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Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

Queering the Fin de Siecle: Recognizing Queer Identities in the Modernist Era of Literature

Writing Center Neville Hall, #404, Orono, ME, United States

Senior English major and McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellow Connor Ferguson will present his project, “Queering the Fin de Siècle,” on December 6th, 2019, from 2-4pm in the Writing Center. This project focuses on the importance of recognizing queer identities in the modernist era of literature, the way industrialization and globalization affected queer individuals, and how […]

Aydrea Walden, “The Oreo Experience”

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

The Rising Tide Center, in collaboration with the Honors College, the Bailey Fund, the Communication and Journalism Department, and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, presents stand-up comedienne Aydrea Walden performing "a musical one-woman show about a total whitey trapped in a black chick's body." The event will be held in Minsky Recital Hall on December 9, […]

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Aydrea Walden, “Black Girl in a Big Dress”

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

The Rising Tide Center, in collaboration with the Honors College, the Bailey Fund, the Communication and Journalism Department, and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, presents two unique events with stand-up comedienne Aydrea Walden. On December 9, beginning at 8PM, Aydrea will perform "a musical one-woman show about a total whitey trapped in a black chick's body" called […]

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Decolonizing Museum Practices: Implications for Universities and Schools

Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Starr Kelly (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Curator of Education at the Abbe Museum, will be speaking on "Decolonizing Museum Practices: Implications for Universities and Schools" from 4:00 to 5:30 pm on […]

Free

Bangor Humanities Day 2020

Downtown Bangor Bangor, ME, United States

The 8th Annual Bangor Humanities Day on Feb. 1 will celebrate music, art, history, literature and other humanities disciplines at venues throughout downtown Bangor. The free public event is sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine. The day kicks off at Bangor Public Library at 10 a.m. with […]

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Pre-performance lecture by William Yellow Robe on The Color Purple

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

THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival! Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic conquered Broadway […]

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Pre-Performance Lecture by Dick Brucher on Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”

Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono, ME, United States

RESCDHEDULED FOR SNOW NEW DATE: Sunday, February 9, 2020 12 p.m. reception and lecture (FREE) 1 p.m. show (WITH TICKET) The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents UMaine professor Dick Brucher, who […]

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Black Digital History Lunch and Learn: A DH Pop In

Multicultural Student Center 3rd floor, Memorial Union, Orono, ME, United States

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Multicultural Student Center are holding a Black Digital History lunch and learn on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 12 p.m. in the Multicultural Student Center on the 3rd floor of Memorial Union. Stop by for lunch. Leave with new tools in your knowledge arsenal. Karen Sieber from the McGillicuddy […]

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