March 2013 Newsletter
university of manitoba institute for the humanities
Newsletter Information on Research Affiliateships March 2013
Information on Research Clusters Here’s what’s happening at the Institute:
UMIH Events UMIH Co-Sponsored Events
New Faculty Colloquium Series: Public Talks in 409 Tier Building Life in the Infosphere Colloquium
Dr Sherry Farrell Racette “Life in the Infosphere,” a colloquium to be (Native Studes/Women’s and Gender Studies) held on March 4, 2013, will explore some of the “Digging, Talking, Looking: Multifocal Research emerging overlaps between physical and virtual Strategies and the Stories Garments Tell” worlds. Please see the Colloquium Program for Tuesday March 5th at 2:30 pm details.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humani- Dr Fabiana Li (Anthropology) ties; English, Film, and Theatre; History; and “Gold or Water: Controversies over Mining Computer Science. Expansion in Peru” Wednesday March 13th at 2:30 pm Promoting Publication Success Humanities in Education Research: Drs Serebrin and Honeyford A Series of Events organized by the Interdisciplin- ary Research Circle on Globalization and Cosmo- Dr Wayne Serebrin and Dr Michelle Honeyford politanism (IRCGC), and co-sponsored by UMIH. (Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba) Please see the event poster for details. “Manitoba’s Writing Landscape (K-Grade 12): Prairie pedagogies, potholes and pole stars.” Monday March 4th and Tuesday March 5th. Thursday March 14th at 2:00 pm in 409 Tier Please contact Tina Chen for more information.
Everyone is welcome to attend!
The University of Manitoba Institute for the UMIH Research Cluster News & Events Humanities (UMIH) was established in 1990 to foster research and scholarship in the Humani- Group for Premodern Studies ties at the University of Manitoba, to promote interdisciplinary research in the Humanities, and Dr Jennifer Summit to help obtain external funding for Humanities (Department of English, Stanford University research. The Institute addresses the needs and Fellow of the American Council on Education) interests of researchers in a broad range of sub- jects including literature and languages, film and Public Talk (NOTE NEW DATE/TIME/LOCATION) visual culture, philosophy, history and religion, Friday March 8th at 10:00 am in 409 Tier and well as the literary, philosophical, theological A light lunch will follow. and historical aspects of the social and physical Everyone is welcome to attend! sciences, mathematics, the arts, and professional studies. The UMIH is located within the Faculty Film Worlds of Arts, but is intended to serve the entire Hu- manities constituency in the University and the general community. The Institute is, accordingly, The Film Worlds Research Cluster Reading Group committed to community outreach through pro- will meet on Friday March 15th at 3:00 pm at a grams and lecture series for the general public. location off campus.
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The Institute for the Humanities offers sup- port for at least two Research Clusters and two Research Affiliates each year. Both calls for applicants are now open. We encourage those University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities eligible to apply! Please contact UMIH for details. UMIH407 Tier Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2 [email protected] umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities Director: Dr David Watt Assistant: Krista Walters