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Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

National History Day*

University of Maine Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono, ME, United States

Maine National History Day is one of the events we help sponsor. "Maine National History Day (NHD) is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 that promotes […]

Presner Lecture: Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities

Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Todd 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 the Age of Digital Humanities." Presner is also the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the Chair of […]

The Reformation at 500

Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Comments 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 […]

National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono, United States

Donald 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 from 12-1:30 pm in the Coe Room in the Memorial Union. A limited number of boxed lunches will be provided.

The Secrets of the Vikings

Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Anders 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 surrounding these legendary adventurers.   The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 Symposium Series.

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, Portland, ME, United States

The “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 Portland Museum of Art. We will use a university van to make a day-trip to Portland with plenty of time to explore this great […]

History Symposium: Dr. Margaret Pearce

Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Dr. 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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Modernisms: Past and Future

402 Neville Hall

Part 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, Visiting Scholar for the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Thursday, November 15 402 Neville Hall 12:30 pm This event is sponsored in part by UMaine's Center for […]

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