Building off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]
Building off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]
Humanities Faculty Fall Welcome Event September 18, 2020, 3pm - 4:30pm Martin Luther King Plaza The McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be sponsoring a welcome event to introduce new and returning faculty members in the Humanities to the Center and each other. This in-person, outdoors event will offer faculty the opportunity to interact and talk about their […]
On Friday, September 25, 2020, the University of Maine’s McGillicuddy Humanities Center will offer a virtual workshop on applying for NEH grants. It will be conducted by Mark Silver, Senior Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. The workshop is open to the public. Anyone interested in […]
Kate Axelson Foster from the Career Center will lead a virtual workshop on "Careers in Public History" on September 25, 2020 at 3 p.m. Foster will provide students with tips for navigating the public history job market. Attendees will learn about how to search and apply for internships and careers in public history, including work with museums, archives, historic […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium Film Series returns with narrative and documentary films that engage with this year's symposium theme, "The Story of Climate Change." The selected films present visions of our past and future and examine our relationships with the environment, energy, material culture, and the power structures that shape the many stories of […]
Applications and proposals for student and faculty funding from the McGillicuddy Humanities Center are due October 19, 2020. More information about each opportunity is available below, or on our website at umaine.edu/mhc/research/. Student Fellows are awarded $8,000 over a two semester period. Faculty grants of up to $5,000 are awarded to support classrooms initiatives, events, […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium Film Series returns with narrative and documentary films that engage with this year's symposium theme, "The Story of Climate Change." The selected films present visions of our past and future and examine our relationships with the environment, energy, material culture, and the power structures that shape the many stories of […]
On Thursday, November 12, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be sponsoring a panel on "The Humanities as Activism in Chicago." This session of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series will feature three remarkable panelists whose work at the intersection of the humanities and activism has garnered national attention: Tonika Johnson, Kevin Coval, and Nicole Marroquin. Free and […]
This event, part of the MHC's 2020-2021 Symposium on "The Story of Climate Change" brings together people from different professional fields tasked with communicating the impact of climate change to the public. The panel (which will be remote, via Zoom) features a veteran reporter, scientists working with Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW), and is moderated by Dr. Katherine Glover from the University […]
