• “Henry David Thoreau – Surveyor of Soul” A Film by Huey*

    Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    Documentary screening of “Henry David Thoreau - Surveyor of Soul.” Featured in the film is our very own faculty advisory board member Darren Ranco! Huey, the producer, directer, and editor, will be present at all screenings. Location: IMRC 104. The film is 114 minutes long. Check out the trailer! https://vimeo.com/225622506

  • 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 […]

  • Maine Humanities Council’s Think & Drink: Who’s watching whom?

    Nocturnem Draft Haus 56 Main St., Bangor, ME, United States

    Who's watching whom? Physical surveillance by and of the police The second of the Bangor Think and Drink events. MC'd by our Faculty Advisory Board member Darren Ranco and sponsored by our friends at the Maine Humanities Council. Check out the December event as well.  This year's topic focuses on policing, protection, community, and trust in the 21st century: "policing in Maine, […]

  • Unpacking the Caste System: India and the United States

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Mahesh Upadhyaya, based in Ahmedabad, India, serves as IPM (International Partners in Mission) South Asia Regional Director, working to bring people together regardless of caste, religion and gender to the goal of peace, justice and reconciliation. The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open […]

  • The Reformation at 500

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

    Comments by: Joel Anderson, Assistant Professor of History Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature Michael Lang, Associate Professor of History Part of the UMaine History Department's Fall symposia and part of the 2017-2018 year-long Humanities symposium: Juvenescence / Obsolescence: Humanities Approaches to Aging across the Ages.  

  • Student Activism in 2017

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Organized by Olivia Ruhlin of the Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC) and the Student Women’s Association (SWA), with students involved with such issues as violence, war, sexism, racism and environmental destruction. The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open to the public. Click here for a […]

  • Pre-performance lecture of King’s Singers with Francis John Vogt*

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

    Francis John Vogt (SPA Director of Choral Activities) will bring his expertise to this pre-performance lecture. Learn more about Vogt here. Free and open to the public.   Following the pre-performance lecture is King's Singers at the Collins Center for the Arts. You can find out more about that performance and purchase tickets on the CCA […]

  • National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History

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

    Donald Wright, a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, will deliver a lecture titled “National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History.” The event will take place from 12-1:30 pm in the Coe Room in the Memorial Union. A limited number of boxed lunches will be provided.