GRAPHIC NARRATIVE BEYOND THE GUTTER: DISCUSSING DAVID ANNANDALE’S DOCTOR DOOM IN: THE HARROWING OF DOOM.

January 19, 2021

Brought to you by the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities 2020/21 Cluster; Graphic Narrative Beyond the Gutter, please join cluster organizer, Luke Tromly, in a brief discussion of David Annandale’s Doctor Doom in: The Harrowing of Doom.

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In Conversation with Dr.Robert J. Chernomas (Economics) and Dr.Ian Hudson (Economics)

January 19, 2021

In this episode, Dr.David Watt and Paul Jenkins join Dr.Robert J. Chernomas (Economics) and Dr.Ian Hudson (Economics) in a discussion centring their two co-authored books: The Profit Doctrine: Economists of the Neoliberal Era and Economics in the 21st Century: A Critical Perspective.

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In Conversation with Dr.Robert J. Chernomas (Economics) and Dr.Ian Hudson (Economics) Part 2

January 19, 2021

Continuing the discussion on Economic ideas and crises referenced in their co-authored books, Dr.Chernomas and Dr.Hudson expand on their research.

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In Conversation with Dr.Laurence De Looze (Western University)

January 19, 2021

Dr.Laurence De Looze is a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at Western and a fellow in Western's School for Advanced Studies in Arts and Humanities. Dr.De Looze is the author of Pseudo-Autobiography in the Fourteenth Century: Juan Ruiz, Guillaume de Machaut, Jean Froissart, and Geoffrey Chaucer and, The Letter and the Cosmos: How the Alphabet Has Shaped the Western View of the World, which this discussion is focused.

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The Politics & Culture of Cuisine: Dr.Jennifer Dueck (Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in the Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa)

January 19, 2021

In this episode, Dr.Jennifer Dueck discusses the globalization of Middle Eastern food in the 20th century. Dr.Dueck looks at how Middle Eastern food came to America through the 1960s and ’80s. Her presentation is illustrated with a series of images ranging from the women’s magazine shapes definitive guide to hummus, a picture of the Guinness World Record attempted to create the largest plate of hummus, maps of the Middle East and, a picture of a mural in New York, inspired by the Arabian nights

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The Politics & Culture of Cuisine: Dr.Jennifer Dueck (Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in the Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa) Part 2

January 19, 2021

Continuing on with the previous discussion, Dr.Dueck discusses work by Edward William Said; particularly his book Orientalism, to place cookbooks as being part of a broader political conversation

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200 years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: In Conversation with Dr.Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) and Dr.Michelle Faubert (ETFM)

January 19, 2021

In celebration of 200 years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Dr.David Watt and Paul Jenkins sit down with Dr.Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) and Dr.Michelle Faubert (ETFM) to discuss this work. Both Dr.Faubert and DrJones Square are experts in romantic literature.

This episode is the first of three centred on the 200year anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus first published in 1818. the first edition followed a second in 1823 and a third in 1821. though there are significant differences between all editions, this three-part series will focus on the 1818 version of Frankenstein. This series is also in conjunction with many Franken-reads happening to celebrate the book's bicentennial.

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200 years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: In Conversation with Dr.Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) and Dr.Michelle Faubert (ETFM) Part 2

January 19, 2021

This episode is the second of three centred on the 200 year anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus first published in 1818. the first edition followed a second in 1823 and a third in 1821. though there are significant differences between all editions, this three-part series will focus on the 1818 version of Frankenstein. This series is also in conjunction with many Franken-reads happening to celebrate the book's bicentennial

200 years of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: In Conversation with Dr.Bryn Jones Square (Oxford University) and Dr.Michelle Faubert (ETFM) Part 3

January 19, 2021

This episode is the last of three centred on the 200 year anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus first published in 1818. the first edition followed a second in 1823 and a third in 1821. though there are significant differences between all editions, this three-part series will focus on the 1818 version of Frankenstein. This series is also in conjunction with many Franken-reads happening to celebrate the book's bicentennial

In Conversation with Dr.Evgenia Cherkasova (Suffolk University)

January 19, 2021

Professor Cherkasova’s scholarly and pedagogical interests include ethics, philosophy and literature, existentialism, existential psychology, and public humanities. She is the author of the book Dostoevsky and Kant: Dialogues on Ethics (Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi, 2009) as well as many articles in peer-reviewed journals, collections of essays, and encyclopedia. In 2013 she received the National Endowment for Humanities "Enduring Questions" grant which supported the development of a new course on the Meaning of Life, an open educational platform, and an online interactive fiction game for students (designed with prof. Dmitry Zinoviev and writer Heather Albano). Cherkasova’s Meaning of Life project was presented at professional venues in the US, EU, Canada, and Japan and was featured in the media.

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In Conversation with Dr.David Annandale (ETFM)

January 19, 2021

David Annandale wrote his MA thesis on the Marquis de Sade at the University of Manitoba and his PhD dissertation on horror fiction and film at the University of Alberta. He is also a scholar of video games and gaming culture. His latest books include the haunted house novel, Gethsemane Hall (Dundurn), called “that rarest of books: a genuinely chilling horror novel” (Quill & Quire), and The Damnation of Pythos (Games Workshop), part of the bestselling Warhammer 40,000 series. 

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In Conversation with Dr Len Kuffert (History)

January 19, 2021

Dr Len Kuffert is a professor in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba. Dr Kuffert acquired a Ph.D. at McMaster University. His research interests include the cultural history of 20th century Canada, the history of broadcasting and print media; the history of hobbies and leisure, especially woodworking. He is the author of many books and has featured in many publications including; Canada before Television: Radio, Taste, and the Struggle for Cultural Democracy, (Montreal and Kingston:McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016), "'needful supervision'; Talks and taste on Canadian radio," Canadian Journal of Media Studies 10 (June 2012) and "Tempest in the Tea Leaves: Broadcasting the esoteric arts and mystic sciences, 1937-53," Canadian Historical Review 91 (1) (March 2010) 1-26.

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In Conversation with Dr.Cary Miller(Department of Native Studies)

January 19, 2021

Dr.Miller is Anishinaabe and descends from St. Croix and Leech Lake communities. From 2013 she was the Director of American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and since 2010 has been Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (starting there in 2002). Her book Ogimag: Anishinaabeg leadership 1760-1845 was published with the University of Nebraska Press in 2010 and she previously has published in books such as Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World through Stories and the Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law.

Her research is in Anishinaabe leadership in the early 19th century, Anishinaabe women’s history, Treaties and sovereignty, Wisconsin Indian History, and Cultures of the Great Lakes Region.

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