Welcome back to a new term! We hope that the summer was restful.
Welcome 2021-22 Members of the UMIH:
The UMIH is pleased to welcome and introduce community members and friends to the 2021-22 research affiliates, research clusters and graduate fellow. This year, the Institute is excited to
support four research clusters: Death as Transformative Experience headed by Dr Simone Mahrenholz (Philosophy), Graphic
Narrative Beyond the Gutter headed by Dr Lucas Tromly (ETFM), Power
and Resistance in Latin America headed by Dr Jorge Nallim (History), and Occupy
Bartleby headed by Dr Dana Medoro (ETFM).
The Institute will also be supporting three research affiliates: Dr
Caitlin McIntyre (Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York Buffalo), Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (SSHRC
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University) and Dr Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square (Emergent
Phenomenology Research Consortium, The Social Justice Centre).
In addition, we are excited to welcome this year's UMIH Graduate Fellow, Tasheney
Francis Holness (Linguistics). Stay tuned for announcements of our Undergraduate Student Interns.
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook as
we will be sharing more on the institute's 2021-22 members and their research work. We wish last year's members success in their research endeavors.
Up-coming Public Lectures:
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.
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.