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Interdisciplinary Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto | 2025-26 Theme: "Dystopia and Trust". For info about Fellowships, funding opportunities, events and more, sign up for our newsletter http://eepurl.com/dhuDJv
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🌟We’re honoured to welcome Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - JHI’s 2025–26 Distinguished Visiting Fellow.

Her upcoming lecture will use story to create a decolonial space for us to come together and imagine futures beyond our present moment.

👉 Info: uoft.me/LBS

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Portrait of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson standing in a field of tall grasses. Text overlay is Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. JHI Distinguished Visiting Fellow. January 20, 2026 from 5:00pm to 7:30pm. Lecture & Reception at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West. Thinking alongside lakes, snow and ice, this lecture uses story to create a decolonial space for us to come together and imagine futures beyond our present moment. Theory of water draws on the natural world as a map, a theorist and a teacher and draws the audience into a communal space of dreaming and remembering to refuse our colonial present and collaborate to reworld with systems of care. Register: uoft.me/LBS
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📰 The November 13 JHI Newsletter is out!

Featuring:

🌟 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Visit
🎧 Podcast Series 2, Episode 5
💰 Funding Calls
📅 Upcoming Events
…and more!

👉 Read now: mailchi.mp/utoronto/...
Not subscribed yet? Sign up uoft.me/jhi-news
Abstract illustration of yellow and black vertical lines on a white background. The text overlay in yellow lettering on black background reads: Humanities at Large, the Jackman Humanities Institute Newsletter. Also included are portraits of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Tamara Abdul Hadi.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📷 For our final episode of Humanities at Large Series 2, photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi reflects on how seeing a place through someone else’s lens can shape how we imagine it. Tamara was our 2024-25 Artist in Residence.

🎧 Listen now uoft.me/jhi-podcast
Speech bubbles in red and teal and a portrait of Tamara Abdul Hadi. Text overlay is Humanities at Large, a podcast from the Jackman Humanities Institute. With host Melissa Gismondi. Reimagining the Marshlands of Southern Iraq with Tamara Abdul Hadi.
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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👋 Have you visited JHI's 2025-26 Art Exhibition? Proof of Life explores material debris from the end of the world, considering the aftermath of our present-day ruin. Works by Ernesto Cabral de Luna, boring earth, Shannon Garden-Smith, and Jenine Marsh.

👉 More: uoft.me/jhiart
Text overlay is JHI Art Exhibition: Proof of Life. Curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow. Jackman Humanities Institute, 170 St. George, 10 Floor, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8. The exhibition is open to the public during regular business hours Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm. 10-09-2024 to 19-06-2025. Info: uoft.me/jhiart.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📰 Don't miss out! Be the first to find out about our funding calls and events by signing up for our newsletter

Next issue comes out November 13.

Subscribe uoft.me/jhi-news
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November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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✨ Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities ✨

This year, Simon Coleman will explore how England’s cathedrals - once dismissed as dinosaurs and relics of the past - have reemerged as powerful spaces of public religion, attracting millions of visitors each year.

Info: uoft.me/AJL2025
Man and boy lighting a devotional candle in a cathedral. The room is dark and their faces are lit by candlelight. The text overlay is: The Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities: Cathedrals, Dinosaurs, and Puzzling Publics On the Importance of ‘Trivial’ Religion. A Lecture by Simon Coleman Chancellor Henry N.R. Jackman Professor of Religion. November 13, 2025 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street.
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📢 The JHI invites applications for the 2026–27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 1 year fellowship supporting a recent PhD.

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers

📅 Apply by Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 More info: uoft.me/cdh26-27

#digitalhumanities #DH #postdoc #postdoctoral
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November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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✨ Are you our next New Media & Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow?

You might be if you’re:

✔️ A recent PhD in the humanities
✔️ Working in new media / journalism
✔️ Bringing research to the public

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers
📅 Deadline: Nov 25, 2025
🔗 uoft.me/nmph26-27
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November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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✨ Join the Jackman Humanities Institute’s Circle of Fellows in 2026-27!

Apply for our Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship

🧩 Annual Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers
📅 Deadline: Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 Details & FAQs: uoft.me/vph26-27

#PublicHumanities #ResearchFellowship
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November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📢Deadline coming up! Faculty @utoronto.ca - don't miss your chance to be a Supervisor for Scholars in Residence (SiR)! Pairing undergraduate students with faculty supervisors, SiR fosters closeknit, multidisciplinary humanities communities.

Apply by November 19

Info uoft.me/sir-2026
Groups of students and a professor, sitting on the grass in summer, having a discussion. Text overlay is: 2026 Jackman Scholars in Residence Call for Proposals: Faculty SupervisorsSupervise a team of 5 outstanding paid RAs for 4 weeks and receive $2,000 in research funds, while joining a dynamic community of researchers across U of T: -Program runs May 4 to 29, 2026 -25 in-person projects across UTSG, UTM, and UTSC -Humanities & interpretive social science projects -Deadline: November 19, 2025 at 5:00pm Open to research- and teaching-stream faculty in any unit affiliated with the Jackman Humanities Institute: Arts & Science, Architecture, Law, Music, OISE, iSchool, UTM, and UTSC. https://uoft.me/sir-2026
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Meet U of T student Chloe Gordon-Chow, curator of the JHI's Art Exhibition Proof of Life. The exhibition includes works by Ernesto Cabral de Luna, boring earth, Shannon Garden-Smith, and Jenine Marsh.

