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Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

Latest Past Events

Virtual NEH Grant Writing Workshop

Online

On Friday, September 25, 2020, the University of Maine’s McGillicuddy Humanities Center will offer a virtual workshop on applying for NEH grants. It will be conducted by Mark Silver, Senior […]

Free

DH Pop In: Building Digital Timelines

Online

Building off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]

Free

“The Capitalist Road to a Basic Income”

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

Almaz Zelleke, Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai presents: "The Capitalist Road to a Basic Income" Coe Room, Memorial Union 12:30 p.m.

“Reckoning with Class Inequality”

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

The Philosophy Colloquium presents: Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor,  Department of Philosophy, Harvard University: For the PHI colloquium: "Reckoning with Class Inequality" Bangor Room, Memorial Union 4 p.m.

“The Political Morality of Social Reproduction”

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

As part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, will present: "The Political Morality of Social Reproduction" Coe Room, Memorial Union […]

Becoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono

2017-18 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Russell Duvernoy, Instructor of Philosophy at Seattle University. Duvernoy will give a talk titled “Becoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity.” This is the first in a series […]

free

Friendship as Reflective Environmental Practice

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono

2017-18 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Bryan Bannon, Associate Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Merrimack College. Duvernoy will give a talk titled “Friendship as Reflective Environmental Practice.” This is the second in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract: In this presentation, Bannon argues for a specific hermeneutic framework for understanding the human relationship to nature, […]

free

The Three Turns of the Allegory of the Cave

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono

The talk presents an interpretation of Plato’s famous Cave Allegory by Dr. Joseph Forte of Northeast Catholic College.  Part of the 2017-2018 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series

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