Happy new week!
Up-coming Public Lectures:
The Power & Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster
+ UMIH: Dr. Javier Mignone - Indigenous Governance and Intellectual Health in Latin America
Monday, October 4th 2021. 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Join Dr. Javier Mignone, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences for the first lecture series organized by the Power and Resistance
in Latin America Collective. This lecture will be held live on Zoom. Please email landivan@myumanitoba.ca for
the link to attend and see the attached poster including a short bio on Dr Mignone.
This fall, the UMIH will
be presenting a public lecture by writer of Prison
Industrial Complex Explodes, poet and educator Mercedes
Eng. The Institute is also looking forward to welcoming Dr Julie
Sze, professor of American Studies and founding director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California. More
details coming soon.
Publications:
Congratulations to UMIH research
affiliate, Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (SSHRC
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University) on recently publishing three poems:
Envoi, The Goose: My Northland Symphony!
and
The Goose: Fancy featured in the spotlight series curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher, Rob
Mclennan. Please visit this
link to read these works and learn more about Dr Unrau's research.
Of
Interest:
MOSAIC Lecture
series
Friday, October 8th - Friday, December 3rd, 2021. Via Zoom.
Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal, invites
you to a series of digital lectures via Zoom. The lectures will concentrate on the flow or pace of current time, especially in
relation to past time. ​Lectures
will run from October through December via Zoom. For a list of upcoming lectures and to register please email mosatemp@umanitoba.ca.
Please also note that Registration
is free but required in order to attend the lectures.