Friday, October 14 | 3:00 p.m.
Collins Center for the Arts
“The Future of the Humanities”: A Discussion with Dr. Heather Cox Richardson and Brian Naylor in Celebration of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s First Decade
A 2022 Homecoming Event, produced in collaboration with the University of Maine Alumni Association, the University of Maine College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Join us for a discussion about the role of the humanities in our current social, cultural and political moment. Literature, art, music, history, and the other disciplines within the humanities offer students of all ages valuable tools for understanding, connection, and empathy. Whether it’s discussing a movie, reading a novel, or listening to a favorite tune, our appreciation for the humanities occurs daily yet too often passes unnoticed.
Brian Naylor, the veteran National Public Radio correspondent, will interview and discuss the future of the humanities with Dr. Heather Cox Richardson. As part of Homecoming, 2022, this celebration of the culmination of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s first decade will offer some ideas for the next decade – and beyond – for the future of the humanities.