Frédéric Rondeau, assistant professor of French and assistant director of the Canadian-American Center, has been awarded the 2017 Jean-Éthier-Blais prize for the best book of literary criticism in Quebec for Le Manque en Partage, a study of Quebec poets Michel Beaulieu and Gilbert Langevin. To learn more about the award, please click here.
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We are pleased to announce that UMaine adjunct assistant professor and Canadian-American Center affiliate Stefano Tijerina was honored at the “150 Years of Canadian Business History” conference in Toronto on September 11-12, 2017 as the first recipient of the Chris Kobrak Fellowship in Canadian Business History. Read more about Tijerina’s accomplishments here and visit CBHA-ACHA to learn […]
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Canadian-American Center fellowship recipient Patrick Callaway recently appeared on Bob Duschesne’s “Wild Maine” on 92.9 FM to discuss how Maine got its borders. The interview, which aired on December 10 and 11, features US-Canadian cross-border history. You can listen to the segment on YouTube:
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The National Endowment for the Humanities has featured the Historical Atlas of Maine as a “Featured Project” in recognition of the many awards the volume has earned since publication. Click here to read the article!
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Professor Frederic Rondeau’s latest edited volume, “La contre-culture au Québec” has been recognized on a list of 100 must-read books by ICI Radio-Canada. View the whole list (in French) here and listen to Michel Désautels explain why he chose Prof. Rondeau’s book (in French) here. You can learn more or purchased the book at Les Presses de l’Université […]
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The Historical Atlas of Maine was honored with a 2016 Maine Literary Award for Excellence in Publishing at ceremony on Thursday, May 26 at SPACE in downtown Portland. Canadian-American Center Director Prof. Stephen Hornsby and publisher Michael Alpert received the award. View photos of the event. For more information about the Atlas or to place an order, […]
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The Canadian-American Center is proud to announce that the Historical Atlas of Maine has been recognized by the American Association of Geographers as the winner of the 2016 Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography. The volume has been recognized for its rigorous yet engaging portrayal of Maine’s geography across thousands of years. For more information about […]
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