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Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

Bangor Humanities Day

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor, ME, United States

Every year we take a break from the winter chill to celebrate the humanities with the Bangor community. In collaboration with area businesses, museums, and public spaces, as well as local collectives and experts, we host a day of diverse and fun events. Since 2013, The Center has sponsored Bangor Humanities Day, formally Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day, sometimes organizing […]

TV Writing Workshop with Adam Barr

Curious about how television gets made? Do you like to write or act? Have you ever watched television? Come join Emmy Award-winning television writer and Executive Producer of Will & Grace Adam WILL & GRACE -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: (l-r) Megan Mullally as Karen Walker, Eric McCormack as Will Truman, Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Sean […]

“The Wire and the case for Radical Optimism”

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

This free lecture is by Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History Bowdoin College   “The Wire and the case for Radical Optimism” Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series Bangor Room, Memorial Student Union 12:30-1:45 pm

Public Talk by Dr. Diane Tye

Eastabrook Hall Ballroom

Diane Tye’s research is located in Atlantic Canada; much of it centers on the uses women make of folklore in their everyday lives. She is author of Baking as Biography. A Life Story on Recipes(2010), winner of the Elli Köngäs-Maranda Book Prize by the Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society (AFS). With Pauline Greenhill, Dr. […]

“I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me:” Martin Luther King, Jr., Like You’ve Never Learned about Him Before

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

“I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me:” Martin Luther King, Jr., Like You’ve Never Learned about Him Before, a free lecture by Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History Bowdoin College. Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 5:00 pm reception (continuing after lecture) […]

“The Political Morality of Social Reproduction”

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono, United States

As part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, will present: "The Political Morality of Social Reproduction" Coe Room, Memorial Union 12:30 p.m.

“Reckoning with Class Inequality”

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

The Philosophy Colloquium presents: Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor,  Department of Philosophy, Harvard University: For the PHI colloquium: "Reckoning with Class Inequality" Bangor Room, Memorial Union 4 p.m.

UMaine bus trip to Portland on Saturday, March 30

Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

The departments of History and Art and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, with support from the UMS Program and Innovation Fund, are co-sponsoring a FREE full-day trip to Portland for all UMaine students. Special programs are planned at the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) and the Maine Historical Society (MHS). Images: Left, Nadia Huggins (Trinidad and […]

REACH Day Workshop – UMaine

(This workshop is for educators from all schools and faculty, staff and students from University of Maine) Maine-Wabanaki REACH workshops have been well received across the state with over 800 Mainers participating. Maine and Wabanaki people are at an historical juncture in their long relationship. This workshop is an opportunity for non-Native people to reflect […]

The Personal is Poetic: A panel event

402 Neville Hall

"'Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." ― Robert Frost. For centuries, poets have espoused the therapeutic values of poetry. The discipline of poetry therapy grew from this intuitive initial awareness of the medium's potential healing power. 'The Personal is Poetic' panel event will dive deep into […]

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