Dear Friends of the hUManities,
We hope you are all having a restful and enjoyable Reading Week! We will still be holding a Write-on-Site on Thursday, February 20, 2020 from 9 am - 12 pm in 409 Tier. Drop in to work on your writing projects in a community environment.
For more information, click here.

For an overview of our upcoming programming for Winter term, check out our events at a glance poster here!

Next Week:
Academic Publishing De-Mystified 
with Karalyn Dokurno
Thursday, February 27, 2020
2:30 - 3:30 pm
409 Tier Building


Upcoming UMIH Events:
Patriots and Traitors in Cuba: Explaining the Mariel Boatlift of 1980
guest lecture by Lillian Guerra (University of Florida)
Monday, March 2, 2020
2:30 - 4:00 pm
303 Tier Building

Col[lab]oration
experiments in community art
with Synonym Art Consultation
Thursday, March 5, 2020
2:30 - 3:30 pm
409 Tier Building
 
 
UMIH Supported Events:
Bauhaus (Canada) 101
The School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba, Curated by Dr. Oliver A. I. Botar
Exhibition:
February 13, 2020 to March 27, 2020 
 
The School of Art Gallery is pleased to present Bauhaus (Canada) 101, the only major exhibition in Canada to celebrate the centenary of the Bauhaus, the legendary German design school. This exhibition provides a crash course on the Bauhaus, founded in 1919. It offers insight into the school’s influence on Canadian architecture, furniture design, graphic design, art and pedagogy.
Associated Programming:
February 26:     Education Coordinator's Tour, School of Art Gallery, 12:15 PM
February 28:     Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Otto, ARTlab 364, 12:00-1:30 PM
February 28:     Keynote by Dr. Elizabeth Otto: Gender, Sexuality, and the Bauhaus, MAWA, 611 Main Street, 7:00 PM 
For more information, click here.

Other Opportunities and events:
Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals for the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) 
“Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century” to be held in Winnipeg October 21-24, 2020. 
Cary Miller, Native Studies is one of the three plenary speakers at the event.
Deadline for submission of individual papers is March 15, 2020.
 
Please visit the webpage for full information in both English and French:


UM Black Alliance (UBA) presents Black History Month events in February:
On February 26, Dr. Cary Miller, native studies department head, along with Valerie Williams, equity, diversity and inclusion facilitator, will be facilitating a conversation titled, Where Do We Go From Here. The discussion will include suggestions for continuing the work of anti-racism; exploring the successes and challenges of implementing the strategies; and defining individual and collective follow-up actions.
Date: Wednesday February 26, 2020
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Room 141, Education Building
Registration: https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/ist/event/where-do-we-go-from-here/
 
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend Dr. Robin DiAngelo’s presentation, “White Fragility” on February 6 or read her book before attending this conversation.

UM Black Alliance (UBA) has been formed to coordinate and promote Black History Month events; address challenges and continue to honour and remember the important history, people and experiences of Black communities in February and throughout the year.



Institute for the Humanities 

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

204 474 9599

umih@umanitoba.ca

umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities