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Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

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 […]

Faculty Jazz Concert

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

  Featuring Dan Barrett, Mark Tipton & David Wells Free and open to the public Sponsored By: School of Performing Arts Contact: Alan Berry, richard.berry@maine.edu

Experience Fort George in Castine: Mixed Allegiances lecture

Maine Maritime Academy 1954 Room, MMA, 1 Pleasant St., Castine, ME, United States

"Mixed Allegiances" is a lecture by Dr. Liam Riordan, former Center director. The lecture is part of the two day weekend event, Experience Fort George in Castine, running form 8am-9pm Saturday and Sunday. The events will be taking place at the Maine Maritime Academy and Fort George, in Castine, Maine. Sponsored By: History Department Contact: Anette Rodrigues anette.rodrigues@maine.edu,

Canadians Teaching in the United States*

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

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 giving the 2017 Geddes W. Simpson Lecture and participate in a series of events with the Honors College and Canadian American Center). Dr. Pearl is an historian of science […]

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 […]

New Writing Series: Joanna Ruocco

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

The New Writing Series welcomes fiction writer Joanna Ruocco to the University of Maine campus for a reading on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). The reading, which is free & open to the public, will be introduced by Gregory Howard and followed by an audience Q&A with the author. […]

Artist Reception: Susan Groce and Antonia Small

Lord Hall Gallery University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. The public is welcome to attend a reception for the […]

Crucible of Peace: The Turbulent History of the Treaty that Created the American Republic

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

Eliga Gould, Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, will deliver a lecture titled: "Crucible of Peace: The Turbulent History of the Treaty that Created the American Republic.” The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 Symposium Series.

New Writing Series: Mark Tardi

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

Mark Tardi has a MFA from Brown University. Tardi is a poet and a Polish translator. His interest in his Polish heritage led him to become a 2008–2009 Fulbright Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of Lódz, Poland where he still works. You can learn more about Tardi and read two of […]

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

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