A new permanent exhibit at the Maine State Archives in Augusta has its roots in the Ph.D. research of a recent University of Maine alumnus and newly appointed assistant professor. Ethnohistorian Micah Pawling, Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies, is the guest curator of “Choosing Survival: Wabanaki Documents at the Maine State Archives.” The […]
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The UMaine-UNB History Graduate Student Conference is held annually during the Fall semester. Jointly hosted by graduate students at both universities since 1998, the conference site alternates every other year between the two campuses in Orono, Maine, and Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The conference offers a wonderful opportunity for History graduate students from the University […]
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The Canadian-American Center would like to announce the following graduate students who have been awarded a graduate award for the 2012-2013 academic year: New England/Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Fellowships Ann Morrisette (History, Ph.D.) Michael Perry (History, Ph.D.) Canadian-American Center Fellowships Patrick Callaway (History, Ph.D.) Andrew Reiser (History, Ph.D.) Greg Rogers (History Ph.D.) Foreign Language and Area Studies […]
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• Four course development grants yield five new Canadian-content courses With funds from the Canadian-American Center’s US Department of Education Title VI grant, the Center initiated a Canadian Studies Course Development competition. This provided $16,000 (four grants of $4,000) to UMaine faculty to develop a new course on Canada or Canadian-American relations or to modify […]
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Director Stephen J. Hornsby has been awarded the John Lyman Book Award for Naval and Maritime Science and Technology from the North American Society for Oceanic History for his recent book Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of The Atlantic Neptune. Stephen J. Hornsby’s Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the […]
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Betsy Arntzen, director of the Canadian-American Center’s Office of K-12 Canadian Studies outreach, has compiled a comprehensive Canada Unit for Massachusetts Grade 4 teachers, covering all the elements in the MA Frameworks. Based on high-level work created by teachers who completed previous professional development programming offered by the Canadian-American Center, she created a best-practices compilation […]
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The Canadian-American Center and the Maine International Trade Center is proud to announce a new event has been added to the program of the upcoming Cross-Border Economic Conference! On April 24th, 2012 at 2:30 PM, All registered conference participants will have the option of taking a tour of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center on […]
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Professor of Geography and Canadian Studies and director of the Canadian-American Center Stephen Hornsby presented a lecture in the University of British Columbia’s Green College as part of their Thematic Lecture Series Transforming Canada: Histories of Environmental Change. Professor Hornsby, who received his PhD from the University of British Columbia, presented a lecture titled “Fish […]
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Director Stephen J. Hornsby has been awarded the Publication of the Year Award by the Board of Governors of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation for his recent book Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of The Atlantic Neptune. Stephen J. Hornsby’s Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. […]
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