• Jerusalem: From Antiquity to the Present 

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series, co-sponsored by Judaic Studies and the Jewish Community Endowment Associates.  Roger Brooks, Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, Connecticut College, and President of Facing History and Ourselves, working to explore complexities of history and make connections to current events. The illustrated lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. There is also a related evening […]

  • Sharrona Pearl Geddes W. Simpson Lecture in the History of Science

    Dr. Sharrona Pearl joins us from the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania visit for a series of events (she will also be participating in the Canadians Teaching in the US panel and participate in a series of events with the Honors College and Canadian American Center). Dr. Pearl is an historian […]

  • Experiences as a Latino that Influenced a Career 

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

    Lecture by Rachelle Tome, a former Chief Academic Office for the Maine Department of Education. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

  • Sanctuary: How do we Prepare for Living that Commitment?

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Presented by Dr. Joseph Cistone, CEO of IPM (International Partners in Mission), working across borders of faith, culture, and economic circumstance to create partnerships that build justice, peace, and hope, and a lecturer in Social Ethics at Yale Divinity School and Pastor of Seaside UCC on MDI. The lecture and […]

  • Cholo in Peru, Latino in the United States

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

    How Similar is Racism and White Privilege in the North and in the South? A Personal History Lecture by Marco Aviles, Author and Journalist. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

  • Puntos suspensivos: A Personal Geography for Hispanic Heritage Month

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

    Lecture by Zachary Ludington, Assistant Professor of Spanish, UMaine. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

  • Pre-performance lecture of Hamlet with Caroline Bicks*

    Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

    Stephen E. King Chair in Literature Caroline Bicks will bring her Shakespeare expertise to this pre-performance discussion of Hamlet. Learn more about Caroline Bicks. Preceding Professor Bicks' lecture, MHC and CLAS will host a pre-Homecoming reception, also in Bodwell, from 4:30-6PM. Free and open to the public.   Following the pre-performance lecture is Aquila Theatre Presents: Hamlet […]

  • SISTERING with Carasque- A Journey in Solidarity

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

    Lecture by Katie Greenman, PICA Volunteer. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

  • Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Presented by Amy Catalinac, assistant professor in the department of Politics at New York University and author of Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2016). The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open to the public. Click here for a […]