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SUMMARY:The Meaty Mind: Eating and Thinking in Early Christian Monasticism
DESCRIPTION:The University of Maine History Department’s 2022-2023 symposium series will hold its next meeting on Monday\, March 20th at 3:15pm in Soderberg Auditorium (Jenness Hall). Dr. Jamie Kreiner (University of Georgia) will be speaking about “The Meaty Mind: Eating and Thinking in Early Christian Monasticism.” \nThe History Department Symposium Series\, “History through Food & Drink\,” is supported in part by a grant from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund. \nDr. Jamie Kreiner is Professor of History at the University of Georgia\, and her research examines the politics\, ethics\, and scientific sensibilities of the early Middle Ages. Her work has been awarded prizes from multiple professional academic societies; and it has been covered in a range of popular press outlets\, including People\, WIRED\, The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, and The New Yorker. Her most recent book\, The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction\, was published by Liveright/Norton in January 2023; it can be found at your favorite independent bookstore.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-meaty-mind-eating-and-thinking-in-early-christian-monasticism/
LOCATION:Soderberg Lecture Hall\, Jenness Hall\, UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,History Department symposia
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Tics and Tourette Syndrome in the Academic Environment
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled. Stay tuned for an officially rescheduled date. \nOn Monday\, March 6 at 2:00 pm in the UMaine Writing Center (Neville Hall 402)\, outgoing MHC Fellow Benjamin Allen will present the results of his MHC project on disability and performance in higher education. \nAllen’s work\, which forms part of his Honors thesis\, draws on his own lived experience\, as well as contemporary scholarly research in disability studies\, communication theory\, performance theory\, and intersectional theory\, to examine how tic disorders are performative and can irreversibly impact the experiences of those afflicted–especially as it relates to stressful situations in academia and the classroom.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/tics-and-tourette-syndrome-in-the-academic-environment/
LOCATION:Writing Center\, Neville Hall\, #404\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHC Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T133000
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SUMMARY:"This Land Is Your Land and This Land Is My Land": The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Political and Cultural Lives of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Nations in the Twentieth Century
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, March 1 at 12:00 pm in Class of 1944 Hall\, Room 102\, outgoing MHC Undergraduate Fellow Tom Pinette will present the results of his MHC project\, titled “‘This Land is Your Land and This Land Is My Land’: The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Political and Cultural Lives of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy nations in the Twentieth Century.” \nOver the course of his Fellowship\, Tom has worked with faculty mentors John Bear Mitchell and Paige Mitchell to explore an area of Wabanaki history virtually ignored by Western academic institutions — the presence of the Church on Penobscot and Passamaquoddy reservations in the twentieth century. \nThis free\, open-to-the public discussion will be a culmination of a year’s worth of archival and ethnographic research. In addition to addressing the Wabanaki context of Christian missions\, a presentation of Tom’s research findings will engage with larger questions of Catholic theology\, Indigenous worldviews\, and the ongoing campaign of colonisation.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/this-land-is-your-land-and-this-land-is-my-land-the-role-of-the-roman-catholic-church-in-the-political-and-cultural-lives-of-the-penobscot-and-passamaquoddy-nations-in-the-twentieth-century/
LOCATION:Class of 1944 Hall
CATEGORIES:MHC Fellows,MHC Undergraduate Fellowship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230228T203000
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SUMMARY:Goodbye\, Lord: How We Changed God’s Pronouns in the Hebrew Bible and Why It Matters
DESCRIPTION:Rabbi Beth Lieberman will take us on a journey through the history of Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible\, offer a glimpse into the translation process for the forthcoming JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition\, and explore its game-changing potential for the next generation. \nRabbi Beth Lieberman served as literary editor and a revising translator of the JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition. She is the founder of Textish\, an organization whose focus is producing innovative literary works of Jewish scholarship\, culture\, and practice\, and is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) and the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. \nRegister for ZOOM link here.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/goodbye-lord-how-we-changed-gods-pronouns-in-the-hebrew-bible-and-why-it-matters/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Judaic Studies,Religious Studies
