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Remembering Dr. John Rempel Posted Monday, April 11, 2011 3:43 PM Waldemar John Rempel received his BA from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and earned his PhD from The University of Texas at Austin in 1973. He joined the Department of English at the University of Manitoba in 1970 to begin a distinguished career in teaching and scholarship that would last for thirty–seven years. Upon his retirement in December 2007, he was named Senior Scholar, a position he relished. A specialist in the literature and culture of the eighteenth century and the Restoration, Dr. Rempel’s interests also included Shakespeare, Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, the history of the book, bibliography, university teaching, and, in recent years, literature of humour. He served his Department and discipline with exuberance and aplomb, very often as chair of committees. While he served in a wide capacity, including tenures as chair of our graduate programme, Associate Head, and Acting Head, he was especially dedicated to the promotion of excellence in teaching, in the Department, Faculty, and University. He became a member of the Senate Committee on Instruction and Evaluation soon after its founding; he was a long–time member of the Teaching Excellence Committee in the Faculty of Arts; and he worked closely with UTS in its Peer Evaluation programme. It is no surprise that Dr. Rempel won awards and accolades for his own teaching, including the prestigious Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Saunderson Award for Excellence in Teaching. These facts do not begin to measure the many ways in which John touched the lives of his students, friends and colleagues—especially, perhaps, his junior colleagues. Teaching was a calling and a passion for John. More than that, teaching for John was an art. He practiced his craft with exceptional energy, and with careful attention to the myriad facets that could make a course sparkle for students. He understood that physical space influences classroom dynamics. Prior to the start of classes, he would visit the rooms in which he would be teaching that year so that he could think ahead of time about how best to use the space. He understood how important are the first impressions of a course and so designed his syllabi to welcome rather than intimidate students. He welcomed students also by making it a point to get to know each of them by name within the first few days of class—a feat of memory supported (when it was still possible to do this) by Polaroid snaps or a video camera. He understood how terrifying it is for some students to go see a professor during office hours, so he endeavoured to make this occasion altogether pleasant, keeping a dish of candy in his office along with a little fridge, well stocked with juice boxes, and populating his desk and bookshelves with stuffed animals. The latter invariably drew comment and so eased the way into discussion of matters to do with course work. John’s knack for putting students at ease—so that they could live up to their potential—influenced several cohorts of graduate students as well; he was an exceptional mentor to them, especially as they began their own teaching careers. John’s fine sense of decorum, his understanding of how best to fit means to occasion, shaped his academic life outside the classroom as well, in ways ranging from whimsical to weighty. Many of us remember his assortment of shirts emblazoned with images, of Shakespeare or dogs—two of the passions of his life—and with wit. Fewer of us knew that he always wore white to mark with appropriate gravitas an event such as a thesis defence. Those of us who attended any of John’s wine–tasting events savoured his sense of occasion as much as we did the wines or sherries or ports that we sampled. What most of us did not know was that John usually supplied these often rare and exotic samples as a gift from his own stock. It was entirely typical of John that his generosity remained unannounced. Many of you will recall that John wrote a wine column, punningly entitled “Grape Expectations,” for many years and that he regularly circulated updated lists of best buys. It was characteristic of John to want to share with friends and colleagues his own discoveries about what delighted him. And his interests were wide and varied. He was enthusiastic and informed about wine, about Georgian sterling, about music, about rare books, about theatre, about dogs—especially his beloved Huskies, about humour, from its crudest to its most refined. As this litany suggests, John had a deep appreciation of culture, high, middling, and low. Long before it became fashionable to ground literary studies in the material culture of an age, John was doing so in his courses. Generations of students benefitted from his knowledge and collections. He would routinely bring into class objects that connected students to the literature they were studying or introduce students to the Renaissance or the eighteenth century through the music or, with the help of his wife, Ursula, the dance of the period. John was just as much a student as a teacher. Although his command of the literature that he taught was such that he could recall verbatim an astonishing number of lines of poetry or passages of prose, he never lost the joy of discovering something new in what he knew well already. He loved teaching Shakespeare because of the inexhaustibleness of the plays; he used to remark that you could enter a Shakespeare play anywhere and find new avenues to explore. He was an avid theatre–goer; over the years he attended more Black Hole Theatre productions than probably anyone else. He took something away from every single performance of a play. Just as he delighted in his own findings of new meanings, so also did he share in the excitement of younger scholars who discovered for themselves something that was already a part of his capacious understanding. John found enormous pleasure in collegial life, and, as one of his junior colleagues put it, he had a gift for making others “feel good about themselves.” The eighteenth–century English literature in which John was deeply immersed is known especially for its wit and decorum. It is entirely fitting that John’s own academic life was distinguished by these very traits. He will be sorely missed by his friends and colleagues. |
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| Human Rites/Animal Bodies: Histories of the Body Colloquium Posted Wednesday, February 2, 2011 10:00 AM The Institute for the Humanities Histories of the Body Research Group's Colloquium is scheduled for Thursday, March 3rd, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 409 Tier. The topic under consideration will be "Human Rites/Animal Bodies." We are excited to announce that Erika Ritter--author of The Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath: Paradoxes of the Human-Animal Relationship--will be our keynote speaker and that her visit is being supported by the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics and the Institute for the Humanities. Please see the Colloquium Program for details. Because of the generosity of the Institute for the Humanities, the Ethics Center and the Department of English, Film and Theatre, we will be able to provide lunch for participants, a reception in the late afternoon, and coffee/tea throughout the day. The colloquium is open to all: drop in and out for a paper or two; come for the keynote; or stay for the whole day. |
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Types of Submissions: videos, audio, games, new media, photography, hypertext (anything digitally manipulated) Original Works Only. 3:33 maximum play time for judging. PRIZES 1st $100 cash, 2nd $100 Bookstore Voucher, 3rd $50 Bookstore Voucher Sponsored by the Department of English, Film, and Theatre and The Media Lab |
21, 22,24-29 PM The University of Manitoba Theatre Program and The Black Hole Theatre Company present A Dream Play by August Stindberg adapted by Caryl Churchill as part of Strindbergfest at the Gas Station Theatre |
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Announcing Meira Cook, Winter 2011 Writer-in-Residence Posted Wednesday, January 5, 2011 10:10 AM The Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture is pleased to announce that Meira Cook has been selected to fill the post of Winter 2011 Writer-in-Residence. Ms. Cook will be in residence from January 6th through April 29th and will be available, by appointment, to assist creative writers who wish to improve their work. She will also be leading a poetry workshop beginning Wednesday, January 26th and running through Wednesday, February 16th. To sign up for the workshop, please phone 480-1065 or email ccwoc@cc.umanitoba.ca. To make an appointment to consult with Ms. Cook, please phone 480-1067 or email ccwocwir@cc.umanitoba.ca. Finally, please plan to join the Centre in welcoming Meira Cook on Friday, January 21st in the Great Hall, University College. Reception to follow. |
PAGES' Colloquium Reminder Posted Wednesday, January 5, 2011 9:44 AM Hi everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday period! This is just a reminder about the upcoming PAGES Colloquium on January 28th. If you would like to participate, you just need to email a tentative title to wakeling.christina@gmail.com by January 10th. We’re only looking for five minutes presentations, so it is not difficult at all to participate. This year’s theme is “Storytelling: Methods, Mediums, and Meanings.” How and why have human beings told stories throughout history? Is the purpose of storytelling universal, or do different cultures use storytelling to perform different functions? How do stories in a variety of mediums present narratives about the past or embody hopes (or fears) about the future? Does a given genre of story tend to send a particular message? Critical and creative responses to these issues as they relate to any storytelling medium are welcome. |
