural, and structural contexts,
drawing on humanities-informed perspectives alongside community expertise. It offers a space
for critical analysis of how anti-Black racism shapes lived experience, narrative formation, and
access to care. This event will examine how the intersections of race, social class, immigration status, sexuality, and gender influence distinct
mental health challenges among Black Canadians.
In addition to several panelists, the keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Ciann L. Wilson. For more information, visit
https://weareacmp.com/4th-annual-anti-black-racism-as-a-mental-health-concern/
-Hairstyling and Conversations. Salon Talk Series Part 1: Reframing the Mental Health Conversation
Dr. Rhonesha Blaché (facilitator), Dr. Ciann Wilson (guest speaker)
Saturday, January 31, 11am-2pm
Karen’s Hair and Loc Studio, 1867 Portage Avenue
Supported by a Prime X Community Grant, Hairstyling and Conversations exemplifies community-engaged humanities in practice. The initiative transforms Winnipeg-based
Black-owned barbershops and salons into sites of informal pedagogy and cultural exchange, where participants engage in structured dialogue on trauma, identity, healing, and systemic inequality. Grounded in humanities-based research and mentorship, the project
values oral history, storytelling, and critical reflection as legitimate forms of knowledge production. It invites collaboration among scholars, students, local business owners, and community members, reinforcing reciprocal relationships between the University
and the broader Black community
For more information, visit
https://weareacmp.com/hairstyles-and-conversations/
And for next week, we are glad to invite you to the,
-UMIH International Conference- Identity in Motion: Literary Representations of Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants
Venue: hybrid, Zoom and in-person. All sessions and keynote addresses will be held virtually via Zoom and can be attended at the rooms mentioned below for each day.
February 5th: 307 Tier Bldg, Zoom link:
https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/64360446545?pwd=lovbcd9Tud5lGLokLpEWyQy6FgaKlG.1
February 6th: Cross Common Room, 108 St. John’s College, Zoom link:
https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/67829779443?pwd=S4E4RC5etHLE5Yg82JYkQE1HdWdDsa.1
For the conference’s full program, please see the attached program.
Over two days, this conference seeks to explore the diverse literary portrayals of displacement, migration, exile, and the refugee experience across genres, languages, and
cultures. In addition to twenty presenters divided in panels, the conference will feature two keynote speakers:
-Dr. Alex Sager (Professor of Philosophy and University Studies, Portland State University): “What If Refugees Designed Asylum”, at the conference’s opening session, February 5th, 10:15am
-Dr. Peggy Levitt (Professor, Mildred Lane Kemper Chair of Sociology, Wellesley College, Co-Founder, Global (De)Centre): “Move Over, Mona Lisa: Reimagining What We Read, Look at, and Learn”, at the conference’s closing session, February 6th,
12:30pm
This event is co-sponsored by the University of Manitoba’s Department of English, Theatre, Film, and Media and the Department of German and Slavic Studies, whose generous support has made this conference possible.
Jorge A. Nállim
Director, Institute for the Humanities
Acting Head and Professor, Department of History
405 Fletcher Argue Bldg.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5
https://umanitoba.ca/arts/jorge-nallim
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,