Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Welcome to a new week!

Upcoming Events: Teach-In: Anti-Asian Racism and Community Formation (UMIH + Prairie Asian Organizers): Friday, 16th April 2021. 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM CT. Join the UMIH in collaboration with Prairie Asian Organizers (PAO!) for a teach-in on anti-Asian racism and community formation. ​This event features discussions by Serenity Joo (English, Theatre, Film & Media), Jeongmin Kim (History) and Tina Chen (History) moderated by Naomi Woo. For more information, visit the events page linked herehttps://www.facebook.com/events/2884758968414786/ and see the attached poster. Please email umih@umanitoba.ca for the Zoom link to attend.

Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora: A Lecture by Dr. Gayatri Gopinath (New York University) (UMIH + School of Art Gallery) Thursday, 15th April 2021. 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM CDT "Unruly Visions" continues and expands upon the framing of queer diaspora as it brings queer diaspora studies to bear on studies of visual culture. In so doing, Gopinath suggests new ways of theorizing, seeing, and sensing queerness and diaspora across different geographies and temporalities. Dr Gopinath's talk will be followed by a Q&A with Christina Hajjar, curator of cause to become. For details to register visit the following linkhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1077108012774106/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A455888538987426%7D%7D]%22%7D also, see the event poster attached.

New-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.

On-going Opportunities:

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 how to enter click the link herehttp://Medical%20students%20and%20residents%20are%20invited%20to%20submit%20reflective%20essays,%20prose,%20poetry,%20plays,%20or%20graphic%20novellas%20exploring%20the%20intersection%20of%20mental%20health%20and%20the%20humanities%20to%20the%20Dalhousie%20Department%20of%20Psychiatry%20Annual%20Student%20Writing%20Competition.%20Other%20forms%20of%20creative%20writing%20may%20also%20be%20accepted.

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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