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SUMMARY:Pre-Performance Lecture: Marisa Solomon on the Dreamers' Circus
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, February 26 at 2:00 pm\, the MHC continues its 2022-23 pre-performance lecture series at the Collins Center for the Arts\, with a talk by School of Performing Arts faculty member Marisa Solomon in the Bodwell Lounge\, before the Dreamers’ Circus take the stage of Minsky Recital Hall. Solomon received performance degrees from the Oberlin College and San Francisco Conservatories of Music. She is an avid chamber musician\, teacher and performer\, and was a founding member of the Hancock St. Quartet\, Nor’easter Quartet\, and Cormier Trio. This event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/pre-performance-lecture-marisa-solomon-on-the-dreamers-circus/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pre-Performance Lectures
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SUMMARY:F2M
DESCRIPTION:It is parents’ weekend of Parker’s freshman year\, but Parker’s very famous parents aren’t coming—which\, trust him\, is just as well. Confrontations both painfully funny and deeply poignant are sparked when Althea and Clarence show up uninvited\, as Parker’s new sexual identity is put to the test\, and as the family must grapple with the difficult choices of the child they love. \nFrom February 16 through 19\, MHC Undergraduate Fellow Bell Gellis will present a production of Patricia Wettig’s play F2M live in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre on the University of Maine campus. F2M is a dark comedy following the life of Parker as he navigates parents weekend when his not so accepting parents show up on a surprise visit. \nThe production is a portion of Gellis’s MHC project\, which asks\, “Is Our Perception of Transphobia Blurred When We Are Confronted With It in a Familial Context?” Supervised by Rosalie Purvis\, assistant professor of theatre and English\, Gellis’s work interrogates anti-trans-bias\, as well as other prejudices and biases\, to explore perceptions of transphobia across generations\, gender\, political affiliation and religion. \nPerformances will take place on February 16\, 17\, and 18 at 7:30 pm\, with 2:00 pm matinees on February 18 and 19. \nThis event is free and open to the public. For more information\, contact mhc@maine.edu.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/f2m/2023-02-16/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:MHC Fellows,School of Performing Arts,Theatre performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230130T150000
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SUMMARY:"The (In)Visible Worker: Contract Agricultural Laborers in the California Borderlands\, 1910-1926"
DESCRIPTION:The first lecture of Spring 2023 in the History Department’s symposium series will take place on Monday\, January 30th at 3:00 pm in Hill Auditorium (Barrows Hall). Dr. Erik Bernardino (Bates College) will be speaking about “The (In)Visible Worker: Contract Agricultural Laborers in the California Borderlands\, 1910-1926.” The lecture is free and open to the public. The History Department Symposium Series\, “History through Food & Drink\,” is supported in part by a grant from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center. \nErik Bernardino is a historian of the twentieth century United States specializing in Latinx\, immigration\, and borderlands histories with particular interests in the intersection of immigration policy and labor migrations at the turn of the twentieth century. His current research questions why US federal-level immigration policies relied on local-level morals policing to enforce national-level policies of border control.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-invisible-worker-contract-agricultural-laborers-in-the-california-borderlands-1910-1926/
LOCATION:Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium\, Barrows Hall\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04468\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,History Department symposia,History Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T170000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Performance Lecture: Marisa Solomon on Dreamers' Circus
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts on Sunday\, February 26 at 2:00 p.m. as cellist and music educator Marisa Solomon introduces the “world-class folk music” of the Dreamers’ Circus. \nMarisa Solomon has received performance degrees from the Oberlin College and San Francisco Conservatories of Music. She is an avid chamber musician\, teacher and performer\, plus she was a founding member of the Hancock St. Quartet\, Nor’easter Quartet\, and Cormier Trio. She has participated in many festivals\, including Kneisel Hall\, Aspen Music Festival\, New York String Seminar\, Round Top\, Festival dei Due Mondi\, Spoleto USA and the Breckenridge Music Festival. Marisa teaches privately and performs in the Bangor area\, as well as serving as adjunct faculty at the University of Maine. \nMarisa Solomon’s pre-performance lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets for the Dreamers’ Circus begin at $37 and are available from the Collins Center for the Arts box office.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/pre-performance-lecture-marisa-solomon-on-dreamers-circus/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pre-Performance Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T160000
