In addition to event and news postings on nTreePoint,
Institute for the Humanities public events can be found here.
Information on Research Cluster events can be found on their individual pages.
Institute for the Humanities public events are now over for the academic year 2011-12.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
PAST EVENTS FOR WINTER TERM 2012:
"Norman Rockwell's Vision of America and the Politics of Race"
a talk by
UMIH Director Dr David S. Churchill
Thursday, March 29th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
This was the final UMIH public presentation for Winter Term 2012.
UMIH DIRECTORSHIP CANDIDATE PUBLIC PRESENTATION:
"Allusions of Grandeur, Or: The Role of the Humanities Today"
a public talk by
Dr David Watt (English, Film & Theatre) Candidate for Director, UMIH
Tuesday, March 20th
10:00-11:00 am
409 Tier
THE NEW FACULTY COLLOQUIUM SERIES
This ongoing series of public research talks highlights the work of recently hired faculty members at the U of M in Arts, and faciliates getting to know new members of the Faculty, making
potentially important and rewarding connections, and hearing new and innovative research.
"Recovering Sappho fr. 44"
by Mike Sampson (Classics)
Tuesday, February 14th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
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"Doodemag Shadows: Anishinaabeg Literature from Past to Present"
by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Native Studies)
Thursday, March 15th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
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"Buffalo Calling: Engaging Indigenous Kinship Theory"
by Tasha Hubbard (Native Studies)
Monday, March 19th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
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UMIH Research Affiliate Talks:
"The Charters of Christ and the Protestant Author"
a talk by
Christopher Mead
(UMIH Research Affiliate/Doctoral Candidate, Berkeley)
Tuesday, March 13th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
Christopher Mead is a PhD candidate in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. During his research affiliateship at the Institute for the Humanities he has continued work on his dissertation, "Mine Inside Outward: The English Reformation and the Martyrological Author," a study of suffering authorship after Queen Mary.
Matthew McRae
(UMIH Research Affiliate/Doctoral Candidate University of Western Ontario)
Tuesday, March 27th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
Matthew McRae is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently living in Winnipeg and working on his dissertation, which is entitled "The Shadowy Corners of the Peaceful Kingdom: Rebellion, Social Memory and the Myth of Peace, Order, and Good Government"
"He's Got No License, No Deplomer: A Black Doctor and His Story after the Civil War"
a talk by
Dr Gretchen Long (Williams College)
Thursday, March 8th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
Dr Long is Associate Professor of History at Williams College
"Dream and Flesh: Spain, African America, and the Atlantic Imaginary"
a talk by
Dr Robert Fitzgerald Reid-Pharr (CUNY)
Thursday, March 1st
2:30 pm
409 Tier
Dr Robert Reid-Pharr is a Distinguished and Presidential Professor of English and American Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
"Mapping Cinema: Visualizing and Archiving the Urban Space of Tokyo"
a talk by
Dr Sharon Hayashi (York University)
Thursday, February 9th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
Dr Sharon Hayashi is Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Department of Film at York University, Toronto.
Dr Hayashi's talk was co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities and the Film Worlds Research Cluster.
PAST EVENTS: FALL 2011
Beyond Chinatown: the Culture, Labour and History of Chinese Canadian Rurality
a day-long symposium
Friday, October 28th
409 Tier Building
At 10:00 am guest speaker Dr Alison Marshall (Brandon) spoke on “Women, labourers, and ministers beyond the frame: The networks used to reduce racism and to create difference” and Dr Barry Ferguson (History, UM) presented “Chinese labour in British Columbia’s Mines, Canneries and Farms in the Head Tax era” at 11:00 am.
In the afternoon, at 2:00 pm, guest speaker Dr Lily Cho (York) spoke on “Chinese Restaurant Menus as Articulations of Citizenship”.
Alison Marshall is a professor of religion at Brandon University and an adjunct professor in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. A China specialist Marshall works in the areas of Chinese-Canadian religion,gender, and history. Dr Marshall is the author of The Way of the Bachelor: Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba (UBC Press, 2011). She is currently writing another book for UBC Press titled Confucianism and the Making of Chinese-Canadian Identity.
Barry Ferguson is professor of history at the the University of Manitoba. His research interests are in the areas of political ideas and practices, including federalism, citizenship and immigration. He is the co-author of Recent Social trends in Canada 1960-1999 (McGill-Queen's UP, 2005) and co-editor and contributor to Manitoba's Premiers of the 19th and 20th Centuries (Canadian Plains Research Center, 2010).
Lily Cho is an Associate Professor of English at York University. Her recent publications include "Affecting Citizenship: the Materiality of Melancholia", in Narratives of Citizenship (University of Alberta Press, 2011) and "Citizenship and the Bonds of Affect: The Passport Photograph", Photography and Culture (2009). Her book, Eating Chinese: Culture on the Menu in Small Town Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2010) examines the relationship between Chinese restaurants and diaspora culture.
