History Symposium Series: Paul A. Kramer
ZoomThe first lecture of the UMaine History 2023-24 Symposium Series will take place on Monday, Sept. 18th from 3:10-5:00 pm. Dr. Paul A. Kramer (History, Vanderbilt University) will be giving […]
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“The (In)Visible Worker: Contract Agricultural Laborers in the California Borderlands, 1910-1926”
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoThe first lecture of Spring 2023 in the History Department's symposium series will take place on Monday, January 30th at 3:00 pm in Hill Auditorium (Barrows Hall). Dr. Erik Bernardino […]
“The October 1943 Rescue of Jews from Denmark: Networks and Motives of the Rescuers”
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoOn Thursday, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. in the Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, Professor Therkel Straede, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Southern Denmark, will deliver a […]
Free
The Contradictions of ‘Civilizing’ Consumption: Colonial Wine in Britain’s Imperial Project
ZoomOn Monday, October 31st at 4:00pm EDT via Zoom, Dr. Chelsea Davis (Missouri State University) will give a talk entitled, “The Contradictions of ‘Civilizing’ Consumption: Colonial Wine in Britain’s Imperial Project.” Dr. […]
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Careers in Public History workshop
OnlineKate Axelson Foster from the Career Center will lead a virtual workshop on "Careers in Public History" on September 25, 2020 at 3 p.m. Foster will provide students with tips for navigating the […]
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Bangor Humanities Day 2020
Downtown Bangor BangorThe 8th Annual Bangor Humanities Day on Feb. 1 will celebrate music, art, history, literature and other humanities disciplines at venues throughout downtown Bangor. The free public event is sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine. The day kicks off at Bangor Public Library at 10 a.m. with […]
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Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference
he Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference will be held at the beautiful University of Maine campus in Orono, ME, from May 30 to June 1, 2019. Please join us for a […]
Franco Americans, Acadians, and the Great War: The Legacies of WWI
Franco-American Centre 110 Crossland Hall, UMaine, OronoThis panel will examine Franco American experience during and after World War I. This spring marks one hundred years since the first Red Scare, landmark pieces of linguistic and educational […]
“I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me:” Martin Luther King, Jr., Like You’ve Never Learned about Him Before
Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono“I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me:” Martin Luther King, Jr., Like You’ve Never Learned about Him Before, a free lecture by Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies […]
Modernism in Wartime: Avant-Gardes, Revolutions, Poetries
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoPart of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium "War without End: World War I and its Legacies" Modernism in Wartime: Avant-Gardes, Revolutions, Poetries A lecture by Vincent Sherry, Visiting Scholar for […]
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Modernisms: Past and Future
402 Neville HallPart of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium "War without End: World War I and its Legacies" Modernisms: Past and Future Colloquium for Faculty and Students A lecture by Vincent Sherry, […]
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History Symposium: Dr. Margaret Pearce
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoDr. Margaret Pearce will give a lecture titled "Imagination, Identity, and the Cartography of History: Three Maps of Canada." Dr. Margaret W. Pearce is a former Associate Professor of Geography […]
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Tour of the “Model Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830” exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art
Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, PortlandThe “Model Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830” tour will begin at 2 pm and will include a meeting with Diana Greenwold, the Associate Curator of American Art at […]
The Secrets of the Vikings
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoAnders Winroth, Forst Family Professor of History at Yale University will draw on his award-winning book The Age of the Vikings to shed light on some of the secrets, myths, and mysteries […]
National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History
Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, OronoDonald Wright, a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, will deliver a lecture titled “National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History.” The event will take place […]
The Reformation at 500
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoComments by: Joel Anderson, Assistant Professor of History Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature Michael Lang, Associate Professor of History Part of the UMaine History Department's Fall symposia and part of the 2017-2018 year-long Humanities symposium: Juvenescence / Obsolescence: Humanities Approaches to Aging across the Ages.
Presner Lecture: Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoTodd Presner, a digital historian and Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles will deliver a lecture titled "Experimental Knowledge in […]
Crucible of Peace: The Turbulent History of the Treaty that Created the American Republic
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, OronoEliga Gould, Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, will deliver a lecture titled: "Crucible of Peace: The Turbulent History of the Treaty that Created the American Republic.” […]