Riordan Speaks about Importance of Humanities on MPBN’s ‘Maine Calling’
Liam Riordan, director of the University of Maine Humanities Center, was an Aug. 13 guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show, titled “The importance of humanities,” focused on how and why the humanities matter in not only the academic world, but the world at large. William “Bro” Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, also was a guest. Adams will be delivering a keynote address at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 13, at Point Lookout in Northport as part of a free public Celebration of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Humanities in Maine, coordinated by the UMaine Humanities Center.