Profile uoft.me/bXH
Portrait of Chloe Gordon-Chow. Text overlay is JHI Art Exhibition: Proof of Life. Curated by Chloe Gordon-Chow. 10/09/2024 to 19/06/2025. Jackman Humanities Institute, 170 St. George, 10 Floor, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8. The exhibition is open to the public during regular business hours Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm | Info: uoft.me/jhi25-26.
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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📰 The October 30 JHI Newsletter is here!

Featuring:

🎧 Podcast Series 2, Episode 5
🖼️ Meet the Curator
💰 Funding Calls
📅 Upcoming Events
…and more!

👉 Read now: mailchi.mp/utoronto/...
Not subscribed yet? Sign up uoft.me/jhi-news
Abstract illustration of yellow and black vertical lines on a white background. The text overlay in yellow lettering on black background reads: Humanities at Large, the Jackman Humanities Institute Newsletter. Also included are portraits of Chris Miller, Chloe Gordon-Chow, Robert Gibbs and Simon Coleman.
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🌿 Death, nature, and renewal.

Chris Miller and Melissa Gismondi discuss the growing movement toward natural or “green” burials and what these practices reveal about our relationship with death, nature, and the cycles of life.

🎧 Listen now uoft.me/jhi-podcast

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Speech bubbles in red and teal and a portrait of Chris Miller. Text overlay is Humanities at Large, a podcast from the Jackman Humanities Institute. With host Melissa Gismondi. Going Underground: The World of Natural Burials with Chris Miller.
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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✨ Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities ✨

This year, Simon Coleman will explore how England’s cathedrals - once dismissed as dinosaurs and relics of the past - have reemerged as powerful spaces of public religion, attracting millions of visitors each year.

Info: uoft.me/AJL2025
Man and boy lighting a devotional candle in a cathedral. The room is dark and their faces are lit by candlelight. The text overlay is: The Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities: Cathedrals, Dinosaurs, and Puzzling Publics On the Importance of ‘Trivial’ Religion. A Lecture by Simon Coleman Chancellor Henry N.R. Jackman Professor of Religion. November 13, 2025 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street.
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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📰 Don't miss out! Be the first to find out about our funding calls and events by signing up for our newsletter

Next issue comes out October 30.

Subscribe uoft.me/jhi-news
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October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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📢 The JHI invites applications for the 2026–27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 1 year fellowship supporting a recent PhD.

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers

📅 Apply by Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 More info: uoft.me/cdh26-27

#digitalhumanities #DH #postdoc #postdoctoral
A long hallway flanked by a series of floor to ceiling mirrors that reflect infinitely. The text overlay is Call for Applications: 2026-27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship. The deadline is November 25, theme is Doubles, Doppelgangers.
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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✨ Are you our next New Media & Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow?

You might be if you’re:

✔️ A recent PhD in the humanities
✔️ Working in new media / journalism
✔️ Bringing research to the public

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers
📅 Deadline: Nov 25, 2025
🔗 uoft.me/nmph26-27
Background is a kaleidoscope-like spiral of green, blue, and gold stained glass patterns. The text overlay is Call for Applications: 2026-27 New Media and Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship. Deadline is November 25, 2025. Theme is Doubles, Doppelgangers.
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🎉 Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to celebrate the launch of Eric Jennings' book Vanilla The History of an Extraordinary Bean. Eric is Chair and Distinguished Professor in History and worked on his book while he was a JHI Faculty Research Fellow in 2022-23.

👏 Congratulations Eric!
Portrait of Eric Jennings holding his book Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean.
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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✨ Join the Jackman Humanities Institute’s Circle of Fellows in 2026-27!

Apply for our Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship

🧩 Annual Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers
📅 Deadline: Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 Details & FAQs: uoft.me/vph26-27

#PublicHumanities #ResearchFellowship
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October 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🎙️Have you been listening to Humanities at Large? This season explores life and death in ancient Greece, Indigenous histories, the songs of Black cowboys, Canadian "print nationalism", natural burials, and reimagined Iraqi marshlands.

Haven’t tuned in yet? Check it out 👇

uoft.me/jhi-podcast
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October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🤖 Who’s Afraid of AI?

📅 Arts Festival: Oct 19–25, 2025
📅 Conference: Oct 23–24, 2025

This week-long inquiry explores how AI is shaping creativity, collective imagination, and intelligence itself.

Keynotes by Geoffrey Hinton and Fei-Fei Li

👉 Learn more https://uoft.me/ai-2026
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October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: #UofT event asks what kind of AI future we want 💻 uoft.me/bVK
Event speakers include (clockwise from top left): N. Katherine Hayles, Geoffrey Hinton, Suzanne Kite, Fei-Fei Li, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Jeanette Winterson, Antonio Somaini, Beth Coleman and Matteo Pasquinelli
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🎭 This Friday is your last chance to catch this celebratory performance intervention marking the 100th anniversary of revolutionary theorist Frantz Fanon’s birth, featuring short plays that imagine Fanon in dialogue with anti-colonial thinkers he never met.

Info 👉 https://uoft.me/fanon
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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✨ Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities ✨

This year, Simon Coleman will explore how England’s cathedrals - once dismissed as dinosaurs and relics of the past - have reemerged as powerful spaces of public religion, attracting millions of visitors each year.

Info: uoft.me/AJL2025
Man and boy lighting a devotional candle in a cathedral. The room is dark and their faces are lit by candlelight. The text overlay is: The Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities: Cathedrals, Dinosaurs, and Puzzling Publics On the Importance of ‘Trivial’ Religion. A Lecture by Simon Coleman Chancellor Henry N.R. Jackman Professor of Religion. November 13, 2025 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street.
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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You're invited to the WGSI Research Seminar with Gina Starblanket.

Only a few seats left!

October 22 | 4-5:30pm

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October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM