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 […]
UMHC brings a day of public humanities to downtown Bangor for a fun winter event! For our five year anniversary, we are teaming up with the Bangor Public Library, the Discovery Museum, UMaine Museum of Art, Nocturnem Draft Haus, and The Rock and Art Shop as host locations. In addition to acting as a host, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Campus lecture by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir (Research Associate Professor, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, University of Iceland), an expert on the study of medieval manuscripts from the University of Iceland, will speak on the manuscripts of Njáls saga, one of the masterpieces of medieval literature. She will emphasize the sheer number of Njáls saga manuscripts, their […]
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 […]
From its roots in Old Norse, the word “saga” has been adopted into English as well as a number of other modern languages. In a medieval context, sagas were long prose narratives that told tales of fierce Vikings, legendary heroes, and long-running feuds. These stories feature unforgettable characters like Egil Skallagrímsson, a figure capable of […]
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 critical thinking skills through project-based learning. The 2017 contest theme is “Taking A Stand in History.” The next state contest will be hosted at the University […]