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>2010–10–13 Teaching Drama Workshop The workshop is open to all instructors in English, Film, and Theatre. Sincerely, Kevin Ramberran and Thomas Toles Directors, The Bald Soprano Terry Cook, a distinct voice for Canadian archival scholarship; Leslie Roos, a pioneer of health data linkage; and George Toles, an internationally-recognized screenwriter and film critic, will receive the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences. World-recognized mineralogist and RSC Fellow Frank Hawthorne will receive the Bancroft Award. The RSC announced today its new Fellows, medal recipients, and award winners for 2010. “These individuals have made remarkable contributions in their fields of study. Their achievements are not only noted here at the University of Manitoba but across the globe,” said Dr. Digvir Jayas, the University’s Vice-President (Research). “I applaud their accomplishments. They are very deserving of this honour.” Terry Cook, history professor, has transformed our understanding of archives from being storehouses of old records to becoming themselves the focus for close scholarly attention. Leslie Roos, Community Health Sciences Distinguished Professor, cofounded the Population Health Data Repository in Manitoba in the early 1990s. George Toles, English, Film, and Theatre Distinguished Professor, is an accomplished scholar and artist with an international reputation for his critical and creative work. For more than 25 years he has been the scriptwriter, story consultant and script editor for director Guy Maddin and in the process helped shape one of the most innovative and highly-praised bodies of work in recent Canadian film history. Toles is also a major voice in contemporary film criticism. His book A House Made of Light is regarded as an essential text on the medium of film and appears on course reading lists around the world. Frank Hawthorne, Geological Sciences Distinguished Professor, has addressed some of the most fundamental problems in mineralogy, and has made major contributions to our understanding of energetic and mechanistic factors affecting the stability of crystalline materials. New Fellows and award winners will be officially inducted and honoured Nov. 27 at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa during the RSC’s Induction and Awards Ceremony. This will bring the total number of current Royal Society Fellows from the University of Manitoba to 42. NOTE: CHET students will receive credit for the Arts Teaching Assistants’ and Grader-Markers’ Workshop. Please bring your passports. CHET program information and registration can be found at http://umanitoba.ca/uts/ >2010–09–21 COSMOPOETICS: MEDIATING A NEW WORLD POETRY— DURHAM UNIVERSITY Melissa Steele signing Beautiful Girl Thumb Melissa Steele’s characters are looking for love, but they’re willing to settle. They don’t dare to feel flat-out greed or lust or hate. Instead they wander around, repeating the mantra “everything is okay.” It isn’t. These brutally funny stories provide valuable advice on destroying friendships, flirting with your marriage counsellor, cheating at diplomacy, dumping your boyfriend via Call Waiting, and enrolling your children in the right elementary school programme. Steele spoons up bitter medicine for modern life and burns away the veneer of everyday politeness. Melissa Steele won the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Writing at the 1999 Manitoba Book Awards. This collection of short stories won the 2007 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction in addition to making the shortlist for the 2007 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the 2007 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. She has taught writing and literature and worked as a radio journalist. Her fiction has appeared in journals including Prairie Fire, Zygote, and City Magazine. She is the author of two story collections, Donut Shop Lovers and Beautiful Girl Thumb, both from Turnstone Press. She lives in Winnipeg. Beautiful Girl Thumb is nominated for the 2010/11 On the Same Page Project read. Visit Ms. Monique Dumontet, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, Film and Theatre, will defend her Ph.D. thesis entitled: “Lest We Forget”: Canadian Combatant Narratives of the Great War Lauren Chochinov will defend her critical M.A. thesis Distressing Damsels: “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” as a Loathly Lady Tale Committee: Professor Robert Finnegan, Advisor Professor David Watt, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Erik Thomson, History Professor Alison Calder, Chair All Together Now: The Collaborative Construction of Malory’s “Morte Darthur” Committee: Professor David Watt, Advisor Professor Glenn Clark, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Luke Tromly, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Alison Calder, Chair Alyson Brickey will defend her critical M.A. thesis “The little twist of sound could have the whole of her”: Silence, Repetition, and Musicality in Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts and Gertrude Stein’s The Mother of Us All Committee: Professor Mark Libin, Advisor Professor Dana Medoro, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Dawne McCance, Religion Professor Alison Calder, Chair At ease addressing everyone from children to adults, Mr. Mabasa is also experienced in conducting writing and performance workshops, involving audiences in his storytelling, and speaking about the politics of hunger. For more information about Mr. Mabasa, please visit his website at www.pamabasa.com. If you are interested in meeting with him or setting up a classroom visit, please contact me at 480–1065. As well, the Centre will host a Welcome Event for Ignatius Mabasa on Thursday, September 16th at 2:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of University College. I do hope you will be able to attend this special event, which will include an exclusive performance by Ignatius Mabasa with a reception to follow. >2010–07–21 C. D. HOWE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS: Gothic and Zombie Tales Garner Funding The recipients for the 2010-2011 academic year are: Sean Braun, who will be entering the department of English, Film & Theatre as an MA student. His thesis project is to write “‘Spectres of the Border’: A Prairie Gothic on the Frontier.” Set in the early 1900s and drawing upon Southern Gothic and American Western literary traditions, this novel will examine what it means to live at the perimeter of an expanding territory at the boundary between nations, cultures, races and histories, and it will challenge Canada’s own Western myth of quiet peaceful expansion, revealing the tensions, both private and national, at the crest of an advancing frontier. Daria Patrie, an MA student in the department of English, Film & Theatre. Her thesis project is to write a collection of short stories focusing on the confluence of two major narratives: artificial intelligence and zombies. Examining the beauty and the horror of both the disembodied mind and the dis-minded body, this collection will interrogate maternal love, respect for life/death, truth as art, art as lie, and the potential for “humanity” itself to be a fabrication. The C. D. Howe Memorial Foundation Fellowships in Creative Writing and Oral Culture fund graduate students working in the areas of creative writing and/or oral culture. The recipients are chosen based on their record of academic achievement, plan of research and letters of reference. Co-funded by the C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation and the University of Manitoba, the Fellowships are worth $10,000 each this year and they may be held in addition to other scholarships. Information about the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture is available at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres/ccwoc Chris Johnson acts in and directed Sam Shepard's Fool for Love. Alumni Jane Walker and Gary Jarvis are also in the cast, as is current student Ivan Henwood. It's at Venue 1, the MTC Mainstage, with performances at 2:15 pm on Thursday the 15th; 8:00 pm Friday the 16th; 12:00 pm Saturday the 17th; 7:00 pm Monday the 19th; 12:00 pm Wednesday the 21st; 9:320 pm Friday the 23rd; and 4:45 pm Sunday the 25th. Theatre's teaching assistant, Tim Bandfield, appears in two shows: The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on the PTE Mainstage; and A Fish's Wish, a Kids' Fringe show he also co-authored, at the School of Contemporary Dancers in the Crocus Building. Alumnus Ray Strachan directs alumnus Ken Rudderham (Romance, The Crucible) in Mamet's Oleanna; it's in the Colin Jackson Studio at PTE. Alumni William Jordan and Kevin Houle premiered an earlier version of their play, Kafka in Love, in the Fire in the Hole Festival on campus a couple of years ago; it's at the Pantages Playhouse with a large cast of DEFT graduates and current students. Current student, Dana Smith (Departures and Arrivals), is in an updated version of The Taming of the Shrew at the MTC mainstage. Joseph Aragon, a alumnus who went on to study at the National Theatre School, wrote The Unlikely Sainthood of Madeline McKay, a