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SUMMARY:Confronting Gender Binaries: Women's Agency in Academia and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, December 7 at 3:00 PM in the UMaine Writing Center (Neville 403)\, outgoing McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow Sherralyn Robbins will present the culmination of her Fellowship in the form of a talk and open discussion titled “Confronting Gender Binaries: Women’s Agency in Academia and Beyond.” \nRobbins will lead a conversation based on the results of her fellowship project\, “You Write Like a Girl\,” which explores the gendered and linguistically biased structure of academia. \nThis event is free and open to the public. For more information\, contact mhc@maine.edu.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/confronting-gender-binaries-womens-agency-in-academia-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Writing Center\, Neville Hall\, #404\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:English Department,MHC Undergraduate Fellowship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T183000
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SUMMARY:“The October 1943 Rescue of Jews from Denmark: Networks and Motives of the Rescuers”
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. in the Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium\, Professor Therkel Straede\, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Southern Denmark\, will deliver a talk titled “The October 1943 Rescue of Jews from Denmark: Networks and Motives of the Rescuers.” \nOver the course of three weeks\, thousands of Jews were safely evacuated from Denmark to Sweden. This unique rescue operation involved Danes from all walks of life. Professor Therkel Stræde will explain the audacious effort and what inspired those involved to take part. \nThis lecture\, sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and part of the 2022-23 symposium on “Recovery\, Rediscovery\, and Resilience\,” is free and open to the public and the university community. \n(Image: Jewish boy from Denmark who has just arrived to the Swedish refugee camp Ramlösabrunn. Still frame from a Swedish newsreel\, Oct. 1943.)
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-october-1943-rescue-of-jews-from-denmark-networks-and-motives-of-the-rescuers/
LOCATION:Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium\, Barrows Hall\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04468\, United States
CATEGORIES:History Event,Judaic Studies,Religious Studies,Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T130000
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SUMMARY:"The Danish Jews in Theresienstadt: The Topography of Memory"
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, Nov. 16 \n1:00-2:30 p.m. / Digital & Spatial History Lab\, Center Stevens Hall 305 \n“The Danish Jews in Theresienstadt: The Topography of Memory” \nIn this informal presentation\, Prof. Therkel Stræde (University of Southern Denmark) will explain the genesis and development of a class project to visualize the experiences of Danish Jews at Theresienstadt\, the largest ghetto in Czechoslovakia during World War II. \nThis event is free and open to all UMaine students\, faculty\, and staff. As space is limited in the Digital and Spatial History Lab\, please RSVP anne.knowles@maine.edu to ensure a seat.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-danish-jews-in-theresienstadt-the-topography-of-memory/
LOCATION:305 Center Stevens
CATEGORIES:History,Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T194500
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T140410Z
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SUMMARY:Pre-Performance Lecture: Scott Cleveland on the Blind Boys of Alabama
DESCRIPTION:Join the Collins Center for the Arts for a pre-performance lecture given by UMaine jazz professor Scott Cleveland\, presented with the support of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center. This event will take place in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts. \nThe Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) with Lifetime Achievement Awards\, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame\, and winners of five Grammy® Awards\, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years. \nScott Cleveland is a lifelong composer/singer/pianist/music educator/church musician. He holds a B.M. in Music Education from Berklee College of Music\, an M.M. in Music Theory/Composition from UMassLowell and a M.Div. (magna cum laude) from Boston University School of Theology. He has written and produced six independent solo albums and performs original and reinterpreted Jazz/R&B/Blues/Fusion/Rock as a solo pianist and singer and in numerous duos/trios/quartets. \nThis pre-performance lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets for the Blind Boys of Alabama begin at $35 and are available from the Collins Center for the Arts box office.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/pre-performance-lecture-scott-cleveland-on-the-blind-boys-of-alabama/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pre-Performance Lectures
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SUMMARY:"With So Much Violence in the United States and the Contemporary World\, How Can Nonviolence Be Relevant and Effective?
