• Edna St. Vincent Millay Birthday Celebration Reading

    Farnsworth Art Museum 16 Museum St., Rockland, ME, United States

    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 […]

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  • Shakespeare and Contemporary Cancer Narratives

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    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. […]

  • Clickbait, Fake News and the Fourth Estate: Why Journalism is More Vital Than Ever

    Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    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 […]

  • UMHC Faculty Grant deadline

    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 […]

  • The Epic and the Novel: Saga and Story Symposium Final Event

    Foster Innovation Center UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Sean Mills, “Transnationalism, Race, and Quebec” (CanAm Lecture Series)

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

    From the Canadian-American website: “In this paper I will explore new ways of thinking about Quebec and its connections to other societies and cultures, with a particular emphasis on debates […]

  • The Lipstick Project*

    Donald P Corbett Bldg UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Leigh Boyle, whom Mimi Killinger has worked to bring to UMaine and local high schools, is founder of an organization that goes to the heart of the humanistic endeavor. The […]