musical at the PTE Mainstage; alumnus Leith Clark directs. Last year, Joseph won the Harry Rintoul Memorial Prize for best new Manitoban play with his musical, Bloodless. Joseph also wrote the music for alumnus Curtis Lowton's The Fabulous Four, which is at the MTC Warehouse. Ross McMillan's early play, Above the Empress of China, is at the Playhouse Studio. Simon Bracken, Guildenstern in our Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, has completed his studies at the National Theatre School, and is performing the one-man show, The Particulars, at the CanWest Performing Arts Centre (MTYP) at the Forks. http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/mosaic/events/freud/. Due to the enthusiastic response we received to the Call for Papers, we expect that the conference, being held on campus from Oct. 6-9, 2010, will be a memorable event! We encourage those who plan to attend to take advantage of the early registration prices. Please note that although graduate students attend the conference free of charge, we still require them to register. Cameron Burt will defend his critical M.A. thesis Feigning Silence in the “Prioress’s Tale” and Chaucer’s “Retraction” Committee: Professor Robert Finnegan, Advisor Professor David Watt, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Kenneth MacKendrick, Religion Professor Mark Libin, Chair Click on the following link and vote for the book you want featured by Manitoba’s biggest book club: http://www.wpgfdn.org/programsprojects-otsp.php In his Apology for Poetry, Sir Philip Sidney defines poetry as “an art of imitation”, a form of “mimesis”; he describes it as not only a “representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth” but more importantly as a “speaking picture.” This attribution of aural and visual elements to the poet’s pen delineates poetry as a medium able to integrate seemingly disparate elements: a site of necessary hybridity. As a “speaking picture”, poetry mirrors the visual arts by imagistically portraying the verba (signifier) or form which conveys, transmutes, or mimics the res (signified) or Platonic Idea. The visual arts, which mirror or embody the spoken word, serve to access this elusive signified. It seems that Sidney finds it more difficult to imagine a verbal construct shadowing forth an “Idea” than he does a picture. This graduate conference questions the representation of art in literature and art as literature. These correlations between art, poetry, and performance become increasingly prevalent throughout the later Medieval and early modern periods, and self-reflexive preoccupation with artistic representation permeates each medium. With the advent of print culture and with the movement of alphabets, spelling and language towards standardization, the relationship between the senses (between what is seen, heard, spoken and written) and written language becomes a site for exploration. How does one re-negotiate the boundaries between the visual and the “read”? How does this translate to the different mediums of poetry, drama, the visual arts and print culture—what are the interstices between literature as drama and drama as literature, for instance, and how can this help us reconfigure a hermeneutics of the “visual”? What is lost in translation and what is gained in a cross-pollination of artistic genres and methods of production? What is the aesthetic, didactic, fiscal or commercial value of art in these periods and how does this affect the desire to frame poetry as picture and vice versa? In light of new artistic technologies, to what extent does the intimate relationship between episteme and techne influence and motivate art in this period? The crucial question we seek to explore is: how do poets, playwrights and artists in the late Medieval and early modern periods understand the separation or conflation of media in mimetic representation? Topics may include, but are not limited to:
It’s the same great contest you know and love with great cash prizes, plus publication in an issue of This Magazine and exposure to our nationwide readership that includes top publishers, writers and editors. Past winners of the Great Canadian Literary Hunt have gone on to win honours at the National Magazine Awards and the Journey Prize; many have been published by the top houses in the country and are among the most exciting talent in fiction and poetry today. You could be next! Just send your entries by July 2, 2010 and join This Magazine's 44-year tradition of heralding the brightest talents in Canadian letters. Questions? Just email hunt@this.org or visit http://this.org/lithunt for more information. The Great Canadian Literary Hunt Rules of Engagement 1. Original, unpublished poems of up to 100 lines, short stories of up to 2,500 words and graphic stories of up to two pages (8”x11”) by Canadian citizens or residents are eligible. 2. Emerging new writers, opposed to well-established authors, are encouraged to participate. 3. First prize in each category is $750 plus publication in a special literary supplement to the Nov/Dec 2010 issue. Second and third prize in each category is a lovely This Magazine prize pack, plus publication in the literary supplement. 4. Entry fees: $25 for one short story, two poems, or one graphic story. Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to This Magazine*. Each additional entry is $5. Entry fees can be paid by Paypal, personal cheque or money order payable to This Magazine. 5. Entrant’s name MUST NOT appear on the submission itself. All entries must be accompanied by a separate cover sheet with entrant’s full name, address, postal code, telephone number, e-mail address, submission title(s) and category. 6. A list of winners will be available at this.org. Mailed manuscripts will not be returned. Winners will be contacted by telephone. 7. Entrants must agree to be bound by the contest rules. Judges’ decisions are final. 8. Entries should be submitted electronically to: hunt@this.org (graphic stories must be submitted in PDF form), or postmarked no later than July 2, 2010 and mailed to: THE GREAT CANADIAN LITERARY HUNT c/o This Magazine, 401 Richmond St. W., Suite 396, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 *This Magazine subscribers will have an additional year added to their subscription term. For regular updates on The Great Canadian Literary hunt or more information about This Magazine, visit this.org As most of you know, Dennis Cooley is retiring next month. His teaching and writing have been inspirational for many of us, for many years, as has his dedication to Canadian literature. Dennis has asked that we not give him a gift to mark the occasion. But recognition of his many contributions to the life of our Department is clearly in order. Accordingly, we have arranged for donations in honour of Dennis to be made to the St. John's College Library. If you wish to contribute, please send cheques directly to the College, made out to St. John's College, with a memo or note to Jackie Markstrom earmarking the donation. You can also make a donation online at: umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_johns. If you make a donation online, please indicate in the space provided that it is in honour of Dennis Cooley. Any books purchased through these donations will have bookplates noting that the purchase was made in honour of Dennis' retirement. Sincerely, Judith Please join me in congratulating Dr. David Williams, whose book Media, Memory, and the First World War was a short-listed finalist for the 2009 ACQL Gabrielle Roy Prize for Literary Criticism. Many of you will recall that Dr. Williams' Imagined Nations: Reflections on Media in Canadian Fiction won the 2003 Gabrielle Roy Prize, a fact that makes this latest accolade all the more remarkable. Sincerely, Judith A wide variety of acrylic abstract paintings, including five works that were recently featured in York University’s InTensions magazine. Come hear our panel of book editors share their insights on the art of editing fiction and creative non-fiction. Marjorie Anderson, editor of the Dropped Threads series, Doug Whiteway, published author and editor, and Jenny Gates, an editor with extensive experience, will tell us how they ready a manuscript for publication. Please join us in the Haney Reading Room (627 Fletcher Argue Building) for coffee and snacks. Instructors and current honours students will be available to give you information about the honours programme and to answer your questions. To enter the honours programme, students need to have a B or better in ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300, or in both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340. Students can also enter honours in third year. It hardly seems possible that a year has passed since the Black Hole Theatre Company last celebrated “Cowie Night” in honour of the memory of Vic Cowie, our beloved colleague and noted thespian. I am pleased to inform you that the Black Hole has decided that the opening night performance of HeadSpace on this coming Tuesday, the 9th of March, will be designated as “Cowie Night” and I would like to invite you to a reception immediately following the performance in honour of Vic and the special circumstances of this production. The performance takes place in the Black Hole Theatre, lower level of University College, and the reception will be held in the Concourse Lounge of University College. We expect that Geri Cowie will be in attendance. Chris has already written to you about the writing and development of the script of HeadSpace by Mike Bell, working in conjunction with the Theatre Program. I would like to