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 3 at 12:30 p.m. for a Zoom panel\, as part of the UMaine Socialist and Marxist Studies Speaker Series\, that asks “With So Much Violence in the United States and the Contemporary World\, How Can Nonviolence Be Relevant and Effective?” \nPanelists include Tamara Benson \, student Core Organizer of UMaine Climate Action; Ilaria Bardini\, student President of the Maine Peace Action Committee; Sonja K. Birthsiel\, Director of the Wilson Center at the University of Maine; and Doug Allen\, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Maine. \nThe Fall 2022 Socialist and Marxist Studies Series is coordinated by Doug Allen\, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy. The series is sponsored by the Marxist and Socialist Studies Minor\, coordinated by Don Beith\, Associate Professor of Philosophy. It is co-sponsored by the Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC) and the Division of Student Affairs\, and with support of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Philosophy. Speakers do not necessarily present socialist or Marxist viewpoints.  \nVisit umaine.edu/SocialistandMarxistStudiesSeries for Zoom links and more information.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/with-so-much-violence-in-the-united-states-and-the-contemporary-world-how-can-nonviolence-be-relevant-and-effective/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Marxist-Socialist Studies Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T173000
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SUMMARY:The Contradictions of ‘Civilizing’ Consumption: Colonial Wine in Britain’s Imperial Project
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 31st at 4:00pm EDT via Zoom\, Dr. Chelsea Davis (Missouri State University) will give a talk entitled\, “The Contradictions of ‘Civilizing’ Consumption: Colonial Wine in Britain’s Imperial Project.” \nDr. Chelsea Davis is an Assistant Professor of British History with a focus on Empire at Missouri State University. She received her PhD from The George Washington University in 2021\, where her doctoral dissertation\, “Cultivating Imperial Networks: British Colonial Wine Production at the Cape of Good Hope and South Australia\, 1834-1910\,” examined the process of founding and integrating Britain’s colonial wine industries in Australia and South Africa into the global market. The archival research that grounds her work spanning four continents was generously supported by the American Historical Association\, the COSMOS Club\, both the History Department and Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University\, and the College of Humanities and Public Affairs at Missouri State University. Prior to joining Missouri State’s History Department\, Davis was a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Colby College. She is currently developing her monograph entitled\, The Empire and the Aphid: Phylloxera\, Science\, and Race in the Age of Migration\, 1860-1910\, which uses the grape vine disease phylloxera as an entry point to study global migrations of insect ‘invaders’\, colonial producers\, scientists\, laborers\, and viticultural knowledge. \nPlease register for the talk here at https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdOGsqjgiHdZ3uXxDYFjm5_Y8jiMwL6Xz
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-contradictions-of-civilizing-consumption-colonial-wine-in-britains-imperial-project/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:History Department symposia,History Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T130000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T152150Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking through Feeling: Reflections from a (sort of) Romanticist about the Intersection Between Black Studies and Romanticism
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 31 at 12:00 p.m. in 401 Dunn Hall\, Dr. Elizabeth Nieman\, associate professor in the Department of English and Director of Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies at UMaine\, will deliver a talk titled “Thinking Through Feeling: Reflections from a (sort of) Romanticist about the Intersection Between Black Studies and Romanticism” as part of the CMJ Fall 2022 Colloquium Series. \nFor more information\, contact CMJ Colloquium Organizer Laura Rickard at laura.rickard@maine.edu.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/thinking-through-feeling-reflections-from-a-sort-of-romanticist-about-the-intersection-between-black-studies-and-romanticism/
LOCATION:401 Dunn Hall
CATEGORIES:Communication and Journalism,Communication and Journalism Event,English Department
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T180000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
CREATED:20221026T151645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T184824Z
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SUMMARY:New Writing Series: Victoria Hood and Lily Rain
DESCRIPTION:The UMaine New Writing Series will feature Victoria Hood and Lily Rain\, alumnae of the University of Maine’s English Department. The event will be held live in the Fernald APPE Space (Stewart Commons 104) starting at 4:30pm on October 27\, 2022. Gregory Howard will introduce Victoria Hood and Hollie Adams will introduce Lily Rain. \nVictoria Hood strives to create work that can meld together the punk roots her parents raised her in with the disillusionment of losing her mother at a young age. Through her writing she hopes to discomfort\, humor\, and charm. She holds an MA in English from the University of Maine and is the author of the chapbooks Death and Darlings and I am My Mother’s Disappointments. Her collection of short stories\, My Haunted Home\, the winner of FC2’s Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize\, was recently published by FC2. \nLily Rain graduated from the University of Maine in 2022 with a double major in English and Psychology\, having been named the English Department’s Outstanding Graduating Senior. She also served as the poetry editor of The Open Field undergraduate literary journal. Her poetry chapbook\, not a cry for help\, just a crying out was published by Bottlecap Press in 2022. You can read more of her poetry on instagram: @lilyrainpoetry.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/new-writing-series-victoria-hood-and-lily-rain/
