Becoming Modern: The Transformation of the University of Maine, 1965-2017 Maine Heritage Lecture by Howard Segal, Professor of History Monday, October 23 4:30 p.m. McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House The event will begin with a reception. In 1965 the University of Maine was a very traditional land-grant school concentrating on agriculture and engineering. In 1968, however, […]
University of Maine Peace and Reconciliation Studies Fall Conference and the 14th annual ESTIA conference present Reclaiming a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Monday, October 16 10:00am-5:00pm Buchanan Alumni House […]
The Personhood of Plants: Land, language and the rights of nature This presentation will explore on our relationship to plants and how it is shaped by culture, worldview and experience. Together, we will explore scientific and indigenous conceptions of the nature of plants, from natural resources and respected teachers to consider how our perceptions of […]
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture are proud to present the first annual Libby Lecture in Resource Policy. Byron Kenneth Williams, Executive Director, The Wildlife Society, will be presenting a talk entitled “Uncertainty, Learning, and a Framework for the Integration of Science and Policy.” 4 p.m. Lecture 5 p.m. […]
Students play the role of the countries in the Six-Party talks (North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, United States, or Russia), and try to “get to normal” or find a way forward with a nuclear North Korea. April 4, 2:00-5:00pm McIntyre Room, Buchanan House This event is sponsored by the School of Policy and International […]
A panel discussion with Florence Lowe Lee of Gabi: http://_www.thegabi.com/company/president and Jenny Town of USKI and their blog 38 North: http://uskoreainstitute.org/about/staff/jenny-town/ April 3, 5:00pm McIntyre Room, Buchanan House This event is sponsored by the School of Policy and International Affairs and the Korean Economic Institute
Speaker: Douglas Stuart, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson College Professor DOUGLAS STUART is the first holder of the J. William and Helen D. Stuart Chair in International Studies at Dickinson College and is also an Adjunct Research Professor at the U.S. Army War College. He is the author, co-author or editor of ten books, four monographs, […]
A talk by Christina Davis of Princeton University: https://www.princeton.edu/~cldavis/ March 20, 5:00pm McIntyre Room, Buchanan House The event is sponsored by the School of Policy and International Affairs with funding from the Association of Asian Studies.
