November Newsletter
UM Humanities Institute
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Welcome to the last Humanities Institute newsletter of the fall semester. While the semester is winding down in a few short weeks, the humanities at the University of Montana are not! Before the semester ends make sure to join us for roundtables on both the Environmental and Digital Humanities. Look ahead to the spring where we will be hosting a Humanities Conversations Panel on literature. This newsletter is full of research to be celebrated and grants to be applied for.
Please be sure to check out our schedule for the upcoming month. We're finishing the term with a host of events and opportunities.
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Digital Humanities Roundtable
Please join us for a roundtable event to explore the digital humanities at UM.
Tuesday, November 10th
2-3 PM MST on Zoom
Registration via Eventbrite
Environmental Humanities
Roundtable:
Science Communication
Tuesday, November 17th
5:30 p.m. MST on Zoom
Registration via Event Brite
Featuring:
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Gray O'Reilly - M.A. Student in Environmental Philosophy
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Brit Garner - Ph.D. Student in Interdisciplinary Studies
MOLLI/DHC Book Club
An Intergenerational Discussion on Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility and Democracy by Eric Liu. This collection of essays will provide the starting point for a 3 part intergenerational dialog, via ZOOM, exploring themes of civility, participatory citizenship, and the task of repairing the rifts in society. Books will be provided free to participants. Also open to non-DHC students. To register email: lauren.collins@mso.umt.edu Discussions will he held: Monday, November 9th: 4pm-5pm, Monday, December 14th: 4pm-5pm, and Tuesday, January 19th: 4-5pm
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November Humanities Happy Hour
Join Humanities Montana for a conversation with Heather Cahoon (Salish, Kootenai), a poet and assistant professor of Native American studies at the University of Montana. Heather Cahoon’s recently published collection of poems, Horsefly Dress, is a transformative look at traditional stories and contemporary experiences.
Wednesday, November 18th
4 pm MST virtual event
Register Here
Humanities Conversations Panel: Literature
A panel of UM faculty members whose work we've supported through HI faculty research grants.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
2:00-3:30 p.m. MST on Zoom
Registration via EventBrite
Featuring:
- Quan Manh Ha, Ph.D., Department of English, Vietnamese Short Stories about the Vietnam War: A Translation and Anthology
- Erin Saldin, M.F.A., Department of English, The Caterwaul
- Ruth Vanita, English, Ph.D., Department of English, Urdu Poetry of Sa’adat Yar Khan and Insha Allah Khan: A Translation and Scholarly Edition
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Recent News
Professor Neyooxet Greymorning has earned a place in Marquis Who's Who, the publisher of short biographies of individuals profiled for their position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility and prominence in their field. Greymorning's background in cultural and political anthropology allowed him to develop Accelerated Second Language Acquistion, which has become a globally successful method.
There is exciting work in the humanities coming out of the UM History Department's Oral History Internship summer certificate program, which was launched in 2020. The COVID-19 Oral History Project offers diverse perspectives on how people, businesses, and organizations in Western Montana experienced the Coronavirus pandemic during the lockdown and phased reopening in the spring and summer of 2020.
Have news to share about a publication, a grant, etc.?
Email us at humanities.institute@mso.umt.edu
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Grant, Research, and Presentation Opportunities
Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
MIGC is now accepting scholarly submissions from graduate students for its 16th annual conference to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on February 4-7, 2021. The theme this year is "Catalyst" and keynote speakers are Rachel Cargle, who investigates the intersections of race, womanhood, activism, and advocacy as a public academic, and Dr. Alfred L. Martin, Jr., who focuses on critical black studies, sexuality and gender studies, fandoms, and media production. Please submit your work through the conference website by December 1, 2020.
Ridge Scholarship in Health or Healthcare and Humanities Application: The Institute of Health and Humanities announces $1,000 scholarships for research and creative works on topics at the intersection of health and/or healthcare and the Humanities. Qualified graduate and undergraduate students in all disciplines are invited to apply. Application Deadline: December 10
Humanities Montana Grants
Regular, research fellowship, and three-year sustaining grant applications are now open. The deadline to submit is December 20. In addition, opportunity grant applications are accepted at any time. Humanities Montana funds projects that work to engage Montanans in meaningful discussion about the human condition and enrich civic discourse among the state’s diverse cultures and across its geographical distances. For grants counseling before you submit, contact Kim Anderson.
Call for Papers 113th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association
August 11-13, 2021
The 2021 Program Commitee invites proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers on any subject, but particularly those addressing the conference theme: The Past is Always Present.
Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15, 2021
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Meet Graduate Student Emma Gjullin
Emma is a graduate student from Corrales, New Mexico in year second year in the Environmental Philosophy and Natural Resource Conflict Resolution programs. She was attracted to UM as Emma has always wanted to live in Montana as she has family ties to the state. Next semester Emma is graduating and hopes to pursue professional facilitation in collaborative conservation.
While Emma's undergraduate major was in mathematics, attending a liberal arts school allowed her to study subjects outside of her discipline. Emma comments that "the humanities provided a much needed balence in perspective" in her studies.
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The Humanities Institute would like to announce a special thanks to the NEH Cares Grant that has allowed us to continue to support the humanities
at the University of Montana.
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A word with the director
Gillian Glaes
Well it has been quite a semester by any standard. We've combined a pandemic and a national election with global implications to create a situation unlike any other. I refreshed the apps on my smartphone so many times this week that I thought it might just give up. And now that we have the results of the election, we can say that this is a truly historic moment on so many levels.
And while we are coming to the end of this semester and this year, we still have several exciting events on the horizon. In the month of November, we have two exciting offerings. One is a a roundtable on the digital humanities at UM scheduled for Tuesday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m. on Zoom. The other is our second event this semester in the environmental humanities: a roundtable scheduled for Tuesday, November 17 via Zoom and focused on science communication. We'll feature two UM graduate students. Both events are connected to our initiatives in the digital humanities and the environmental humanities, respectively. Our goal through these initiatives is to provide a platform from which to explore important issues in each field. We look forward to our continued work in these areas and hope to see you there!
Next semester, we're looking forward to several events. We are honored, for example, to spotlight the literary achievements of our colleagues in the English Department with our Humanities Conversations Panel focused on literature and scheduled for Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Please register on EventBrite for these events to obtain the Zoom links.
As we continue to host events on Zoom and marvel at the turnout and enthusiasm, I would like to take a moment to recognize some critical contributions to the HI's success this semester. We were lucky to receive an NEH Cares Grant, which has, together with the College of Humanities and Sciences, supported UM's Humanities Institute this semester. Thank you to the good people at Humanities Montana for administering this important grant program.
Graduate student coordinators Gray O'Reilly and Emma Gjullin worked tirelessly to organize our events in the environmental humanities over the summer and this semester. We are grateful for their inspired leadership and their creative vision. And we're thankful for all of the people at UM and beyond who are interested in and invested in the environmental humanities.
Finally, I would like to recognize the contributions of our intern, Chloe Loeffelholz, who has shown incredible grace, poise, dignity, and courage this semester. Her numerous contributions to the success of the HI are too many to count here. Just take a look at our Instagram page, for example, and you'll see so much of her good work.
As we approach Thanksgiving, I am thankful for the efforts of Chloe, Gray, and Emma together with the contributions of the Dean's Office, our advisory board, Humanities Montana, the NEH Cares Grant, Zoom, our presenters and moderators, and all the people who have attended and participated in our events this semester. Thank you for your engagement. Thank you for your commitment. And thank you for your contributions to the UM Humanities Institute.
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