LOCATION:Stewart Commons IMRC\, Stewart Commons\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:English Department,New Writing Series
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221025
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
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SUMMARY:2022 RIVAS Conference
DESCRIPTION:The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is proud to be a supporter of the 2022 RIVAS (Raising Indigenous Voices in Academia and Society) Conference. RIVAS 2022 supports the scholarship of Indigenous academics and speakers whose cultures help shape archeology\, cultural anthropology\, linguistics\, and more. \nThe RIVAS 2022 conference also aims at being innovative and inclusive of different Indigenous realities not only in its content\, but also in its format. In order to achieve this goal\, RIVAS 2022 will be a hybrid format with both in person (F2F) and online papers\, at five-partnered physical conference sites around the world. \nThe University of Maine is an in-person host of this hybrid event\, with panels and talks taking place in the Wells Conference Center over the course of the day on Monday\, October 24\, 2022. \nFor a complete schedule of Monday’s events\, click here. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/2022-rivas-conference/
LOCATION:Wells Conference Center\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T193000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
CREATED:20221011T171934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221011T172125Z
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SUMMARY:The End of Policing: A Webinar with Sociologist Alex Vitale
DESCRIPTION:The University of Maine and the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine are hosting sociologist Alex Vitale for a free webinar on Thursday\, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Vitale\, who has spent the last 30 years writing about policing\, will be joined in conversation with a number of policy stakeholders from around the State of Maine. The event\, which is co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center\, will be facilitated by Brian Pitman\, assistant professor of sociology at UMaine. \nThe event is available via Zoom at https://maine.zoom.us/j/84987737890?pwd=RFBOdWZFdUFpdFd6KzR1aktFRXQwZz09 (password 748297)
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-end-of-policing-a-webinar-with-sociologist-alex-vitale/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
CREATED:20221011T172801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T174142Z
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SUMMARY:Pre-Performance Lecture: Sarah Harlan-Haughey\, "As You Like It"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture given by UMaine English professor and MHC Faculty Advisory Group member Sarah Harlan-Haughey on Shakespeare’s “As You Like It\,” presented with the support of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center\, before the Collins Center for the Arts’s presentation of As You Like It from Theater at Monmouth on Tour. \nWelcome to Arden. This is the story of Rosalind. Oppressed and exiled from Court under threat of death\, she escapes with her cousin\, cross-dressed and gartered\, into the wild and unpredictable Forest of Arden. Disguised as a boy\, she creates a world of her choosing\, reveling in her newfound agency and self-discovery. But chance encounters with the love-struck Orlando complicate her new adventure. All the world’s a stage in As You Like It\, Shakespeare’s gender-bending comedy\, where poetry\, mistaken identities\, and true loves lost and found abound. \nDr. Harlan-Haughey’s pre-performance lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets for As You Like It begin at $25 and are available from the Collins Center for the Arts box office.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/pre-performance-lecture-sarah-harlan-haughey-as-you-like-it/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:English Department,Performing Arts,Pre-Performance Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T163000
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SUMMARY:‘The Future of the Humanities’: A Discussion with Dr. Heather Cox Richardson and Brian Naylor in Celebration of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s First Decade
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, October 14 | 3:00 p.m.\nCollins Center for the Arts \n“The Future of the Humanities”: A Discussion with Dr. Heather Cox Richardson and Brian Naylor in Celebration of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s First Decade \nA 2022 Homecoming Event\, produced in collaboration with the University of Maine Alumni Association\, the University of Maine College of Liberal Arts & Sciences\, and the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center. The event is free and open to the public. \nJoin us for a discussion about the role of the humanities in our current social\, cultural and political moment. Literature\, art\, music\, history\, and the other disciplines within the humanities offer students of all ages valuable tools for understanding\, connection\, and empathy. Whether it’s discussing a movie\, reading a novel\, or listening to a favorite tune\, our appreciation for the humanities occurs daily yet too often passes unnoticed. \nBrian Naylor\, the veteran National Public Radio correspondent\, will interview and discuss the future of the humanities with Dr. Heather Cox Richardson. As part of Homecoming\, 2022\, this celebration of the culmination of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s first decade will offer some ideas for the next decade – and beyond – for the future of the humanities.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/future-of-the-humanities/
