Events

Can-Am Center Hosts Spring 2021 “Writing in French in North America” Lecture Series and Canadian History Lecture

This spring, the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine will host a lecture series focusing on North American francophone authors and literature.  Virtual presentations will take place 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. (EST), and all are welcome to attend. March 8, 2021 Dr. Barry Ancelet, University of Louisiana at Lafayette “Valoriser le vernaculaire. La littérature francophone […]

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Atlantic Canada Studies Conference cancelled

2021 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference cancelled

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian-American Center, in consultation with the Acadiensis Board, has decided to cancel the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference that had been rescheduled for May 2021. It is hoped that a Canadian university will host the conference in 2022. The Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine hopes to […]

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Upcoming Presentation by Dr. Nancy Kong

Please join us on Wednesday, November 18th at 9:00AM for a research presentation entitled “Parental Economic Insecurity and Children’s Non-Cognitive Skills: A Panel Study of 2-to-5 Year-Olds in Canada”. Click here to register for the event. You must register before the event to access the Zoom presentation. About the lecture This paper explores the relationship […]

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Upcoming Presentation from Dr. Annie Tock

Please join us for a graduate research presentation entitled “Whose Streets? Policing Orange Riots in 19th c. British North America”, On November 12th at 12 PM via zoom. In this lecture, Annie Tock will examine the mid-19th century Party Processions Acts through the lenses of social and spatial history and consider the ways in which […]

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Upcoming graduate research presentation by Carol Blasi

Please join us for a graduate research presentation entitled “The Case for Seigneurialism in l’Acadie: A Legal Historical Approach to Land Tenure in Acadian Agricultural Settlements in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries” by Carol Blasi. Carol received her PhD in History from the University of Maine in August 2019. She currently teaches as an […]

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ACS Registration

Registration for the 2020 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference is now open! Please use the following link https://umaine.edu/canam/acs2020/registration/

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Patrick Callaway Research Presentation

Please join us at the Bangor room for “Nova Scotia and the ‘New Empire’ 1783-1815”, a presentation of graduate research by UMaine PhD candidate Patrick Callaway. This event is free and open to the public. A boxed lunch is provided. We hope to see you there! Click here for our Facebook event!

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Now accepting proposals: Atlantic Canada Studies Conference 2020

The Canadian-American Center and the Department of History of the University of Maine invite proposals for the 2020 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference to be held at the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast, Maine, USA on May 14-16, 2019. The theme of the conference is “Crossing Borders, Bridging Boundaries.” With most participants crossing the […]

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Register now for the Ottawa Field Trip Oct. 25-27

UMaine students, faculty, and the broader community are invited to register for our yearly field-trip to Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. This trip is an exciting opportunity for UMaine students to travel to a foreign country and experience Canadian geography, history, culture, politics, and social identity first-hand! This year’s trip will take place October 25-27, 2019. […]

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