History

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.

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Environmental Engagement in the Past and Present Monday, October 29 at 3:00 pm 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono Mark McLaughlin, Department of History, UMaine For many conservationists and environmentalists, the Holy Grail in terms of trying to make real and long-term change happen is effective engagement with policymakers and […]

Description: Lecture by Dr. Larissa J. Taylor, Department of History, Colby College, titled “Joan of Arc: Warrior or Saint?” The event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the History Department, as part of its 2018-19 symposium series.

Presented by Professor Elizabeth McKillen as part of the History Department Symposium Series. For much of her early life, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington devoted herself primarily to the women’s suffrage cause in Ireland. Yet when her pacifist husband, Frank Sheehy Skeffington, was brutally executed without trial by British troops during the Irish Easter Rebellion, Hanna travelled […]