LOCATION:ME
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
CREATED:20221011T171207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221011T171207Z
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SUMMARY:Maine Heritage Lecture: “Gluskabe in the 21st Century: Newell Lyon’s Stories Still Carry the Penobscot Language”
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 13 | 3:00 p.m.\nBodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts\nReception to follow in the Hudson Museum \nMaine Heritage Lecture: “Gluskabe in the 21st Century: Newell Lyon’s Stories Still Carry the Penobscot Language” \nWith Penobscot language carrier Carol Dana\, UMaine Professor of English and former McGillicuddy Humanities Center Margo Lukens will tell the story of their theatrical collaboration that resulted in publishing the first bilingual volume of Penobscot stories\, “Still They Remember Me.” The book’s purpose is to invite Penobscot language learning through traditional stories about the culture hero\, Gluskabe. The stories teach readers/listeners about how Gluskabe transformed the land and balanced its forces to create sustainable life for humans; we learn what it means to live well in this place\, which is the foundation of Penobscot morality. Lukens hopes to inspire listeners to work in ways that improve the conditions for justice in Maine’s relationships with Wabanaki people and communities.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/maine-heritage-lecture-gluskabe-in-the-21st-century-newell-lyons-stories-still-carry-the-penobscot-language/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:CLAS event,English Department,Folklife and Oral History,Wabanaki
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220927T193000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T165506Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Phuc Tran
DESCRIPTION: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 memior Sigh\, Gone (Flatiron Books\, 2020). The discussion will be led by longtime UMaine lecturer of English Margery Irvine. As part of his visit\, Tran will also drop in on a creative writing class on the University of Maine campus to discuss creative non-fiction and the writing process. \nThis evening is supported by the Maine Humanities Council’s Read ME program\, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine\, and Birds&Bones Tattoo Studio and Art Gallery. \nPhuc Tran has been a high school Latin teacher for more than twenty years while also simultaneously establishing himself as a highly sought-after tattooer in the Northeast. Tran graduated Bard College in 1995 with a BA in Classics and received the Callanan Classics Prize. He taught Latin\, Greek\, and Sanskrit in New York at the Collegiate School and was an instructor at Brooklyn College’s Summer Latin Institute. Most recently\, he taught Latin\, Greek\, and German at the Waynflete School in Portland\, Maine. \nTran has been an occasional guest on Maine Public Radio\, discussing grammar; the Classics; and Strunk and White’s legacy. He currently tattoos at and owns Tsunami Tattoo in Portland\, Maine\, where he lives with his family. Phuc is the author of the memoir\, Sigh\, Gone. \nFor anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong\, Sigh\, Gone shares an irreverent\, funny\, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/meet-the-author-phuc-tran/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:English Department,Public Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T210000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T172109Z
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SUMMARY:David Barnouw: Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Who Owns her Legacy?
DESCRIPTION:A presentation on Anne Frank\, betrayal\, and the legacy of both by David Barnouw. \nBarnouw 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 dozens of articles on World War II subjects. He has given lectures at Berkeley\, Columbia\, Cornell\, Harvard\, Princeton\, Rutgers\, UCLA\, WestPoint etc. He has been visiting professor at the University of Vermont in Burlington (2008 and 2012). Barnouw is a renowned expert on Anne Frank and follows her emergence as a global phenomenon and what this means for her historical person and her legacy as a symbol of the Holocaust. He is updating his book Who betrayed Anne Frank? (2003). His latest book The Phenomenon of Anne Frank (originally in Dutch) was published in 2018 by Indiana University Press with a translation in German(2015) and Italian (2021). \nCo-sponsored by the University of Maine History Department\, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center\, the Honors College and the Jewish Community Endowment Association. \nLive streamed at https://youtu.be/qrO3yrHLae0.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/david-barnouw-anne-frank/
LOCATION:Buchanan Alumni House
CATEGORIES:History,Honors College,Judaic Studies,Lecture,Religious Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211202T160000
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SUMMARY:Reaching Readers
