“Jerusalem From Antiquity to the Present.” Lecture by Prof. Roger Brooks Thursday, Sept. 7 12:00 p.m. Bangor Room, Memorial Union Free and open to the public An illustrated lecture and brown-bag lunch in the Bangor Room of the University of Maine’s Memorial Union, to be followed by a discussion. Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series, […]
Speaker: Paul Kunoni, UMaine MA in Global Policy candidate and author of The Breaking Spears: A Culture at Crossroads with Modernity (iUniverse, 2015) Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: 235 North Stevens Hall Paul Kunoni is the author of The Breaking Spears: A Culture at Crossroads with Modernity (iUniverse, 2015), a detailed account of how his tradition and family background shaped his resolve […]
Film Screening and Discussion of independent film by Iranian-Canadian journalist and filmmaker, Maziar Bahari. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: 235 North Stevens Hall “To Light A Candle” is an independent film by Iranian-Canadian journalist and filmmaker, Maziar Bahari. It derives its title from what is an old Chinese proverb: Don’t rail against the darkness—light a candle. It chronicles […]
