This fall the McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) will welcome four new undergraduate research fellows for the academic year: Luke Miller, Sabrina Paetow, Stephanie Tillotson, and Heather Webb. This new cohort will join existing fellows Delaney Burns, Elizabeth Dalton, Grace Royle and Haley Santerre. Incoming fellow Luke Miller, a history major from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, will spend […]
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The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a two-night research showcase event, “The Stories We Tell,” featuring the four graduating undergraduate student fellows. The showcase will take place on Wednesday, April 21, and Thursday, April 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. on both nights. The four fellows’ presentations will be split into two nights to allow for sufficient […]
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The McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s new “Hidden UMaine” tour aims to highlight key people, moments and places in campus history that often go overlooked, including the experiences of the first students of color, early efforts to create inclusive student groups like Wilde Stein, or moments of unrest. Overseeing the student project is the MHC’s humanities […]
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Four University of Maine students have joined the McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) this semester as research fellows: Delaney Burns, Elizabeth Dalton, Grace Royle, and Haley Santerre. This new cohort joins existing fellows Nolan Altvater, Hailey Cedor, Nola Prevost and Katherine Reardon, who will finish their research at the MHC in Spring, 2021. Incoming fellow […]
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On Thursday, November 12, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be sponsoring a panel on “The Humanities as Activism in Chicago.” This session of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series will feature three remarkable panelists whose work at the intersection of the humanities and activism has garnered national attention: Tonika Johnson, Kevin Coval, and Nicole Marroquin. Free and […]
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The Fall 2020-Spring 2021 McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows are, from left to right, Hailey Cedor, Nola Prevost, Nolan Altvater, and Katherine Reardon. Joining the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) as Fall 2020 through Spring 2021 Fellows are Nolan Altvater, Hailey Cedor, Nola Prevost and Katherine Reardon. The new cohort joins returning […]
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On Friday, September 25, 2020, the University of Maine’s McGillicuddy Humanities Center will offer a virtual workshop on applying for NEH grants. It will be conducted by Mark Silver, Senior Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. The workshop is open to the public. Anyone interested in […]
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Dear Friends of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, In alignment with the rest of the University of Maine, we are canceling spring 2020 events on campus and rescheduling as many as possible for later dates, in summer or during the coming academic year. We are working to continue sharing the humanities resources of the University of Maine with the […]
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The Spring 2020-Fall 2020 McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows are, from left to right, Ivy Flessen, Leela Stockley, Bria Lamonica. The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center is proud to announce that UMaine students Ivy Flessen, Bria Lamonica, and Leela Stockley have been chosen as our Spring 2020-Fall 2020 MHC undergraduate fellows. Fellows receive $4000 […]
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CALL FOR PAPERS Maine in the Statehood Era (ca. 1780s-1820s) and its Commemoration and Legacy A volume of scholarly essays to be edited by Richard Judd (McBride Professor of History, emeritus, Univ. of Maine) and Liam Riordan (Professor of History, Univ. of Maine). To mark the bicentennial of the state of Maine in 2020, the co-editors seek […]
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