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 Art. We will use a university van to make a day-trip to Portland with plenty of time to explore this great city on our own. […]
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 and Present Perspectives on Maine's Bicentennial" This illustrated presentation explores the long statehood process in Maine, which culminated in 1820 with formal separation from Massachusetts. […]
Dr. Margaret W. Pearce, a former Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Kansas, will give a lecture. "Imagination, identity, and the cartography of history: 3 maps of Canada" 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. […]
Dr. Nancy MacLean, a William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, will give a lecture titled "'Freedom of Disintegration’: Milton Friedman, Free Market Activists, and the South's Desegregation Crisis" in room 141 of Bennett Hall at 12:30 pm. View the Lecture Flyer Here
Dr. Nancy MacLean, a William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, will give a lecture titled "The Origins of Today's Billionaire-Funded Radical Right and the Crisis of Democracy” at 5:30 pm in the Minsky Recital Hall. There will be a reception and book signing to follow. View the Lecture Flyer […]
Shannon M. Risk, '96, '09, Associate Professor of History at Niagara University, will deliver a lecture entitled: "Examining the Life of Maine Missionary and Suffragist Elizabeth Upham Yates — The Importance of Biography" "Elizabeth Upham Yates (1857-1942) was a missionary and suffragist, born and raised in Coastal Maine, who rose to national prominence as a […]
A panel to discuss the significance of Professor Richard Judd’s career as he heads into retirement and to explore new directions in eastern environmental history. Check out the Flyer Here
Description: Lecture by Dr. Matthew Hatvany, Department of Geography, Université Laval, titled “A Borderless Continent: Rethinking the Canadian-American Borderlands from an Ecological Perspective.” The event is free and open to the public, and co-sponsored by the History Department, as part of its 2018-19 symposium series, and the Canadian-American Center.
