​Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Happy New Year! and welcome back to the semester

Up-coming Public Lectures:

The UMIH Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America presents: The Historical and Contemporary Causes of «Survival Migration». From Central America’s Northern Triangle by Dr.Liisa North (York University). Thursday, 13th January 2022 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM CT Liisa L. North (Professor Emeritus, York University) has written numerous journalistic pieces published in various magazines and national newspapers in Canada and Ecuador. She has been Director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC, York University), President of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), and director of various institution-building projects financed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Ecuador and other Andean countries. To learn more about Dr.North's research work, see the attached two-page poster including a short bio. To attend this presentation, email: landivan@myumanitoba.camailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca for the Zoom link.

The UMIH Research Cluster on Death as Transformative Experience presents: Inaugural Symposium Friday, 14th January 2022 from 1:30 - 5:00 PM CT This symposium features talks by: Dr.Simone Mahrenholz speaking on Death and Self-Transformation - Introduction to the Cluster and Key Philosophical Motives, Dr.Harvey Chochinov discussing Death, Dying and Dignity in the Terminally Ill, Dr.George Toles discussing The Theatre of Aloneness: The Depiction of Grief in Todd Field’s In the Bedroom and Dr.Colette Simonot-Maiello on Death in Sonic Detail: Madness and Death in Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites. ​To view the symposium schedule, view page two of the attached poster enclosed in the PDF. To attend, please email simone.mahrenholz@umanitoba.camailto:simone.mahrenholz@umanitoba.ca for the Zoom link.

Take care, friends

Ekene Maduka

Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities

University of Manitoba

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