Welcome back to a fresh new term at the U of M (at home)! We are looking forward to navigating these new modes of learning, and exploring new ideas with you as we face the excitement and challenges of learning remotely this year. The UMIH will be announcing some exciting changes and new programming for the Fall term soon, we can't wait to share what we've been planning over the summer with you all.

Upcoming UMIH Events & Opportunities:


2019-2020 Annual Report

UMIH's latest Annual Report is now available online. Take a peek at the work that went on last year, here.

Write-on-line

Monday and Thursday Write-On-Sites are now Write-ON-LINES. Write-on-sites have gone virtual to prioritize public health and safety while still maintaining our sense of connection during these isolating times. Virtual write-on-sites will continue every Monday from 9 am to 12 pm and Thursday from 2 pm to 4 pm. Everyone is welcome to write together, apart. Please email Serenity at: joo@cc.umanitoba.ca for the Zoom invite.


Microgrants

We're thrilled to announce the microgrant recipients from round 1 and round 2! The recipients can be found on the UMIH website, here, and on Facebook. Congratulations to all recipients! Projects will be uploaded to the UMIH blog in two phases, with the first phase available at the end of the month. Stay tuned for the link!


Other Events & Opportunities:


UM Press Virtual Book Launch:

Please join us for the virtual launch of the Canadian edition of Karen Marrero’s Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century. Karen will be joined by guests Kathryn Magee Labelle and Guillaume Teasdale. A Q&A will follow the presentation. 

Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 

Time: 1:30pm–3:30pm CDT 


Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8015989966449/WN_1zlAKGGeSnOAL9A4_GvMuA

Send questions or comments to Ariel.Gordon@umanitoba.ca.


2021-22 Call for Applications

The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10-month fellowships in the four Institutes of Paris, Lyon, Montpellier and Marseille. It welcomes applications from high level international scholars and scientists primarily in the fields of the social sciences and the humanities (SSH). 31 positions are available for the 2021-2022 Academic Year. More information can be found here. The application deadline is September 15, 2020.

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University invites applications for residential fellowships from scholars whose research projects reflect on the 2021-22 theme of Afterlives. Up to six Fellows will be appointed. The fellowships are held for one academic year. Each Society Fellow will receive $55,000. The application deadline is October 1, 2020.

The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University (SFU) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowships in the Humanities, for the 2021-22 academic year. Worth up to $60,000/year, these fellowships are designed for engaged scholars, artists, writers, and knowledge keepers who will help us imagine how we can make the world we live in better through the act of world-making in the creative arts and/or publicly engaged scholarship in the humanities, in alignment with the fundamental values of advancing reconciliation and equity, diversity and inclusion, communication, coordination, and collaboration. More information can be found at: http://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt. The application deadline is October 5, 2020.

The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships for 2021-22. Located in the vibrant Research Triangle region of North Carolina, the Center affords access to the rich cultural and intellectual communities supported by the area’s research institutes, universities, and dynamic arts scene. Scholars from all parts of the globe are eligible. More information can be found here. The application deadline is October 8, 2020.

IMéRA (the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University) invites applicants for the 2021-2022 calls for residency. They are structured in line with three programmes: Art, Science and Society Programme; Global Phenomena and Regulation Programme; and Mediterranean Programme. More information can be found here. The application deadline is October 13, 2020. 

Call for Papers

Black Canadian Creativity, Expressive Cultures, and Narratives of Space and Place, Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire, Guest Editor Dr. Cheryl Thompson (Ryerson University). More information can be found here. Those interested should send a brief CV and an abstract of 300 words by September 15, 2020 to cjh@utpress.utoronto.ca. 


Critical Animal Studies Perspectives on Covid-19, Special Topics Issue of Animal Studies Journal, Guest edited by Eva Kasprzycka, Kelly Struthers Montford, and Chloë Taylor. The call for submissions is attached. The deadline for submissions is January 4, 2021.

UM Libraries: Curb-side Pickup
Some good book news, UM Libraries have launched a curbside pickup service, operating from the shipping entrance of Dafoe Library. The service includes materials from all libraries on both campuses. Currently it is only available to faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral students, however an expanded service for undergraduate students is being tentatively planned for September. Information on how this service will work and how to request materials is available on UML’s We’ll Get It For You service page which is found on our COVID-19 page.

 

With the university closure, UMIH is maintaining regular office hours from home, Monday-Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Please send an email if you have any questions. Or if you have an idea for humanities-related programming and you want some help getting it off the ground. The UMIH voicemail is also being checked regularly if you prefer to call. 


Take care, friends!


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