On Friday, April 19 at 11:00 am in the Weisz Room of the Maples (110), outgoing MHC Undergraduate Fellow Iris Loehr, an English major in the Honors College, will present on her project “The Bridge is Jammed with Mountain People: Essays on Place in Central Appalachia” by Iris Loehr as part of UMaine's Women in Philosophy conference. By blending creative and academic […]

On November 3 at 6:00 pm in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts, former MHC director and professor of communication and journalism Michael Socolow will give […]

On Friday, September 29, professor of history and former MHC director Liam Riordan will host a UMaine student trip to the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) in Downtown Bangor (40 Harlow Street) […]

On March 29-30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022-23 MHC […]

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is proud to be a supporter of the 2022 RIVAS (Raising Indigenous Voices in Academia and Society) Conference. RIVAS 2022 supports the scholarship of Indigenous academics […]

The University of Maine and the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine are hosting sociologist Alex Vitale for a free webinar on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Vitale, who has […]

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 Fellow Noah Loveless will lead a group reading of poet Arthur Rimbaud's work "A Season In Hell" on the 165th anniversary of Rimbaud's birth. Join the MHC […]

A lecture by Jennifer Moxley will precede a public workshop of selections from Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act, Based on H.D.’s Bid Me to Live […]

Diane Tye’s research is located in Atlantic Canada; much of it centers on the uses women make of folklore in their everyday lives. She is author of Baking as Biography. A […]

Andrew Epstein, Professor and Chair for Graduate Studies at Florida State University, will give a talk on “Fence-Sitting Raised to the Level of an Esthetic Ideal: John Ashbery and the Poetics of […]

From Page to Stage: “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Post-Show Discussion Join theater professionals Pier Carlo Talenti and Toby Bercovici for a post-show discussion on Sunday, Nov. 12, after the  matinee of Shakespeare’s […]

"Mixed Allegiances" is a lecture by Dr. Liam Riordan, former Center director. The lecture is part of the two day weekend event, Experience Fort George in Castine, running form 8am-9pm Saturday […]

Join Maine-Wabanaki REACH and UMaine Art Education Students for an interactive story-telling event. We will be exploring events in the shared history of Europeans and their descendants and Wabanaki people. […]

Richard Brucher Come listen to UMaine English Professor Richard Brucher discuss the brilliance of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece Hedda Gabler. Brucher will examine the various problems of interpretation posed by the […]

The SPA & CCA pre-performance talk will be given by Philip Edelman, assistant professor of music education and the concert band director. During the talk, he will familiarize the audience […]

From the Canadian-American website: “In this paper I will explore new ways of thinking about Quebec and its connections to other societies and cultures, with a particular emphasis on debates […]

The University of Maine Humanities Center Faculty Grant award process for 2017 is now open. Spring Deadline: Friday March 31, 2017 Applications are being accepted for maximum awards of $2,500 to support faculty research, community engagement, or innovative teaching proposals. The funds are normally used for expense reimbursement and cannot be used as compensation for faculty time. Completed grant applications and budget forms should be […]

Two young, dynamic female journalists from the Washington Post—Jessica Contrera and Katie Mettler—will be giving a lecture from 2-3:30PM in Wells Conference Center Room 3. They will be talking on “Clickbait, Fake News and the Fourth Estate: Why Journalism is More Vital Than Ever.” This event, organized by Josh Roiland, is certain to be thrilling, have high relevance, and […]

Sujata Iyengar, Professor of English, University of Georgia, will present a talk on "Shakespeare and Contemporary Cancer Narratives" at 4:00 on Monday February 27 in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union.  A reception will follow. Professor Iyengar is the author of Shakespeare's Medical Language ( 2014),  Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England  […]

Edna St. Vincent Millay Birthday Celebration Reading in the Farnsworth auditorium. "A gala poetry reading will take place in honor of the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. The event will mark the poet’s 125th birthday and will feature poets Kathleen Ellis, Arielle Greenberg, Gary Lawless, Kristen Lindquist, Carl […]

CCA Pre-performance lecture: Anatole Wieck with Marisa Soloman on The Danish String Quartet.  The lecture is free and open to the public. Following the lecture is the performance by the Danish Sting Quartet, tickets for which can be purchased from the Collins Center of the Arts's website or on-site. According to the UMaine event calendar the Danish String […]

Bangor Humanities Day kick-off event: Humanities 20x20 PechaKucha. The 5th annual Bangor Humanities Day will be kicked off with a PechaKucha 20x20 event the evening before. This year our lineup of presenters includes: Elisa Sance "And you thought learning another language was overrated?" (UMaine History Ph.D. candidate) on her work with the celebration of Canada's 150th […]