Kickoff Event, tour the UMaine Museum of Art, and join the year’s last Downtown Bangor ARTwalk How do I get on the bus? It’s easy! A first-come, first-served bus will leave from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot at 4:00 p.m. and return to that location at about 8:15 p.m. You can also […]
A talk given by Angel Loredo, Director of Higher Education at the Maine Department of Education as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu
Richard Rubin is the author of four books, two of which are about America and World War I: The Last of the Doughboys, and Back Over There. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, and Smithsonian, among others, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times' Travel section. […]
October 26th—4 pm CLAS Dean's Reception - Hudson Museum, Collins Center for the Arts Emily A. Haddad, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, invites all alumni/ae and their family and friends to the Dean's Reception, co-hosted by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center. Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available as alumni/ae, students, and […]
An Eye for Detail Framing Maine Series #3 Readings by authors Paul Doiron and Kristen Lindquist, featuring a Q&A with Monica Wood Thursday, Nov. 8 Pre-Talk Reception with Authors 6:00-7:00 pm Miller’s Café, Collins Center for the Arts Performance and Q&A with Monica Wood 7:00-9:00 pm Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall This event […]
In collaboration with the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s Symposium “War without End: The Legacies of World War I” Euphony: Orono’s Chamber Choir presents We are the Dead: The Legacy of Loss Choral concert and poetry reading commemorating World War I Friday, Nov. 9 Minsky Recital Hall 7:30 pm Reception in Minsky lobby to follow the performance. […]
Modernism in Wartime: Avant-Gardes, Revolutions, Poetries The talk centers on Apollinaire and the fate of the avant-garde in war, a story that taps into the history of failed revolutions in European history for the preceding century. Speaker: Vincent Sherry, Howard Nemerov Professor of the Humanities and Chair of the English Department at Washington University […]
From Woodrow Wilson to Donald Trump: The Lessons of the First World War A lecture by Don Zillman, Edward Godfrey Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law Part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center 2018-19 Symposium Tuesday, Feb. 12 12:30-1:30 p.m. 100 Nutting Hall Reception to follow
Cosmopolitan Sympathies: Poetry of the First Global War A panel moderated by Dr. Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon Professor and Professor of English at the University of Virginia Part of […]
Baking as Autobiography: Lessons from a Contemporary Recipe Collection A public lecture by Dr. Diane Tye Thursday, March 7 Estabrooke Ballroom 4:30 pm Sponsored in part by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the Canadian-American Center, the Dept. of History, the Dept. of Sociology, the Maine Folklife Center, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
