Dear friends of the humanities,

Here is your rundown for a busy an exciting couple of weeks.

Wednesday, 7 February—Department of History

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

“Annishnaabeg Land, Indigenous Labour, and the Organized Labour Movement: Winnipeg, 1919”http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/1/2018&todate=2/28/2018&display=Month&type=public&eventidn=14818&view=EventDetails&information_id=32115—A public seminar with Adele Perry (Dept of History).

Thursday, 8 February—UMIH, Arts of Conversation

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

Jennifer Dueck, “Cooking Politics: How America Has Learned the Middle East in the Kitchen”http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/1/2018&todate=2/28/2018&display=Month&type=public&eventidn=14792&view=EventDetails&information_id=32061

Dr. Dueck is Stephen A Jarislowsky Chair in Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa.

Friday, 9 February—Department of History

12:00 pm, 409 Tier Building

James Daschuk (University of Regina), “What’s In a Name? History, Commemoration and Identity in the Canada of 2018” (Poster attached)

Monday, 12 February—Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster (UMIH)

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

Julie Gibbings, "Labor, Violence, and Death in the Remaking of Planter Modernity in Guatemala, 1898-1914"

Thursday, 15 February—UMIH, Arts of Conversation

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

“The Environmental Humanities: What are They and Why do They Matter?”

A public discussion inspired by “Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action”http://www.environmentandsociety.org/sites/default/files/key_docs/humanities-04-00977-1.pdf All Welcome!

Thursday, 15 February—Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR)

12:30 pm, Faculty Lounge, Robson Hall

A public seminar by Visiting Scholar, Dr. Nagarathna Anappa, on “Indian Approaches to Regulating Cyber Crimes—An Overview” All welcome.

Paul Jenkins, PhD

Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities &

Instructor, Dept. of History

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

204 474 9599

umih@umanitoba.camailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca

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