Ekene Maduka
Assistant to the Director
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
Dear Friends of the hUManities,
Welcome back to a new term! We hope that the holidays were restful for folks.
Welcome to the 2022-23 Members of the UMIH:
The UMIH is pleased to welcome and introduce community members and friends to the 2022-23 research affiliates, research clusters, and graduate fellows.
This year, the Institute is excited to support two research clusters: the Writing towards a Just World Research Cluster coordinated by Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe (Women's and Gender Studies)
and the Food Matters Research Cluster by Dr. Jeongmin Kim (History).
The Institute will also be supporting one research affiliate this year: Dr. Melanie Dennis Unrau (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University)
In addition, we are excited to welcome this year's UMIH Graduate Fellows Jessie Krahn (ETFM) and Amal Majumder (ETFM).
We are also thrilled to welcome back the two student interns: Alex Rana (ETFM) and Lydia Gork (Native Studies)
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook as we will be sharing more on the Institute's 2022-23 members and their research work.
We again welcome the community to engage with texts, podcasts, and other media created by us on the UMIH blog and YouTube channel.
We wish last year's members success in their research endeavors.
Upcoming Public Lectures:
The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: Look See Write by Sally Ito
Tuesday, September 27th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT
Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom
Look, See, Write is a workshop about turning what you see into words. What happens when the things you look at become words ? A transformation. Roses are red, it's true, but in a line of verse, they can also be blue. We'll begin this workshop by deep looking and then transform those sights into words and hopefully end up with a poem!
This workshop is a hybrid event. Folks are welcome to attend in person at 307 Tier or stream via Zoom. Please use this link to register and see the attached event poster for more on Sally's work.
The UMIH & The W.R.E.N.C.H present: Intro to a Culture of Repair - A WRENCH Speaker Series
Wednesday, September 28th at 7 pm with Levi Foy and Blandine Tona
In-person at ARTSJUNKTION - 312 William in the Courtyard
This talk considers the question 'What is a Culture of Repair' through a series of free monthly talks with friends from the Homeland of the Metis/Treaty One Territory. This conversation will help guide W.R.E.N.C.H's work, and support Winnipeggers to consider the question as well. Speakers Blandine Tona and Levi Foy will explore how this question is useful in considering the challenges of climate change, and poverty and its impacts. This talk will be held in person at Artsjunktion (312 William in the Courtyard) and is also in partnership with the U of W Campus Sustainability Office. See attached posters for more details
The UMIH & MAWA present Like Queer Animals a lecture by Dr. Chantal Neadeau (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Friday, October 7th from 12 PM - 1 PM CT
Hybrid event: in-person at 611 Main Street & online via MAWA.com
All are welcome to attend this free noon-hour lecture. Queer scholar and writer Chantal Nadeau will discuss Like Queer Animals, her collaboration with visual artist Jessie Mott.
Mott and Nadeau’s multidisciplinary practice reveals their abiding interest in reshaping creature morphologies. This talk also marks the opening of the exhibition We Hold Your Gaze Remix at MAWA. Folks can attend this lecture in person at MAWA (611 main street) or stream it online with ASL on Mawa's website. Please see the event poster attached for more details.
Coming soon:
Take care, friends
Ekene Maduka
Assistant to the Director
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599