Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Happy new week!

Up-coming Public Lectures: The Power & Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster + UMIH: Dr. Javier Mignone - Indigenous Governance and Intellectual Health in Latin America Monday, October 4th 2021. 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT Join Dr. Javier Mignone, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences for the first lecture series organized by the Power and Resistance in Latin America Collective. This lecture will be held live on Zoom. Please email landivan@myumanitoba.camailto:landivan@myumanitoba.ca for the link to attend and see the attached poster including a short bio on Dr Mignone.

This fall, the UMIH will be presenting a public lecture by writer of Prison Industrial Complex Explodes, poet and educator Mercedes Eng. The Institute is also looking forward to welcoming Dr Julie Sze, professor of American Studies and founding director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California. More details coming soon.

Publications: Congratulations to UMIH research affiliate, Dr Melanie Dennis Unrau (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University) on recently publishing three poems: Envoi, The Goose: My Northland Symphony! and The Goose: Fancy featured in the spotlight series curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher, Rob Mclennan. Please visit this linkhttps://robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-series-65-melanie-dennis-unrau-bd7eb32b6e0f to read these works and learn more about Dr Unrau's research.

Of Interest: MOSAIC Lecture series

Friday, October 8th - Friday, December 3rd, 2021. Via Zoom.

Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal, invites you to a series of digital lectures via Zoom. The lectures will concentrate on the flow or pace of current time, especially in relation to past time. ​Lectures will run from October through December via Zoom. For a list of upcoming lectures and to register please email mosatemp@umanitoba.camailto:mosatemp@umanitoba.ca. Please also note that Registration is free but required in order to attend the lectures.

Community-Based Research 101 September 29th, 2021. 12:30pm-1:30pm CT. The Community-Based Research Training Centre at the University of Winnipeg co-supported by the CSSRP is offering a series of workshops this fall that may be of interest. Please visit this linkhttps://netcommunity.uwinnipeg.ca/pages/-cbrtc/2021/cbrtc-community-based-research---a-primer for more details and registration.

Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Art Application Deadline October 27, 2021, 9 pm EDT. This fellowship supports an academic year of research by early-career scholars from around the world for projects that will make substantial and original contributions to the understanding of art and its history. ACLS will award up to 10 fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year, each carrying a stipend of $60,000, plus $5,000 for research and travel during the award period. More information about the program, including eligibility requirements and how to apply, is available herehttps://www.acls.org/programs/getty/. Questions may be directed to fellowships@acls.orgmailto:fellowships@acls.org.

Take care, friends

Ekene Maduka

Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

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