DESCRIPTION: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 of the publishers who eventually supported and published their projects. The event will take place on December 2\, 2021\, at 3 p.m. ET in Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall\, and virtually via Zoom.  \nProfessor of Political Science Amy Fried’s new (co-authored) book\, titled At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump\, was published by Columbia University Press\, Professor of English Margo Lukens’s new (co-authored) book\, titled “Still They Remember Me” Penobscot Transformer Tales\, Volume 1\, was published by University of Massachusetts Press\, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology Kyriacos Markides’s new book\, titled The Accidental Immigrant: A Quest for Spirit in a Skeptical Age\, was published by Hamilton Books. All three books appeared this year (2021)\, and all three authors employed tools drawn from the humanities – historical inquiry\, thoughtful reflection\, and understandings of perspective and connection – to develop their ideas and complete their projects. \nThe event is part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s 2021-2022 Annual Symposium: “Humanities: Impact in Real Life.”  \n  \nPARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES: \nAmy Fried is John Mitchell Nickerson Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. She is the author of Muffled Echoes: Oliver North and the Politics of Public Opinion (Columbia\, 1997) and Pathways to Polling: Crisis\, Cooperation\, and the Making of Public Opinion Professions (2012). \nMargo Lukens is a scholar of Native American literature who has long collaborated with the Penobscot nation.  She is a Professor of English at the University of Maine\, and the former Director of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center. \nKyriacos Markides\, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Maine\, has written several books on Christian mysticism for academic publishers including Yale University Press\, and trade publishers like Doubleday. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/reaching-readers/
LOCATION:Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium\, Barrows Hall\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04468\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T170000
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SUMMARY:Speaking to Citizens\, Connecting with Audiences
DESCRIPTION: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\, and a professor of political philosophy\, the panel will describe how skills learned from the humanities – such as how to conduct interviews and answer questions\, how to speak and write clearly\, and how to engage audiences in democratic processes – play a vital role in their work. \nModerator: Robert A. Ballingall\,  Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. Professor Ballingall’s research interests lie in classical political philosophy and its fraught relationship to modern – especially liberal democratic – political thought.  Before coming to UMaine\, Professor Ballingall was Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard and Allan Bloom Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow for Research in Classical Political Thought at the University of Toronto\, where he also took his PhD.  Professor Ballingall’s new book\, The Reverent City: Plato’s Laws and the Politics of Ethical Authority\, is under contract to the University of Pennsylvania Press. \n\nPanelist: Victoria Bonney\, Director of Communications for Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine).  In 2017\, Victoria Bonney was named Director of Communications for Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.  Before that\, Bonney spent more than a decade of service as a senior spokeswoman and communications strategist for government agencies\, advocacy organizations\, and political campaigns. She served as Communications Manager for Planned Parenthood’s New Hampshire Action Fund\, and previously oversaw the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ outreach and public education strategy throughout New England during implementation of the Affordable Care Act. \nPanelist: Colin Woodard is a New York Times bestselling historian\, a Polk-Award winning journalist\, and the author of six books.  He is a contributing editor at Politico and the State and National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram\, where he received a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. A longtime foreign correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education\, he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and seven continents. Born in Waterville\, he’s a graduate of Mt. Abram High School\, Tufts University\, and the University of Chicago\, and a past Pew Fellow in International Journalism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.His books are interdisciplinary in nature\, informed by his liberal arts education\, and include: Ocean’s End (on the environmental crisis in the world’s oceans)\, The Republic of Pirates (on Blackbeard’s notorious pirate gang); The Lobster Coast (a cultural history of coastal Maine); and three books on the nature of the United States and the deep background to the existential crises it faces: American Nations\, American Character\, and\, most recently\, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood. \n\n\nThis panel is part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s 2021-2022 Annual Symposium: “Humanities: Impact in Real Life”
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/speaking-to-citizens/
LOCATION:Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium\, Barrows Hall\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04468\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T150000
