On October 1st, the HTY 130 class will go on a field trip to MDI and Acadia National Park. The bus will be leaving and returning to campus. First spots will be filled by the HTY 130 students, and any remaining spots will be opened up to History Department students and faculty, then the rest […]
A wide range of events will be announced soon for the Digital Humanities Week. Look for the link on the Humanity Department's website.
Todd Presner, a Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Los Angles will deliver a lecture titled "Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities." The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 Symposium Series and the 2017 Digital Humanities Week. It will be held at 3:10 […]
The Downtown Bangor Art Walk features a free reception and performances at the Bangor Arts Exchange (located at 193 Exchange Street). It also offers a free reception and tour at the UMaine Museum of Art. The first-come, first-served bus will leave from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lost at 4:30 pm and will […]
On Thursday, October 26th, at 5:00 pm, Anne Knowles will give a lecture on the now decade-long interdisciplinary collaboration between geographers and historians studying the geographic dimensions of the Holocaust. It will particularly focus on the difficulties of translating ambiguous, partial, and inconsistent historical information into database form, and the representational challenges of mapping complex […]
In the midst of the five hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's posting of the 95 theses, the University of Maine faculty (Joel Anderson, Caroline Bicks, and Michael Lang) will offer […]
Donald Wright, a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, will deliver a lecture titled "National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History." The event will take place […]
Anders Winroth, a Forst Family Professor of History at Yale University, will deliver a lecture on the Vikings. The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 Symposium Series and […]
The tour of "Model Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830" will begin at 2:00 pm and will include a meeting with Diana Greenwold, the Associate Curator of American […]
Dr. Liam Riordan, Professor of History at the University of Maine will deliver a lecture on Maine’s statehood and the upcoming bicentennial in 2019-2020. "What's So Funny 'Bout Commemoration? Past […]
