FREE and open to the public Directed by Nancy Ogle with original music by Donald Hagar. Preceding the lecture at 6:45pm will be an introductory talk by visiting scholar David Butorac. Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.
Richard Rubin is the author of four books, two of which are about America and World War I: The Last of the Doughboys, and Back Over There. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, and Smithsonian, among others, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times’ Travel section. […]
Portland Cello Project Pre-Show Lecture presented by Noreen Silver Thursday, October 25 Room 100, Class of 1944 Hall 6:00 pm (before the Portland Cello Project concert) You must have a ticket to the CCA’s Portland Cello Project concert to attend this event. NOREEN SILVER, Director of the Chamber Music Program at UMaine, has been described […]
Join us for refreshments and reunion in the Hudson Museum in the CCA at 4pm October 26. This event, sponsored by the Executive Committee of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is free and open to alumni, family and friends, students, faculty and staff. Immediately following this reception, please join us for the Maine Heritage Lecture with […]
Qualities of rural culture that helped build our nation are vanishing, but are still evident in places like northern Maine. There is value in remembering our roots as a source of permanence and direction in the midst of change. Kathryn Olmstead served 25 years on the journalism faculty of the University of Maine in Orono, […]
The Nature of Forgetting Pre-show panel discussion on Aging Issues Tuesday, October 30 Room 100, Class of 1944 Hall 6:00 pm Len Kaye, PhD, Moderator Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine School of Social Work and Director of the UMaine Center on Aging. Panelists: Fayeza S. Ahmed, PhD Assistant Professor in the […]
The UMaine/Orono High School Humanities Collaboration invites you to a discussion of Social Media and the #MeToo Movement Moderated by Judith Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism Friday, November 2 Orono High School Library 5:30-7:00 pm This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by […]
An evening of vocal music and poetry with EUPHONY, Orono’s chamber choir, conducted by Francis John Vogt, UMaine Director of Choral Activities. The program features choral settings of poetry from World War I and readings by UMaine faculty, students and friends. Reception to follow in Minsky Lobby.
Part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium "War without End: World War I and its Legacies" Modernisms: Past and Future Colloquium for Faculty and Students A lecture by Vincent Sherry, Visiting Scholar for the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Thursday, November 15 402 Neville Hall 12:30 pm This event is sponsored in part by UMaine's Center for […]
