• Destruction of Memory: a documentary film

    The Hudson Museum presents the filming of "Destruction of Memory: The War Against Culture, and the Battle to Save It." A description of the film from its website: "Over the past century, cultural destruction has wrought catastrophic results across the globe. This war against culture is not over - it's been steadily increasing. In Syria and Iraq, […]

  • Downtown Bangor ARTober Kick-Off Event*

    Bangor Arts Exchange 193 Exchange Street, Bangor, MD, United States

    ARTober Kick-Off Event *coincides with the Bangor ArtWalk Bangor Arts Exchange 193 Exchange Street, Bangor 5-8 pm, Friday, October 6 The kick-off event will be held in the new Bangor Arts Exchange (BAE) building and will be the public debut of this exciting new space. A great deal of foot traffic is expected because of […]

  • “Henry David Thoreau – Surveyor of Soul” A Film by Huey*

    Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    Documentary screening of “Henry David Thoreau - Surveyor of Soul.” Featured in the film is our very own faculty advisory board member Darren Ranco! Huey, the producer, directer, and editor, will be present at all screenings. Location: IMRC 104. The film is 114 minutes long. Check out the trailer! https://vimeo.com/225622506

  • Pre-performance lecture of Hamlet with Caroline Bicks*

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

    Stephen E. King Chair in Literature Caroline Bicks will bring her Shakespeare expertise to this pre-performance discussion of Hamlet. Learn more about Caroline Bicks. Preceding Professor Bicks' lecture, MHC and CLAS will host a pre-Homecoming reception, also in Bodwell, from 4:30-6PM. Free and open to the public.   Following the pre-performance lecture is Aquila Theatre Presents: Hamlet […]

  • SISTERING with Carasque- A Journey in Solidarity

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

    Lecture by Katie Greenman, PICA Volunteer. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

  • Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Presented by Amy Catalinac, assistant professor in the department of Politics at New York University and author of Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2016). The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open to the public. Click here for a […]

  • Maine Humanities Council’s Think & Drink: Who’s watching whom?

    Nocturnem Draft Haus 56 Main St., Bangor, ME, United States

    Who's watching whom? Physical surveillance by and of the police The second of the Bangor Think and Drink events. MC'd by our Faculty Advisory Board member Darren Ranco and sponsored by our friends at […]

  • Unpacking the Caste System: India and the United States

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Mahesh Upadhyaya, based in Ahmedabad, India, serves as IPM (International Partners in Mission) South Asia Regional Director, working to bring people together regardless of caste, religion and gender to the goal of peace, justice and reconciliation. The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open […]

  • The Reformation at 500

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

    Comments by: Joel Anderson, Assistant Professor of History Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature Michael Lang, Associate Professor of History Part of the UMaine History Department's Fall symposia and part of the 2017-2018 year-long Humanities symposium: Juvenescence / Obsolescence: Humanities Approaches to Aging across the Ages.  

  • Student Activism in 2017

    Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United States

    Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Organized by Olivia Ruhlin of the Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC) and the Student Women’s Association (SWA), with students involved with such issues as violence, war, sexism, racism and environmental destruction. The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open to the public. Click here for a […]