add that even though we associate Vic with the classics, we should also remember that he was an avid supporter of new Canadian work and he would have been thrilled to see the Black Hole perform this new play. Show time is at 7:00 PM on Tuesday. Reservations can be made by calling the 24 hour box office at 474–6880. There will be the opportunity to donate to the Victor Cowie Scholarship Fund at the performance or, if you prefer, you may contact Mrs. Marilyn Loat at 474–9581 or come to the Theatre Program’s Office, Room 364 University College. If you are unable to attend the production this coming Tuesday, there are still several more opportunities to see HeadSpace. The production runs March 9th to 13th and March 16th to 20th. Show time is 7:00 PM on Tuesdays and 8:00 PM on Wednesday through Saturday. Tickets are $11 for adults, $9 for students and seniors. The 24 hour reservation number, once again, is 474– 6880. I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening! Sincerely, Margaret Groome, Co-ordinator of the Theatre Program To end our 2009/2010 season, the Black Hole Theatre Company presents the premiere of HeadSpace which takes a comic look at the phenomenon of social networking a la Facebook and Twitter. Commissioned by the Department of English, Film, and Theatre at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg playwright Mike Bell takes the audience surfing through the World Wide Web, jumping from story to story to story, some true, some imaginary, some funny, some sad, all exploring ways in which technology shapes our brains and the way we see the world. Come and join us at the world premiere of an exciting new play!! 24 hour box office/reservations @ 474-6880 ($9.00 students/seniors, $11.00 adults) The Black Hole Theatre is located on the lower level of University College, Dysart Road, Fort Garry Campus. Free evening parking is available in Lot “B”. For more information, contact: Eleanor Stardom Theatre eleanor_stardom@umanitoba.ca Ph: (204) 474-9122 The Beautiful Assassin: A Poem Noir The Book of Imaginary Fathers The Keyhole Poems Chancellor Jackman Professor and Associate Professor of English University of Toronto The Department of English, Film, and Theatre invites proposals for short presentations for a day-long symposium, “Working with Feelings: Emotions and the Practice of Everyday Life,” to be held at St. John’s College Friday, March 12th 2010. From affect as a cognitive phenomenon, through emotion as a motive for creativity, to empathy as a spur for community action and policy development, to the feeling that we belong in a given physical, social or cultural environment, affect is a significant but complex feature of our lived experience. The symposium will provide an opportunity to address these and other issues related to affect and/or emotion. Presentations should be 5–10 minutes and may be brief papers, summaries of works–in–progress, or creative interventions. Poster presentations are also welcome. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: —creativity, performance, and aesthetics —ethics, social responsibility, social and /or political policy —technology and the built environment —nostalgia, cultural memory, and community —identities, rights, and belonging Please send proposals of no more than 100–150 words, along with a short curriculum vitae to Professor Arlene Young, Department of English, Film, and Theatre, 610 Fletcher Argue Building. Electronic submissions preferred: arlene_young@umanitoba.ca Deadline: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010. The position will involve conducting oral interviews, so applicants should have experience with this type of research. Applications should be submitted to the UMIH by Friday February 5th 2010. John Patrick’s (The Teahouse of the August Moon) Loyalty, joins Chris Carpenter in the wee hours of the morning as he gets quickly and comically, pulled into the marital relationship of his next door neighbours, Milo and Myrtle. A sleepy Chris now has to be a mediator and try to save their marriage and his own life. With its sharp and witty comedy, Loyalty is a sitcom for the stage that will leave you laughing your lunch time away. The C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation recently gave $250,000 to the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture at the University of Manitoba. This money has been matched by the University to create the C. D. Howe Memorial Foundation Fellowships in Creative Writing and Oral Culture. The Fellowships fund graduate students working in creative writing and/or oral culture and they may be held in addition to other scholarships. The recipients are chosen based on their record of academic achievement, plan of research and letters of reference. Further information about applying for this fellowship can be found here: http://umanitoba.ca/centres/ccwoc/links/cd_howe_fellowships.html Information about the C.D. Howe Institute and Memorial Foundation is available at: www.cdhowe.org/english/profile/history.html. For more information, contact: The Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture 391 University College -- 220 Dysart Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M8 Canada Email: ccwoc@cc.umanitoba.ca Phone: (204) 480-1065 The Faculty of Arts Endowment Committee invites applications for funding from the Endowment Fund revenue which is available for distribution this spring. The Endowment Fund was established to help support the advancement and enrichment of the teaching, research and scholarly goals of the Faculty of Arts. The income from the fund is to be used for activities or projects which are not normally funded by the operating or capital budgets of the Faculty, such as the enhancement of instructional and research facilities and equipment, the encouragement of innovative student and support staff activities, visits by guest speakers and researchers, staff self-improvement courses and workshops, and special library acquisitions. The Fund is administered by an ad hoc Endowment Committee, which currently consists of the Dean of Arts, ex-officio; four faculty members representative of the Humanities and Social Sciences; the Arts Senior Stick (or delegate), two Arts undergraduate students and one Arts graduate student; two members of the community; and one member of the Arts support staff. The following criteria is used by the Committee when assessing applications: Applications may be funded in whole or in part to a maximum of $3000. Retroactive applications (projects taking place prior to the application deadline) will not be funded. Domestic travel will be funded up to $750 and international and U.S. travel up to $1,500. Per diem rates are $40 for domestic and $60 for international. In grading applications, the Committee will consider whether or not there are other sources of funding available to the applicant. Each application will be based on its own merits. If you are applying for travel funding, the Committee encourages that you submit an application as an individual rather than a group. Applications should be directed to: Chair Faculty of Arts Endowment Fund Committee c/o Janice Gripp, Confidential Assistant to the Dean of Arts 309 Fletcher Argue Building Applications must be on the desk of the Confidential Assistant by 4:30pm on Friday, January 29, 2009 LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED Application forms are available from the Dean’s Office, Chair of the Endowment Fund Committee, Arts Student Body Council or department offices. Only one application per individual will be accepted and only in exceptional circumstances will funding be approved two years in a row. Successful applicants will be notified in writing. Please note that requests submitted by students should include a letter of support from the appropriate Head of Department/Program Director. http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/staff/index.html Location: Gas Station Theatre, 445 River Ave. Tickets: $9.00 students/seniors, $11.00 adults 24 hour box office/reservations @ 474-6880 Cloud Nine is an extraordinary farce that starts with an assault on the hypocrisy of the Victorian family and sexuality in the 19th century. Society's rigid expectations and stereotypes are questioned as we see men playing women, women playing men, white men playing black men, and some male characters wishing they were women. The play continues the assault into the 20th century, taking on the topics of women’s liberation, gay liberation, and the sexual revolution. This is just the beginning of what's to come. The Gas Station Theatre is located at 445 River Ave. in the heart of Osborne Village. For more information, contact: Eleanor Stardom Theatre eleanor_stardom@umanitoba.ca Phone: (204) 474-9122
Dustin Alexandra Johnson will defend her critical M.A. thesis “Frankenstein’s Obduction” Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:00 a.m. Haney Memorial Reading Room 627 Fletcher Argue Committee: Professor Arlene Young, Advisor Professor Michelle Faubert, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Greg Smith, History Professor Judith Owens, Chair Dustin Geeraert will defend his critical M.A. thesis “Spectres of Darwin: H. P. Lovecraft’s Nihilistic Parody of Religion” Committee: Professor Adam Muller, Advisor Professor Struan Sinclair, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Neil McArthur, Philosophy Professor Pam Perkins, Chair George Toles teaches film and theatre at the University of Manitoba. He has co-written many of Winnipeg auteur Guy Maddin's films, including his recent hit My Winnipeg. Written in response to Israel’s ground offensive and bombing in Gaza in December 2008/January 2009, Caryl Churchill’s most recent play has sparked controversy around the world. The play consists of seven scenes of Jewish parents wrestling with the near impossibility of knowing what to tell the children of the title to believe and to do given the historical context, beginning with the Holocaust and continuing up until the events in Gaza. A staging of this piece will be accompanied by a forum for discussion both of which stem from a University of Manitoba Political Theatre class collaboration. Admission is free though a hat will be passed with all proceeds going to the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. Candidates are required to submit an application consisting of a description of their proposed or ongoing research (maximum 500 words), a current academic transcript(s), and two academic letters of reference from professors at a post-secondary institution. Candidates will be assessed as follows: record of academic achievement (30%), plan of research (40%), and letters of reference (30%). The award is not automatically renewable but previous recipients may reapply. As well, recipients may hold the CD Howe Memorial Foundation Fellowships in Creative Writing and Oral Culture concurrently with any other awards, consistent with the policies of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010. Application is made to the Centre for Creative Writing & Oral Culture, 391 University College, marked Attention: Dr. Warren Cariou. *Amount shown is based upon the 2009-2010 academic year and is subject to change. “Homage to Voices: A Subjective Hearing of Voices on the Prairie” Committee: Professor Dennis Cooley, Advisor Professor David Arnason, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Sharon Alward, School of Art Professor Mark Libin, Chair Keith Cadieux will defend his creative M.A. thesis “Gaze: Fear and the Mirror” Committee: Professor Warren Cariou, Advisor Professor Struan Sinclair, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Neil McArthur, Philosophy Professor Mark Libin, Chair Departures and Arrivals is comprised of twenty-two vignettes that show glimpses of the lives of both the ordinary and extraordinary. Composed of different styles, the vignettes are connected by the prevailing theme of the circular course of life’s “departures and arrivals.” This nine actor cast brilliantly brings to life the 70 characters, with each actor playing multiple roles, and the Black Hole Theatre’s intimate setting (where the audience surrounds three sides of the stage) is ideal for this play. Audience members can feel that they, too, are waiting in the same airport terminal, witness to human connection and disconnect and the differences between the private and public self. “Departures and Arrivals dramatizes how lives are heightened and enlarged when taken within the frame of public spaces – airports, train stations, public streets – so we all become, in a sense, actors.” –;Carol Shields, Thirteen Hands and Other Plays Sincerely, Megan Andres Director, Departures and Arrivals Catastrophe, inherently political in nature, can be interpreted on a number of different levels. On one hand it is the story of an autocratic director who puts the final touches on the last scene of a dramatic presentation which consists only of a man (actor) standing on a bare stage; on a deeper level it is a reflection on power, politics, and defiance, and can be viewed as allegory of the power of totalitarianism and the struggle to oppose it. Catastrophe is the second last play that Beckett wrote. Footfalls, significantly, has only a semblance of a plot. The story centers around the character of May, a shadow of her former self, who paces back and forth on a strip of bare landing outside her dying – if not already dead – mother’s room. It is a story about memory, possession, guilt and their effects as we travel inside the recesses of one character’s mind. The show runs approximately 45 minutes. Performance times are Tuesday, Oct.20 at 12 noon, Wednesday, Oct.21 at 12:30pm and 7:30pm*and Thursday, Oct 22 at 12 noon in the Black Hole Theatre, located in the lower level of University College. Daytime performances are FREE while the evening performance admission is merely $1.00. Please come and take advantage of this rare opportunity to see two of the later dramatic works by arguably the greatest and most important playwright of the last hundred years, since Shakespeare even, performed live on stage. You will NOT be disappointed! “To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.” – Samuel Beckett Sincerely, Ivan Henwood Director, Catastrophe & Footfalls Both of these plays are inherently political in nature, but not overtly so. On the surface they are certainly concerned with family dynamics and the fears and desires of the principal characters, but Yeats recognized that politics and the everyday lives of common families are always irrevocably entwined. Each play deals with national traumas in Irish history, the first written prior to the Easter 1916 rebellion (indeed Yeats later worried that this play might have helped inspire “certain young men” to undergo nationalist martyrdom), and the second written after the internecine violence of the Irish Civil War. Purgatory also contains a marked change in theatrical style and was a major influence on Samuel Beckett. The theatrical contribution of both plays, and their political implications and ramifications, continue to be debated to this day. Joanne Valin, English, Film, and Theatre FOR THE THESIS TITLED: “Gasping for Breath: The Language of Chora in the Poertics and Narrative Praxis of Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville and Dickinson” Adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, WHITE NIGHTS, TO THE COUNTRY is ‘a sentimental love story from the memoirs of a dreamer’, set at the turn of the century in Winnipeg. Meet the artists: http://www.sharonbajer.com/SITE/Country_Cast.html Starring: Ross McMillan, Daria Puttaert, Graham Ashmore, Monique Marcker and Simon Miron Creative: Sharon Bajer, Carson Nattrass, Deco Dawson, Carolyn Gray, MegMcMillan and Eric Bosse Please join me in congratulating Dr. Dana Medoro, this year’s recipient of the GSA Award for Excellence in Teaching. We are indeed fortunate to have teachers of Dana’s calibre in our Department. Dr. Judith Owens Department Head Adam Kroeker will defend his creative M.A. thesis “The Loftschruw” Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 1:00 p.m. Haney Memorial Reading Room, 627 Fletcher Argue Committee: Professor Struan Sinclair, Advisor Professor Adam Muller, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Esyllt Jones, History Professor Pam Perkins, Chair Sarah Freedman will defend her critical M.A. thesis “Jesus and Kerygma: Retellings of the Jesus Myth in Four First Person Narratives” Committee: Professor Daniel Lenoski, Advisor Professor Robert Smith, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Egil Grislis, Religion Professor Pam Perkins, Chair Andrée–Anne Boisvert will defend her critical M.A. thesis “The Motif of the Empty House in Frederick Philip Grove’s Prairie Realist Fiction” Committee: Professor Alison Calder, Advisor Professor David Arnason, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Gerry Friesen, History Professor Pam Perkins, Chair Susan Rich will defend her critical M.A. thesis “Reading the Self: Positioning the Reader as a Subject of Literary Analysis Through Works by Suniti Namjoshi, Michael Ondaatje, and Dave Eggers” Committee: Professor Warren Cariou, Advisor Professor Brenda Austin–Smith, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Louise Renée, French, Spanish, and Italian Professor Mark Libin, Chair Elise Mayberry will defend her M.A. long paper Becoming a “Warrior” — A Postpositivist Realist View of Identity in Monkey Beach Committee: Professor Adam Muller, Advisor Professor Dennis Cooley, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Mark Libin, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Pam Perkins, Chair Jason Peters will defend his critical M.A. thesis “The King James Bible and Its Readers: Constructing Readable Space in Post-Reformation England” Committee: Professor David Watt, Advisor Professor Glenn Clark, English, Film, and Theatre Professor Egil Grislis, Religion Professor Mark Libin, Chair www.bucknell.edu/universitypress Inexorable Yankeehood: Henry James Rediscovers America, 1904-1905 Inexorable Yankeehood analyzes the clash between Henry James and American journalism during his 1904–5 tour. Drawing on the contemporary press and supplemented by a neglected visual archive, it charts James’s progress as he gathers the impressions for his “theory of America.” As James comes before the public, his critique unfolds in a rising arc. Press response follows its own trajectory, divided between reviling the messenger and considering the justice of his message. At the apex of his critique, James’s “alphabet of impressions” anticipates the charges of the era’s radical journalists. Although many scholars explore James’s critique of America and his attitudes to journalism as revealed in fiction, none analyzes the clash between James and the press during his visit. This book redresses that omission, en route to supplying a missing chapter in American cultural history. About the Author: The late Robin P. Hoople taught English and American Studies at the University of Manitoba for more than thirty years. About the Editor: Isobel Waters is Senior Instructor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Gorilla by Ken Rudderham, Antipode by Megan Andres Produced by the Black Hole Theatre; Department