Invitation: Welcoming Ignatius Mabasa |
Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
Please join the Centre for Creative Writing & Oral Culture in welcoming Ignatius Mabasa to his post as the University of Manitoba's Fall 2010 Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence. This event will include an exclusive performance by Ignatius Mabasa, as well as readings by students Daria Patrie and Sean Braun, recipients of the C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation Fellowships.
A reception will follow. Free and open to the public.
The reception will take place in University College's Great Hall.
Learn more about Ignatius Mabasa at his website. |
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Please RSVP by September 9. |
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Call for Abstracts: ICASS
International Congress of the Arctic Social Sciences |
December 15, 2010 |
ICASS, the International Congress of the Arctic Social Sciences, is held every three years. The seventh congress will be held in Akureyri, Iceland, on June 22-26, 2011. The working title for ICASS VII is Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue: Social Sciences Beyond the IPY. A call for ICASS VII abstracts will be available from October 1, and those wishing to stay up to date on ICASS VII may do so at the IASSA website.
For further information, please contact Lara Olafsdottir, IASSA secretary. |
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Fellowship Program for Studies in the High North |
October 1, 2010 (deadline for spring semester applications) |
The University of Tromso in Norwayis offering the opportunity to apply for a scholarship within the Fellowship Program for Studies in the High North. For more information on the program, the courses and available grants in the period 2010-2013, please follow this link.
Application forms can be downloaded here, and applications can be scanned and sent by email to Astrid Brokke, Institutional Coordinator for the High North Program. |