Guest Speaker Dr Mary Louise Adams & Dr Tina Chen
A Presentation and a Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 20th
409 Tier
On Thursday, October 20th, at 10:30 am, in 409 Tier, Dr Mary Louise Adams (Queen’s) presented a paper entitled
“From Gentleman’s Art to Sport for ‘Sissies’ and Girls : What can the History of Figure Skating tell us about Gender?”
Mary Louise Adams is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and the Department of Sociology at Queen’s University where she is also affiliated with the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies. She is the author of Artistic Impressions: Figure Skating, Masculinity and the Limits of Sport (2011) and The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality (1997). She writes on issues related to the history of sexuality, queer and feminist social movements and on gender and sexuality in sport and physical activity. She has recently started work on an oral history with feminist sport activists.
At 2:30 pm on October 20th, in 409 Tier, Dr Adams took part in a panel discussion with
Dr Tina Chen (History, UM). The topic was:
“The Gender, Race and the Politics of Representation in Figure Skating”
Tina Chen is Associate Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. A specialist in modern Chinese history, her research examines issues of gender and representation; the role of film and media in shaping subjectivity; Chinese migration and citizenship between East and South Asia. She was a competitive figure skater in the 1980s and coached skating in the 1990s, specializing in choreography and ice dance.
OPEN HOUSE - Institute for the Humanities
The Institute held an open house on Friday, September 30th, 1:30 to 4:00 pm in 407 and 409 Tier. The director, the research affiliates, representatives from the Research Clusters and the Board of Management were on hand to answer questions, to talk about the Institute’s programs this year, and to discuss research projects supported by the Institute. Director David Churchill introduced the research affiliates at 1:45 pm.At 2:00 pm the Film Worlds research cluster offered a short presentation, and at 2:30 pm, the Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America presented a brief overview of their activtities.
Thanks to everyone who attended!
FALL 2011 Events initiated by other units and co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities
PAST EVENTS - Fall 2011
"Wit, Words, and Wine: John Rempel Memorial Symposium"
Friday, September 23rd
John Rempel came to the University of Manitoba in 1970 to begin a career that would continue for thirty-seven years and that would be distinguished by excellence in teaching and by wide-ranging interests in literature and culture. If not quite a Renaissance man by virtue of his deep immersion in the eighteenth century, John was close to it, with interests and expertise ranging from Swift to Shakespeare, from Georgian silver to dusty books, from music to art, from wit to wine. At the time of his death, John was a Senior Scholar in the Department of English, Film, and Theatre, a role he relished.
To honour John’s memory and to celebrate his contributions, John’s colleagues in English, Film, and Theatre presented a one-day symposium with papers on topics of particular interest to John as well as performances in art and theatre. “Wit, Words, and Wine: John Rempel Memorial Syposium” took place on Friday, September 23rd, in 409 Tier. As is only fitting, given John’s widely-recognized expertise on the subject, the day concluded with a special wine reception in
600 Fletcher Argue.
Dr Rempel was a long time supporter of the Institute for the Humanities, and UMIH was pleased to be able to provide a financial contribution and administrative support for the symposium.
2011 IRCGC Grant Proposal Workshop
The Interdisciplinary Research Circle on Globalization and Cosmopolitanism (IRCGC) held its annual Grant Proposal Workshop on Tuesday, September 27th in Room 409 Tier. This workshop aimed to provide extensive and constructive criticism on research grants. These were individual or collaborative grants prepared for any agency including SSHRC, UM/SSHRC, URGP, and so on. The workshop was designed to maximize feedback on proposals through interdisciplinary and collegial interaction and we have been very successful in providing people with constructive feedback in a supportive environment. The workshop format was as follows:
1. Proposals were submitted one week before the workshop and pre-circulated to all participants. We strongly encouraged participants to read ALL of the proposals submitted.
2. A discussant is assigned to each proposal. The discussant is generally someone whose research area intersects with the proposal topic and/or someone with experience with the granting agency. The discussant initiates comments on the proposal (no more than 5 minutes). This is followed by general discussion by all present with the aim of providing feedback useful for revising and strengthening the proposal.
3. The author of the proposal does NOT present the proposal and generally only answers questions of clarification since the goal of the workshop is to maximize feedback on the proposal.
4. We hoped that participants would attend the entire workshop, unless personal or teaching responsibilities make this impossible. The workshop works best when there is an atmosphere of collegial support for each other’s work and a willingness to share in the process. We welcomed all grant proposals. Should we have a large number of proposals and not be able to accommodate them all, we will give priority to proposals dealing with issues related to IRCGC and its themes (see http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~ircgc/)
Thanks to the Associate Dean-Research (Faculty of Arts) for providing refreshments and to UMIH for use of 409 Tier. For more information on the Grant Proposal workshop or the activities of IRCGC, contact Tina Chen (chentm@ms.umanitoba.ca; phone: 474- 9149). You can also check out IRCGC activities at: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~ircgc/
For information on LAST year's events (2010-2011) please go to the Annual Report for 2010-2011 or the newsletters for 2010-2011
Please note that these pages have UMIH annual reports and newsletters going back to 2008 and will provide complete information on the Institute's programs to that date.