of English, Film and Theatre (DEFT) at the University of Manitoba In 1928, Winnipeg was terrorized by a serial killer dubbed the “Gorilla Man” because he murdered his twenty victims with his bare hands. Earl Nelson had escaped from an American mental institution before he fled to Winnipeg, where he killed two young women. He then became the subject of Manitoba’s biggest manhunt to that date. Ironically, he professed deep religious conviction. He was hanged in Winnipeg in January, 1929. In Gorilla, Ken Rudderham’s fictionalized account of the manhunt, the police find more than they bargained for as they encounter the universal human capacity for rage and violence. Rudderham appears elsewhere at the Fringe as MC of the Outdoor Stage. He’s a student in the Theatre Program at the University of Manitoba, a senior member of the Black Hole Theatre Company, and has recently played John Proctor in The Crucible (MillerFest 2009) and the Judge in Romance (MametFest 2008). Young women murder each other, emotionally at least, in the second half of the Black Hole’s double–bill, Antipode, by another young Winnipeg playwright, Megan Andres. In a tale of sibling rivalry run amok, the control freak takes on the party girl in a struggle that is simultaneously hilarious and chilling. Andres directs both plays, assisted by Prof. Chris Johnson. She is one of the U of M’s blogger poster girls, and, like Rudderham, one of the Department of English, Film, and Theatre’s best and brightest students. She also performed in The Crucible, and played a party girl extraordinaire in the Black Hole’s production of John Guare’s Landscape of the Body. She will be directing the 25th anniversary production of Carol Shields’ Departures and Arrivals for the Black Hole in November, commemorating the 1984 premiere of the play in the Black Hole when Shields taught English and Creative Writing at the U of M. The casts (Christine Reinfort and Andrea Karr in Antipode; Tim Bandfield, Ray Strachan, Natashia Durand, Liz Madden and Adam McCort in Gorilla) are all senior students in or recent graduates of the Theatre Program at the U of M. Over the past few seasons, they’ve appeared in Black Hole productions of The Playboy of the Western World, Lie of the Mind, The Crucible, Escape from Happiness, Romance, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (StoppardFest 2007). Gorilla/Antipode is produced with the assistance of a Creative Collaboration grant from the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture in the Department of English, Film, and Theatre at the University of Manitoba and a Creative Works Grant from the University of Manitoba. |
>2010–10–23 The Tomson Highway Cabaret On October 19th at 7:30 pm in the Carol Shields Auditorium at the downtown Millennium Library, Charles Baxter, together with Winnipeg library writer-in-residence Melissa Steele, will discuss the art of subtext in fiction writing. Vern is one of Canada’s most prolific and frequently produced playwrights. His plays include Apple, Einstein’s Gift, Vimy, and his new play, the delightfully dark, hilarious, and provocative Lenin’s Embalmers, which opens at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre on the 16th. This workshop will be facilitated by Professor Steven Lecce, Department of Political Studies, and it will be followed by a question and answer session. Moderators: Dr. Adam Muller Dr. Luke Tromly Panelists: Dr. Jonah Corne Dr. Michelle Faubert Dr. Serenity Joo Dr. Struan Sinclair Richard B. Wright will be on campus on Tuesday, September 21st at 11:30 AM in the Cross Common Room at St John’s College. Craig Francis Power will read on Thursday, September 23rd at 2:30 PM in University College 236. Each reading will run approximately one hour, and all are welcome to attend. Please find author bios below and hope to see you there! Richard B Wright published his first novel in 1965, and since then has produced over a dozen titles. His 1995 novel The Age of Longing was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award, but Clara Callan, published in 2001, cemented his reputation by winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General’s Award, the Trillium Book Award, and the CBA Libris Awards for Best Book and Author of the Year. His next novels, Adultery and October, were best–sellers, with October being long-listed for the Giller. Wright’s new novel is Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard (HarperCollins). He lives in St Catherine’s, Ontario. Craig Francis Power is one of the new storytelling voices out of Newfoundland. His debut novel, Blood Relatives, has just been released by Pedlar Press. While still in manuscript, it won two coveted Newfoundland writing awards: the Percy Janes First Novel Award, and the Fresh Fish Award. As the Fresh Fish jury citation puts it, “Darkly comic in intent, and times hilarious, at other times unnerving, Blood Relatives creates an utterly believable fictional world that turns the conventions of the coming–of–age novel inside out.” Power lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A WRITER’S TOOLKIT What’s in a writer’s toolkit? Join acclaimed crime fiction writer Giles Blunt as he explores the elements of fiction—character, plot, setting—and what tools novelists can employ to maximize their effects. He’ll also talk about practical day–to–day tricks and tools that make writing easier and more enjoyable—for any kind of novel, not just crime. There’ll be plenty of time for discussion. Giles Blunt has written scripts for Law & Order, Street Legal and Night Heat, but is best known for his award–winning crime fiction titles, including A Delicate Storm, By the Time You Read This, Blackfly Season, and Breaking Lorca. He has won major awards like the British Crime Writers’ Macallan Silver Dagger and the Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for many others. His books have been translated into several languages, and regularly appear on best–seller lists. Admission to the session is $25 or $20 with THIN AIR Club Card. Admission includes a beverage and fresh baking from Aqua’s incomparable EAT! Bistro. For more information call THIN AIR at (204) 927–7323 or email info@thinairwinnipeg.ca. Attendance is on a first come, first serve basis. GILES BLUNT Giles Blunt grew up in North Bay, Ontario. He has written scripts for Law & Order, Street Legal and Night Heat. Among his many crime fiction titles are Forty Words for Sorrow, winner of the British Crime Writers’ Macallan Silver Dagger; A Delicate Storm, winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel; Blackfly Season, one of Margaret Cannon’s Best Mysteries of the Year; By the Time You Read This, a national bestseller; and Breaking Lorca, one of the Globe and Mail’s Top Ten Crime Books. His new book is Crime Machine (Random House). After spending over twenty years in New York City, Blunt now lives in Toronto. A PINT OF BITTER MURDER Giles will also be the featured guest of the festival at A PINT OF BITTER MURDER, also at Aqua Books on Saturday from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. At the event mystery buffs can enjoy a pint or a cup of coffee while listening to a discussion between festival director CHARLENE DIEHL and Giles. Listeners can also enter our door prize draw for an opportunity to win Giles latest, Crime Machine. If you aren’t the lucky person, there’ll be copies on-site for purchase. For more information please contact Michael Van Rooy, Publicist, publicist@thinairwinnipeg.ca or contact the THIN AIR office at info@thinairwinnipeg.ca or 927-7323. Welcome NATE CRAWFORD, DONNA CREIGHTON, CAROLYN GRAY, GREG MACARTHUR and JENNY MUNDAY to the stage for an event complimenting the Manitoba Association of Playwrights and the Playwright Development Centre of Canada’s annual conferences. —Prof. Diana Brydon Conference Program in Adobe® PDF format Jock Martin is an educator, storyteller and actor with a keen understanding of drama, public speaking and narrative.Jock teaches Drama at St. John's Ravenscourt School where he weaves drama, literacy and storytelling into the daily experience of students. He has had the good fortune to tell tales at The Winnipeg International Storytelling festival, The Sundog Storytelling Festivals, The International Children's Festival and at camps for the Manitoba Museum. Jock has studied storytelling for peace education at the University of Manitoba. ...and all that jazz... celebrating the arts with readings & music readings: English graduate students/writers music: Lucas Sader Jazz Trio The Centre’s for Professional and Applied Ethics Associate Director Neil McArthur will be attending a screening of his film Land of Oil and Water, along with the film’s co–director Warren Cariou. The screening is April 15 at the University of Winnipeg and is sponsored by the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival. >2010–04–07 The Glass Cat Reading and Chapbook Launch The 2009-2010 Advanced Creative Writing Class invites everyone to attend the launch of its chapbook, The Glass Cat, to be celebrated with a public reading and reception. The programme will also include readings by the current Master's Creative Writing Class and a special appearance by Dennis Cooley. Virginia Lee Strain is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Department at the University of Toronto. She is presently completing her dissertation, Perfecting the Law: Legal Reform and Literary Forms in the 1590s and 1600s. During her affiliateship, she has been examining how the historical function and experience of imprisonment inform the character and narrative logic of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Hamlet.
(Professor Emeritus, SFU, and inaugural Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate) Discussants: Dr. George Bowering, Dr. David Arnason, Dr. Alison Calder Moderator: Dr. Warren Cariou SCHEDULE:
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is this Professional Development Symposium for writers in all phases of their careers. Even if you have attended a Writers' Union of Canada workshop in the past, you won't want to miss this exciting new day-long exploration of the changing literary landscape. Authors Betsy Warland and Ross Laird will outline the current changes in the literary industry; explore the innovative digital opportunities; and discuss the creativity, economics, and community of a writer's life. Deborah Windsor, the Union's executive director, will discuss authors' contracts in the digital age. >2010–02–25 , 2010–03–02 Copyright – What You Need to Know Working on a thesis? Placing course material online or to E-Reserves? Using copyrighted material for your research? Students, instructors and researchers are responsible for ensuring that materials they use for educational and research purposes do not infringe copyright, yet the issues related to these uses are often a source of confusion and misunderstanding. Attend a session for an overview of the copyright guidelines from a university perspective, for information on when copyright permission is required, how to obtain clearance, and more. DR. DAVID WATT “Of Mescreantz” in Lancastrian England >2010–02–11 12:30 PM “The Sheik We Loved: Hollywood’s Araby from 1915 to Syriana” by Professor Murray Pomerance “The Sheik We Loved: Hollywood's Araby from 1915 to Syriana” by Professor Murray Pomerance Murray Pomerance is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University. He is the author of many books on film and popular culture, including studies of Johnny Depp, Alfred Hitchcock, and The Horse Who Drank the Sky: Film Experience Beyond Narrative and Theory (Rutgers 2008). He is also a prolific editor of anthologies, having edited A Family Affair: Cinema Calls Home (Wallflower, 2008), City That Never Sleeps: New York and the Filmic Imagination (Rutgers 2007), Cinema and Modernity (Rutgers 2006), American Cinema of the 1950s: Themes and Variations (Rutgers 2005), BAD: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen (State University of New York Press 2004), Enfant Terrible! Jerry Lewis in American Film (New York University Press 2002), and Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls: Gender in Film at the End of the Twentieth Century (State University of New York Press 2001); and he has co-edited numerous volumes including From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings (Rodopi 2006), Where the Boys Are: Cinemas of Masculinity and Youth (Wayne State 2005), Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Cinemas of Girlhood (Wayne State 2002). His anthology Popping Culture is now in its fifth edition. Secrets from The Vault: Open House for Students at The University of Manitoba Archives. Speakers: 10:00 a.m. David Watt will speak on the King James Bible 10:30 a.m. Betty Braaksma will speak on the Padua diploma, 11:00 a.m. Lisa Alexandrin will speak on Islamic texts. David Watt English, Film, & Theatre, University of Manitoba “Ballads, Bones, and Bodies of Work: Reading Hoccleve’s Writing in San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 111” >2010–01–25 2:30–4:00 PM Institute for the Humanities New Faculty Colloquium Series: The Future of (the) Race: Science Fiction and the Politics of Form “The Future of (the) Race: Science Fiction and the Politics of Form,” by Dr. Hee-Jung Serenity Joo (English, Film, and Theatre). The Department of Anthropology is pleased to host the Margaret Mead Traveling Film Festival. The festival is a compilation of the highlights of the full Margaret Mead Film Festival that is put together and hosted annually by the Museum of Natural History in New York. Graduate Student Lectures 2009–2010 Location: Iceland Board Room, 3rd Floor, Elizabeth Dafoe Library Speaker: Dustin Geeraert, Faculty of Arts, Department of English, Film, & Theatre For more information, contact: Stella Rebling Reference Services Elizabeth Dafoe Library rebling@umanitoba.ca Strikingly original, explorer, subterranean, and farmer–philosopher are other words that critics have been used to describe Charles Noble and his oeuvre published over the past forty years. An album of his inimitable work from 1972–2007, Sally O is the first retrospective of Noble’s literary expeditions. Enlightened with extensive author notes and commentary, this selected showcases Noble’s ability to be anything but conventional and establishes his presence in the post–modern arguments. Wormwood Vermouth, Warphistory (Thistledown Press) won the 1996 Writers Guild of Alberta poetry award. A dedicated farmer, Noble works the land of his family’s farm in Nobleford, Alberta and spends a significant amount of time in Banff. On Tuesday November 24th, the Institute for the Humanities will host the event, A Darwin Sesquicentennial Lecture on the Anniversary of the Publication of On the Origin of Species, 24 November 1859, with a public talk by Dr Robert O’Kell (English). This talk, Apes and Angels: Evolution in the 19th Century, surveys the scientific and literary discussions of evolution from Erasmus Darwin’s Zoonomia to the beginnings of Social Darwinism. Everyone is welcome to attend! A Wondrous Journey from Heights to Depths Jan Andrews is the Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture Sponsored by Aqua Books and the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus Angie Abdou’s work has been published in several Canadian literary journals, including Other Voices, The Windsor Review, and Grain. She has also published two books — Anything Boys Can Do (a collection of short stories) and The Bone Cage (a novel). The Bone Cage was chosen by Kootenay Library Federation for the 2009 “One Book One Kootenay” celebrations. Angie has recently finished a novel about mountain culture; it is tentatively called The Canterbury Trail and will be published Spring 2011 by Brindle & Glass Press. Angie currently teaches at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, British Columbia and makes her home in Fernie. To learn more about Angie, visit her website at www.abdou.ca. EVERYONE WELCOME! Sponsored by the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture and the Department of English, Film and Theatre For more info, contact: ccwoc@cc.umanitoba.ca Or check out our web site at: http://umanitoba.ca/centres/ccwoc/ DR. LUKE TROMLY “Tourism, Transnationalism, and Asian American Travel Writing” November 19, 2009 at 7:30pm All Are Welcome! The Great Hall, 204A University College University of Manitoba Special Guest Performance by Ron Paley The University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities presents the second session in a new Research in the Humanities Lunchtime Discussion Series: Publishing's Pitfalls and Promises, a discussion facilitated by Judith Owens (English, Film, & Theatre) and David Churchill (History/UMIH Director). This Series is intended for assistant professors, probationary appointments, and new faculty in the Humanities to gather and discuss pertinent issues in an informal environment. Discussion will consider strategies for getting published, selecting journals and publishers, dealing with revisions and critical reports, as well as finding funding. Please contact the UMIH for more information or to R.S.V.P. to this lunch. For more information, contact: Krista Walters Institute for the Humanities umih@cc.umanitoba.ca Phone: (204) 474-9599 Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter/Fri. Nov. 6/7:00 PM Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park/Sat. Nov. 7/7:00 PM/( Q & A hosted by *Brenda Austin Smith ) I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing/Sun. Nov. 8/4:00 PM @ THE CINEMATHEQUE 100 ARTHUR STREET The Winnipeg Film Group welcomes to WINNIPEG the acclaimed Canadian director PATRICIA ROZEMA, one of Canada’s most accomplished and internationally recognized filmmakers and an exceptional, distinctly sensual visual stylist. Patricia will a special Cinema Lounge introduction to Atom Egoyan’s THE SWEET HEREAFTER, participate in a master class/directors workshop, and introduce special screenings of her films MANSFIELD PARK (based on Jane Austen’s novel) and her Cannes sensation I’VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING. All films will play @ THE CINEMATHEQUE this weekend. Rozema has created a large body of feature and television work including I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing, White Room, When Night is Falling and Mansfield Park. More recently Patricia directed Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her co-writing on the Drew Barrymore TV movie GREY GARDENS, which won an OUTSTANDING EMMY AWARD as a made for television movie. Time: 7:00 PM Where: McNally Robinson Booksellers - Grant Park Cost: FREE You’re invited to a launch and celebration of “Home Place 3.” This is part two of a special two–part fiction supplement of Prairie Fire celebrating Winnipeg&rssquo;s fiction writers. The evening will include readings by eighteen of our city’s finest fiction writers: Steve Benstead, Todd Besant, Warren Cariou, Sharon Chisvin, Anita Daher, Elizabeth Denny, David Elias, Hedy Heppenstall, Mary Horodyski, Faith Johnston, Esme Claire Keith, Barbara Romanik, James Scoles, Niigonwedom James Sinclair, Katherena Vermette, Andrea von Wichert and John Weier. Join the writers for cake and coffee after the readings! Everyone is welcome! For more information, contact: Prairie Fire Press, Inc. 423–100 Arthur St. Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3 Ph: (204) 943-9066 prfire@mts.net www.prairiefire.ca or contact the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture ccwoc@cc.umanitoba.ca EVERYONE WELCOME! FREE EVENT! Reception to Follow For more info, contact: ccwoc@cc.umanitoba.ca Or check out our web site at: http://umanitoba.ca/centres/ccwoc/ Sponsored by the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture in a liation with St. John’s College On Friday, October 30th, David Chariandy will read from his acclaimed work beginning at 9:30 am in the Cross Common Room, 108 St. John’s College. All are welcome for this free event. If you have any questions, please phone the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture at 474-1065. David Chariandy lives in Vancouver and teaches in the department of English at Simon Fraser University. His first novel, entitled Soucouyant (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007), was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Award, as well as shortlisted for a Governor General's Award, a Commonwealth Writer's Prize, a B.C. Book Prize, a ReLit Award, a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, the City of Toronto Book Award, and the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Chariandy's second novel, entitled Brother, is forthcoming from McClelland and Stewart. Jessica Woolford Assistant to the Director Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture 391 University College 220 Dysart Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T2M8 CANADA The Waffle at 40: Critical Perspectives on the Waffle Movement and its Afterlives. This one day-conference will explore the legacy and impact of the Waffle Manifesto and the movement it inspired. The Waffle Manifesto was introduced forty years ago here in Winnipeg at the 1969 NDP National Convention. Its ideas and approach to politics, as well as its failures, are an important part of the history of Canadian political economy and Canadian nationalism. We are fortunate to have Mel Watkins, Judy Rebick, Cy Gonick, and Arthur Schafer, among others, participating in the conference. Refer to the UMIH website for programming details: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/ The daytime program will be followed by an evening roundtable at the University of Winnipeg's Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall from 7:30-9:30 p.m. featuring Rebecca Blaikie, Judy Rebick, John Smart, and Mel Watkins speaking on the Legacy of the Waffle and the Future of the Left in Canada. Everyone is welcome to attend. Sheila Simonson English, Film and Theatre The Imaginary (of the) City: (re)Positioning London’s Urban Underclasses Lecture Title: “Public Events, Private Lives: Literature and Politics in the Modern World” Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009 Time: 8PM Lecture with Book Signing to follow. Place: Pantages Playhouse Theatre 180 Market Avenue East Tickets $40 (Rush seating) Tickets are available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, at the Winnipeg Arts Council’s office (103-110 Princess Street), and online through PayPal Time: 4:00 PM Location: Archives Reading Room, Elizabeth Dafoe Library Presentation by Vanessa Warne, Department of English, Film and Theatre In the opening decades of the nineteenth century, the facts of blindness changed: people who could not see acquired both the ability and opportunity to read. This illustrated public talk explores three facets of the nineteenth-century history of blindness and of reading: the advent of raised print books for the blind, the public exhibition of finger reading by blind people on city streets, and the founding of libraries for blind users. Examining ideas, images and anecdotes related to blind people’s entry into literacy and focused on the ways in which books, bodies and public spaces interact, it will consider ways in which the spread of blind literacy prompted not only a re-evaluation of the meaning of blindness but also a radical reconsideration of what it means to read. For more information, contact: Jim Blanchard Head, Reference Services Elizabeth Dafoe Library jim_blanchard@umanitoba.ca On Friday, Sept 25, from 10:30-11:20, novelist Robert Charles Wilson will read from his work in 108 St. John's College. Admission is free and all are welcome. More information, including author bios, is available in the Thin Air program or online at thinairwinnipeg.ca. Panel Discussion to follow, featuring: Dr. Joyce Chadya, Department of History, University of Manitoba Dr. Adam Muller, Department of English, University of Manitoba Dr. Ismael Muvingi, Conflict Resolution Studies, Menno Simons College Dr. Anna Snyder, Conflict Resolution Studies, Menno Simons College Facilitated by Ph.D. Candidate Grace Kyoon. Nick DiChario will be appearing at schools across Winnipeg during the festival week. He will also be appearing with Robert J Sawyer and Robert Charles Wilson on Friday September 25 from 2:30 to 4:00 at the University of Winnipeg Eckhardt–Gramatte Hall to discuss the Future (attendance is FREE). That evening at 8:00 all three men will be at the Mainstage at the CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre at the Forks to leap Into The Future (tickets are $12.00 at the door, $10.00 for students and seniors or buy festival pass at McNally Robinson or at www.thinairwinnipeg.ca). Robert J Sawyer will be at the Big Ideas event at the Millennium Public Library in the Carol Shields Auditorium on Wednesday September 23 from 4:30 to 5:30 for a Reality Check as Robert discusses how science fiction allows us to talk about the issues of today (admission is FREE). On Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 PM Robert will be at the McNally Robinson Polo Park location for the premiere of the big- budget television series FLASHFORWARD from ABC (admission is FREE but seating is limited). He will also be appearing with Nick DiChario and Robert Charles Wilson on Friday, September 25 from 2:30 to 4:00 at the University of Winnipeg Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall to discuss the Future (attendance is FREE). That evening at 8:00 all three men will be at the Mainstage at the CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre at the Forks to leap Into The Future (tickets are $12.00 at the door, $10.00 for students and seniors or buy festival pass at McNally Robinson or at www.thinairwinnipeg.ca). Robert Charles Wilson will be appearing with Nick DiChario and Robert Sawyer on Friday, September 25 from 2:30 to 4:00 at the University of Winnipeg Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall to discuss the Future (attendance is FREE). That evening at 8:00 all three men will be at the Mainstage at the CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre at the Forks to leap Into The Future (tickets are $12.00 at the door, $10.00 for students and seniors or buy festival pass at McNally Robinson or at www.thinairwinnipeg.ca). These three authors have won most of the science fiction awards available and should not be missed! |
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