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  • The Art of Climate Change

    Figuring out new and creative ways to communicate the reality of climate change remains one of the great challenges facing policy-makers, scientists, and advocates.  This event brings together two artists […]

  • The Resistance to Reason – McGillicuddy Humanities Center Ivy Flessen

    "The Resistance to Reason: An Enduring Problem" March 12, 2 pm. We are surrounded by those who refuse to accept what science tells us. Yet in many ways, the question remains to be answered: how are we to think of these people? How do we to get them to listen? Can we? McGillicuddy Humanities Center […]

  • Federico Matheas, center, one of UMaine's first students of color.

    Virtual Hidden History Tour of Campus – RESCHEDULED

    The McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s new “Hidden UMaine” tour aims to highlight key people, moments and places in campus history that often go overlooked, including the experiences of the first students of color, early efforts to create inclusive student groups like Wilde Stein, or moments of unrest. RESCHEDULED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE: Join us on Tuesday, […]

  • The Stories We Tell: McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows Showcase

    Recurring

    The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a two-night research showcase event, "The Stories We Tell," featuring the research and creative work of our four graduating undergraduate student fellows. While each student has been working independently, their collective research this past year all happened to center around stories that people tell from generation to generation. The […]

  • Fall Poetry Pop Up

    Orono Village Green Behind Orono Public Library, Orono, ME, United States

    The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a Fall Poetry Pop Up on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. The open-mic poetry reading will be held outdoors at the Orono […]

  • Speaking to Citizens, Connecting with Audiences

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

    How might politicians, pundits, journalists, scholars, and other social and cultural leaders best connect with the audiences they need to address?  As part of its 2021-2022 Annual Symposium, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center is pleased to sponsor a panel exploring this question and the issues it raises.  Bringing together a professional political communicator, a Maine-based journalist, […]

  • Reaching Readers

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

    Understanding how best to make a topic, subject or theme relevant to non-specialized audiences is a skill that takes years to master. This roundtable event brings three nationally recognized University of Maine scholars together to discuss the process of planning, researching, and composing their new books, and how they were able to gain the interest […]

    Free

  • David Barnouw: Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Who Owns her Legacy?

    Buchanan Alumni House

    A presentation on Anne Frank, betrayal, and the legacy of both by David Barnouw. Barnouw is an independent scholar and emeritus researcher at the Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies. His areas of interest are the Second World War in Europe, memory, representation, monuments and museums. He has written over fifteen books and […]

    Free

  • Meet the Author: Phuc Tran

    On Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00 pm in the atrium of the Bangor Public Library, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center will co-present an event with Phuc Tran, author of the […]

    Free