Dear friends of the humanities,

Here is your weekly rundown of events and news.

EVENTS

Thursday, 15 February

2:30 pm, 409 Tier Building

“Environmental Humanities: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?”http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/1/2018&todate=2/28/2018&display=Month&type=public&eventidn=14920&view=EventDetails&information_id=32324

A public roundtable discussion featuring, Bruce Erickson (Geography and the Environment), Jocelyn Thorpe (Women’s and Gender Studies/History), Melanie Unrau (English, Theatre, Film and Media), David Watt (ETFM/Director, UM Institute for the Humanities), and others. All Welcome to join the conversation of this fascinating and important field.

Wednesday, 7 March

8:30 am to 6:00 pm

409 Tier Building

Alternate Histories: A One-Day Symposiumhttp://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html

Organized by the UMIH Alternate Histories Research Cluster and generously supported by the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada.

http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html

http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/4198.html

Wednesday, 7 March

2:45 pm, 409 Tier Building

Allison Muri (University of Saskatchewan), “Digital Humanities and Alternate Histories: The Case of the Grub Street Project.”http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=3/1/2018&todate=3/31/2018&display=Month&type=public&eventidn=14972&view=EventDetails&information_id=32432

NEWS

UMIH 2018-19 Callhttp://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/ for Research Affiliate, Research Clusters, and Graduate Fellowship applications is now open.

Call for Papershttp://1919-2019.com/ – The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Centenary Conference

Due date: February 28, 2018.

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

umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanitieshttp://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities