Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Welcome to a new week!

Event Recap: Thank you to everyone who joined us for the teach-in on anti-Asian racism and community formation and also for Dr Gayatri Gopinath's talk Unruly visions. If you missed Dr Gopinath's Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora, the lecture is now available with closed captions and ASL interpretation on the School of Art Gallery's YouTube channel linked herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0oPa17vXs8

On-going Opportunities: Call for applications: 2021-22 UMIH Research Clusters, Graduate Fellowship & Research Affiliates - Deadline May 14th, 2021 The UMIH call​s for applications for the 2021-22 Graduate Fellow, Research Clusters and Research Affiliates are now open! These unique opportunities were designed by the institute to support scholars doing important research in the humanities. See attached posters for each call and details on how to apply. More information can also be found on the UMIH website linked here.https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/

UMIH External Grant Support:

The UMIH is seeking proposals for its External Grant Support program. This is an initiative to help researchers in the Faculty of Arts who are seeking external funding for conferences, workshops, colloquia, and other local research events.

This program was designed to provide opportunities for scholars to secure support, (both cash and in-kind), from the UMIH in order to leverage funds from other agencies.

Please see attached, poster for details on how to apply.

Of Interest: Annual Humanities Writing Contest (Dpt of. Psychiatry, Dalhousie University) Medical students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, prose, poetry, plays, or graphic novellas exploring the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Competition. Other forms of creative writing may also be accepted. For more details on requirements and how to apply, please see this linkhttps://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/psychiatry/education/medical-humanities/writing-competition.html.

Take care, friends

--UMIH

Ekene Maduka

Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

204 474 9599

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

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