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New Canadian Books at Fogler Library
Fogler Library has released its newest selection of Canadian related books! To view the list of books, click here!
Read more2013-2014 Graduate Awards Announced
The Canadian-American Center would like to announce the following graduate students who have been awarded a graduate award for the 2013-2014 academic year: New England/Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Fellowships Ann Morrisette (History, Ph.D.) Michael Perry (History, Ph.D.) Canadian-American Center Fellowships Ian Jesse (History, Ph.D) Greg Rogers (History Ph.D.) Rachel Snell (History, Ph.D) Foreign Language and Area Studies […]
Read moreCenter’s Director recieves award for Surveyors of Empire publication
Stephen J. Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center has been awarded The Pierre Savard Award by the International Council for Canadian Studies for his recent book Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of The Atlantic Neptune. The Pierre Savard Awards are designed to recognize and highlight outstanding scholarly monographs on […]
Read moreCenter’s Historical Atlas of Maine featured in Bangor Daily News
Stephen J. Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center was featured in the Bangor Daily News to discuss the Historical Atlas of Maine publication and the Center’s involvement with the Maine Humanities Initiative. To read the full article, please click here.
Read moreNew Permanent Exhibit at Maine State Archives Based on Canadian-American Center Faculty Research
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 […]
Read moreUMaine-UNB History Graduate Student Conference
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 […]
Read more2012-2013 CAN-AM Graduate Awards Announced
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 […]
Read moreFive New Canadian-Content Courses
• 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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