College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

THAT Camp (Code and Gender) Monday, October 2 1:00-2:45pm IMRC 112 Despite a nationwide push to teach programming to a more diverse body of students in K-12 education, recent studies suggest women are most likely to drop out of computer science in college. Ruth Leopold’s Coders Collaborative(COCO) aims to increase the retention of women in […]

"Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities" Lecture by Todd Presner Todd Presner, Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles will deliver a lecture. Title of lecture TBA. Monday, October 2 3:10pm Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 […]

Whether the subject is symphonies, galaxies, or dinosaurs, immersive audio and video offer a captivating platform for educating and engrossing audiences. The 2017 Digital Humanities Week features two pioneers of such platforms, who will demo their unique systems in UMaine’s new Emera Astronomy Center and M.F. Jordan Planetarium. Dutch planetarium producer Robin Sip will demonstrate […]

Fair Use in the Age of Instagram Tuesday, October 3 9:30-10:45am Barrows Hall, 119 Social media are the latest wave of Internet-powered creativity to challenge notions of copyright and fair use. How do scholars and students know the ethical and legal constraints in social networks where sharing is the norm rather than the exception? It […]

Animating a Planetarium Dome with Maya Tuesday, October 3 10:00-11:30am IMRC 113 Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

Fair Use Workshop Tuesday, October 3 11:00-11:45am IMRC 112 Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

No matter your level, bring your lunch and join us on Tuesdays for conversation in French. This event is held every Tuesday when classes are in session. 12:15-1:15pm Little Hall, Room 207

THAT Camp (Digital Publishing) Tuesday, October 3 1:00-2:00pm IMRC 112 In the digital age, the experience of a museum need no longer be stepping foot through a marble doorway into a brick-and-mortar edifice. Interactive online collections, mobile apps, and augmented and virtual reality offer new ways for cultural heritage organizations to tell stories. This session […]

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Tuesday, October 3 2:00-3:15pm IMRC APPE Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

Art at the Edge of Science: Joe Davis Tuesday, October 3 3:30-4:45pm IMRC APPE No one better exemplifies the promise and excitement of STEM to STEAM than MIT’s unofficial artist in residence, Joe Davis. Davis’ contagious brilliance has inspired some of the world’s leading scientists to help build his outlandish ideas, from fishing rigs designed […]

Discovering the “Long” 18th Century: Making Connections within Gale Primary Sources Tuesday, October 13 4:00-5:15pm Library Classroom, 1st floor Fogler Library (near the “Union” entrance) This workshop will provide an overview of critical primary sources available to scholars at the University of Maine seeking to enhance their digital humanities research. Representatives from Gale will review […]

STEM to STEAM: Roger Malina Tuesday, October 3 5:00-6:15pm IMRC APPE A keynote speaker at this year’s Digital Humanities Week is Roger Malina, widely regarded as a leading champion of the STEM to STEAM movement. As Executive Editor of MIT’s Leonardo publications, Malina has overseen a scholarly magazine and book series that for 50 years […]

Spatialized Sound in Public Environments Tuesday, October 3 7:00-8:30pm Emera Astronomy Center Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

The Intermedia MFA Tuesdays at the IMRC Lecture Series continues to provide the UMaine, Orono and Bangor community with a diverse schedule of compelling speakers, and performances by contemporary and interdisciplinary artists and performers from around the country and world. All events are free, open to the public and will take place at the Innovative Media Research Commercialization Center, located in […]

Civic Engagement Wednesday, October 4 10:00-11:00am IMRC 112 At a time when policy decisions and electoral politics seem determined more by personal bias than facts, the role of public intellectuals seems more important than ever. Yet this also seems to be a moment when public respect for academics–and the impact of their research–is at an […]

Visualizing Art and Science in an Immersive Dome Wednesday, October 4 11:00am-12:45pm Emera Astronomy Center Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

THATCamp (Visualizing the Brain) Wednesday, October 4 1:45-3:00pm Hackerspace Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

THATCamp (DIY Scientific Instruments) Wednesday, October 4 3:30-5:00pm Hackerspace Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

NEH Wild Blueberry (photo workshop) Wednesday, October 4 4:00-6:00pm IMRC 112 Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

NEH Wild Blueberry (video workshop) Thursday, October 5 9:30-10:45am IMRC 112 Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

No matter your level, bring your lunch and join us for conversation in Spanish. This event is held every Thursday when classes are in session. 12:15-1:15pm Little Hall, Room 207

Blueberries, Clams, & Beer: Lure of the Local Thursday, October 5 1:00-2:45pm IMRC 112 Against the backdrop of a fifty-year trend toward globalization has emerged in the last few decades a movement to reclaim local cultures and economies. Beyond the surface of branding like “Made in Maine” stickers lie vibrant social networks with deep historical […]

Right to Umake Thursday, October 5 3:30-4:45pm Estabrooke 130 As technological platforms have become more powerful, our ability to deconstruct them has weakened. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act criminalizes farmers who disassemble tractors, hip-hop artists who sample vintage songs, and museum conservators who decompile obsolete software. Store shelves over the last fifty years have likewise […]

The New Writing Series welcomes Claire Donato. Thursday, October 5 4:30pm Allen & Sally Fernald APPE Space (104 Stewart Commons) The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, […]

THATCamp (Unmaking Sound/Virtual Museums) Thursday, October 5 6:00-7:30pm IMRC 112 Visit digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net/dhweek2017 for more information or to register for events. Click here to view a full schedule of Digital Humanities Week events.

Puntos suspensivos: A Personal Geography for Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture by Zachary Ludington, Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Maine Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Thursday, October 5 6:30pm Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall Reception to follow This event is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Classic, CHISPA Centro Hispana, and […]

Emera Astronomy Center's Science Lecture Series Potential Cancer Cures Leveraging 3D Tissue Engineering and Bone Marrow Models with Dr. Michaela Reagan Thursday, October 5 7:00pm Emera Astronomy Center Tickets: $6 for adults, $5 for Umaine students, seniors, and veterans, $4 for children 12 and under Book Tickets Now! Join us as we explore new ways […]

The Intermedia MFA Tuesdays at the IMRC Lecture Series continues to provide the UMaine, Orono and Bangor community with a diverse schedule of compelling speakers, and performances by contemporary and interdisciplinary artists and performers from around the country and world. All events are free, open to the public and will take place at the Innovative Media Research Commercialization Center, located in […]

The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine will host an exhibition of stone sculptures created by eight emerging and internationally recognized Maine artists Oct. 6 through Nov. 17. “Carved Stone: Maine Artists” features artists who were selected in response to the aesthetic and creative quality of their work, as well as a means […]

ARTober Kick-Off Event coincides with the Bangor ArtWalk Friday, October 6 5:00-8:00pm Bangor Arts Exchange 193 Exchange Street, Bangor The kick-off event will be held in the new Bangor Arts Exchange (BAE) building and will be the public debut of this exciting new space. A great deal of foot traffic is expected because of the […]