CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. Dear categories list, I'm pleased to announce a new seminar series, the Emerging Researchers in Category Theory (Em-Cats) Virtual Seminar, which will comprise talks given by graduate students in Category Theory around the world. The series is led by Eugenia Cheng, and organized by Topos Institute. The aims are, broadly: 1. Help the next generation of category theorists become wonderful speakers. 2. Make use of the virtual possibilities, and give opportunities to graduate students in places where there is not a category theory group or local seminar they can usefully speak in. 3. Give an opportunity to graduate students to have a global audience, especially giving more visibility to students from less famous/large groups. 4. Make a general opportunity for community among category theorists who are more isolated than those with local groups. 5. Make a series of truly intelligible talks, which we hope students and researchers around the world will enjoy and appreciate. Eugenia will assist each speaker in the preparation of their talk, to ensure that all talks are excellent. We expect to plan one talk per month initially, starting in August or September 2021. Applications to speak in the seminar are now open. A first round of applications will close on April 30th, 2021. If you are a student or recent graduate, please do consider applying. If not, please do share the word and encourage students or recent graduates to apply. In line with the aims above, we would appreciate any particular efforts to reach out to those who may, for whatever reason, have fewer opportunities within the category theory community. For more information, including the application form, see: https://topos.site/em-cats/ With kind regards, Brendan [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]