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Zoom Talk: Paul Kramer, Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, “The Weight of the World: Writing Global and Transnational History in an Unequal World”

https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-uuqTgiE9KWZg0LhODEOqtPM_b6HGb4#/registration Paul A. Kramer is an associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University; he specializes in U.S. international history. He has authored dozens of articles published in leading academic journals […]

Awards / Phi Alpha Theta Ceremony

McIntire Room in the Buchanan Alumni House

History Department Scholarship Awards & Phi Alpha Theta Initiation

Long Event

Bangor Room, Memorial Union

The Socialist-Marxist Luncheon Series at UMaine  will have a program on Ngo Vinh Long, followed by a reception sponsored by the History Department. This event will also be held on […]

Jamie Kreiner, Professor of History, University of Georgia

Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Hall University of Maine

Jamie Kreiner, Professor of History, University of Georgia, will deliver a lecture on medieval monks’ diets, which is related to her forthcoming book The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell […]

A celebration of Ngo Vinh Long’s life, work, and legacy.

Harvard-Yenching LIbrary Harvard-Yenching LIbrary, 2 Divinity Ave, Boston

Friends and colleagues of Ngo Vinh Long will have a celebration of his life, work, and legacy during the Asian Studies Association Conference at Harvard-Yenching LIbrary, 2 Divinity Ave., Boston, […]

The Contradictions of ‘Civilizing’ Consumption: Colonial Wine in Britain’s Imperial Project.

Dr. Chelsea Davis is an Assistant Professor of British History with a focus on Empire at Missouri State University. She received her PhD from The George Washington University in 2021, where her doctoral dissertation, “Cultivating Imperial Networks: British Colonial Wine Production at the Cape of Good Hope and South Australia, 1834-1910,” examined the process of […]

Awards / Phi Alpha Theta Ceremony

Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono

Proof of Covid vaccination (or recent negative test) will be required for admission to this in-person event. Masks will be required except for speakers from the podium and during the reception.   GUEST SPEAKER   Mary Copeland Managing Director of Lippman Jungers Bala, LLC   “Bet On Yourself— Defining One’s History”  

Public Lecture: Transatlantic Subversive? Irish Suffragist and Nationalist Hanna Sheehy Skeffington’s American Lecture Tours, 1917-21

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 […]

Public Lecture: Dr. Peter Mansoor, “The Iraq War and the Rise of ISIS”

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Description: Lecture by Dr. Peter Mansoor, Department of History, the Ohio State University, titled “The Iraq War and the Rise of ISIS.” The event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the History Department, as part of its 2018-19 symposium series. Mansoor Flyer

Public Lecture: It’s Not Easy Being Green: Environmental Engagement in the Past and the Present

107 Norman Smith Hall, Umaine, Orono

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 […]

Public Lecture: Dr. Matthew Hatvany, “A Borderless Continent: Rethinking the Canadian-American Borderlands from an Ecological Perspective”

131 Barrows Hall

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.

Environmental History Panel

Bangor Room, Memorial Union

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

Annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace & Social Justice Lecture

141 Bennett Hall

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 […]

Symposium Presenter – Dr. Margaret W. Pearce

131 Barrows Hall

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" […]

Symposium – Dr. Liam Riordan on Maine’s Statehood

Soderberg Lecture Hall

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 […]

“The Secrets of Vikings” by Anders Winroth

131 Barrows Hall

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 […]

“National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History”

Coe Room in the Memorial Union

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 […]

“The Reformation at 500”

131 Barrows Hall

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 […]

Downtown Bangor Art Walk

Downtown Bangor

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 […]

Digital Humanities Week

University of Maine

A wide range of events will be announced soon for the Digital Humanities Week. Look for the link on the Humanity Department's website.

HTY 130 Field Trip to MDI and Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park and MDI

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 […]

The Personhood of Plants: Land, Language and the Rights of Nature

McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House

Dr. Kimmerer, a professor of Environmental Science and Forestry at SUNY College in Syracuse, NY, will be giving her talk on "The Personhood of Plants: Land, Language and the Rights of Nature" at 7:00 p.m. on May 15th in the McIntire Room at the Buchanan Alumni House. This presentation will explore on our relationship to […]

History of Jazz Musicians and Their Travels

Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Hall University of Maine

On April 10th, at 12Noon, Sean Mills, a professor at the University of Toronto, will speak on a transnational history of jazz musicians and their travels between New York and Montreal.

Annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace & Social Justice Lecture: Concrete Demands: Black Power History and Legacies in the 21st Century

Minsky Recital Hall

On April 6th, Rhonda Y. Williams, a professor of history and director at Social Justice Institute Case Western Reserve University, will speak on "Concrete Demands: Black Power History and Legacies in the 21st Century" for the annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace & Social Justice Lecture. There will be a reception and book signing to follow. […]

History Department Symposium

130 Little Hall University of Maine , Orono

Stephen Mitchell, Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University, will speak on “Place and Past in the Sagas: Relique or Blank Slate” Oct 17 Saga event_revised_letter-1

Bangor City Forest’s Bog Boardwalk

Bangor City Forest Stillwater Ave

History Department Undergraduates, Graduates, and Faculty -- Join Us! We will be making a tour of the Bangor City Forest's Bog Boardwalk on October 15 at 10:00.  Stroll through a […]

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Collins Center

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