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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, […]

Socialist and Marxist Series

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 […]

UMaine History Department

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.  

Socialist and Marxist Series

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 […]

UMaine History Department

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.

UMaine History Department

The Secrets of the Vikings

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

Anders Winroth, Forst Family Professor of History at Yale University will draw on his award-winning book The Age of the Vikings to shed light on some of the secrets, myths, and mysteries surrounding these legendary adventurers.   The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 Symposium Series.

Socialist and Marxist Series

The Election of Trump: One Year Later

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. A discussion organized by Doug Allen, professor of Philosophy, UMaine. A discussion and brown-bag lunch. Free and open to the public. Click here for a full schedule of events in the Fall 2017 Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Sponsored by Marxist and Socialist Studies Minor. Co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Comm. (MPAC) and […]

The Maples, UMaine Department of Philosophy photo

The Three Turns of the Allegory of the Cave

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

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

“Framing Maine” featuring Bill Green*

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

Kids, Don’t Take my Advice: 45 Years of Braggin’ About Maine The Maine Studies Program is proud to host an event on November 9th featuring noted television host and reporter Bill Green, a University of Maine alumnus. The title of Bill’s talk is “Kids, Don’t Take my Advice: 45 Years of Braggin’ About Maine”—a play on his […]

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Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center
110 South Stevens Hall Orono, ME 04469
Tel: 207.581.1848 Fax: mhc@maine.edu
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