About the lecture On 7 October 1825, the Miramichi region of New Brunswick experienced one of the largest forest fires in recorded history while, next door, Maine suffered the most […]
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This event has been postponed. We anticipate that it will be rescheduled during the Fall 2020 semester. Please join us for our final Spring 2020 graduate research presentation. History PhD […]
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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 […]
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LUNCH PROVIDED Lecture by Ann Little (Colorado State Univ.), “The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright: Communities of Women in the Northeast Borderlands” in the Bumps Room of the Student Union, […]
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Please join us in congratulating Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and History Micah Pawling for the selection of his article, “Wəlastəkwey (Maliseet) Homeland: Waterscapes and Continuity within the Lower St. John River Valley, 1784-1900,” for the 2018 Canadian Aboriginal History Article prize. You can access the article in Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the […]
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From Dr. Pearce: In this talk, I introduce cartography as a form of language and demonstrate how I’ve worked with that language to explore and express Canadian history. I present […]
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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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Professor Donald Wright of University of New Brunswick will present “National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History” at our upcoming Fall CanAm Lecture. To get updates about this event, join on Facebook! […]
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“In this paper I will explore new ways of thinking about Quebec and its connections to other societies and cultures, with a particular emphasis on debates about race and the […]
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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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