Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Welcome to a new week

Upcoming Public Lectures:

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.ca

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.

The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: The Role of the Writer in the World by Jacob Scheier

Wednesday, October 12th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT

Hybrid event: in-person at 307 Tier Boardroom & online via Zoom

We are super excited to invite folks to this hybrid workshop hosted by the Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster with CCWOC's writer in residence, Jacob Scheier. In this workshop, we will explore the big question—why write? More specifically, we will discuss the role the writer and/or poet potentially plays in our society, particularly when it comes to social justice. We will look at our own writing (participants are encouraged to bring in their recent work(a poem, story, work of creative nonfiction) and consider the cultural impact we would like it to have and what techniques and devices we can employ to better achieve such aims. Folks are welcome to attend this workshop in person at 307 Tier or stream it via Zoom. There will be ASL interpretation avaialble for this event. Please contact us with any other accessibility requests by email. To Register, please visit this link.

Upcoming Events Of interest:

Dr. Sarah Elvins (History) with Dr. Dana Medoro (ETFM) Moderated by Dr. Nancy Kang (Women's and Gender Studies) presenting on "Abortion and the Secrets of Women, Before & After Roe v Wade”

Friday, October 14th 2022 at 12:30 PM CT

In-person event at 307 Tier Building

We are excited to extend this invite for a talk by past UMIH Research Cluster Head, Dr. Dana Medoro (ETFM) scheduled on the 14^th of October, 2022.

More details on this event and how to register to follow soon.

Take care, friends