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SUMMARY:Fall Poetry Pop Up
DESCRIPTION:The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a Fall Poetry Pop Up on Saturday\, October 23\, 2021\, at 1:30 p.m. \nThe open-mic poetry reading will be held outdoors at the Orono Village Green amphitheater\, located behind the Orono Public Library at 39 Pine Street. The event\, which is free and open to the public\, welcomes poets of all ages to share their work. Hot apple cider and other fall refreshments will be served. \nPoets are asked to keep their readings to five minutes in length maximum to make sure that everyone interested in reading has time to do so. If additional time is available at the end\, poets will be allowed to read additional material. \nWhile poets can sign up to read on the spot\, advance confirmation is always appreciated at mhc@maine.edu.  We ask that poets consider a public library audience when selecting which poems to read.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/fall-poetry-pop-up-2/
LOCATION:Orono Village Green\, Behind Orono Public Library\, Orono\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Public Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260531T061201
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T215521Z
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SUMMARY:The Stories We Tell: McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows Showcase
DESCRIPTION: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 showcase will take place on Wednesday\, April 21\, and Thursday\, April 22\, from 7-8:30 p.m. on both nights. Join the events via Zoom here. Passcode  899432 if prompted. Email questions to mhc@maine.edu. \n  \nPRESENTATION SCHEDULE\nWednesday\, April 21\, 7-8:30 PM\, FELLOWS KATHERINE REARDON AND NOLA PREVOST \nKatherine Reardon\, “What It Was and What I Know: Attempts at Family History” \nSenior English major Katherine Reardon will be reading her creative work discussing family histories and storytelling through the lens of her own Irish family. Reardon was inspired to do this work while studying abroad in her family’s native Ireland. Combining the oral histories and family lore she grew up with sometimes contradictory archival records\, Reardon examines where the truth fits in with these stories\, and whether or not it is important if a family story is true. She will also discuss her personal reflective process\, and locating herself within these stories. \nNola Prevost\, “All The Girls In The Woods: Feminist Fairy Tales for the Modern World” \nNola Prevost will present selections from her original collection of feminist fairy tales\, All The Girls In The Woods. Prevost\, a senior English major and a Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies minor\, will explore the ability of the fairy tale genre to create and disseminate knowledge and values\, and how this can be useful for social justice activism. She will also discuss the impact of inclusive and diverse representation in stories on women\, people of color\, and the LGBTQ+ community. \nThursday\, April 22\, 7-8:30 PM\, FELLOWS HAILEY CEDOR AND NOLAN ALTVATER \nHailey Cedor\, “Local Involvement\, Memory and Denial: the Complexities of the Holocaust in Lithuania” \nSenior History major Hailey Cedor will present part of her Honors thesis research about local involvement and memory of Lithuanians in relation to the Holocaust. The complex relationship of current Lithuanians with past atrocities shows the difficulties of acknowledging and reconciling difficult history\, and the dangers of that ignorance. In Lithuania\, the country’s complicated past has left ample room for self-victimization and denial that favors the public memory of non-Jewish Lithuanians\, leaving the small Jewish community that survived the Holocaust to be continually marginalized. Cedor has worked with Holocaust material since the fall of 2018\, and this past experience sparked an interest in Lithuania’s relationship to the Holocaust. \nNolan Altvater\, “Wabanaki Tools of Diplomacy: Storying Protocols as Political Will” \nUsing Indigenous research methodologies\, senior fellow Nolan Altvater’s project aims to center the needs and voices of Wabanaki communities to inform education policy in the State of Maine. Altvater\, a Passamaquoddy citizen and future Tribal educator\, addresses the current barriers of implementation of the Wabanaki Studies Law (LD 291) and presents how Wabanaki diplomacy can lead the way to address these issues and serve as political will toward decolonization and antiracist conviction in Maine education. In addition\, it explores the concepts and protocols of wampum and its later form of Indigenous writing and how Wabanaki people have used traditional intellect to use these tools for empowerment to resist colonialism. Altvater is also a board member of Wabanaki Reach. \nClick here for more information on the McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellowship program\, or email mhc@maine.edu with questions.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/stories-we-tell/2021-04-21/
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CATEGORIES:MHC Fellows,MHC Undergraduate Fellowship
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SUMMARY:Virtual Hidden History Tour of Campus - RESCHEDULED
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRESCHEDULED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE: \nJoin us on Tuesday\, April 6 at 7 p.m. for a virtual tour of hidden campus history. Free and open to the public. Click here to join the virtual tour.  \nThe MHC’s humanities specialist Karen Sieber is overseeing the project\, which stems from work students started in Professor of History Liam Riordan’s fall of 2020 Public History class.  Using digital public history and mapping methods\, Sieber has been working with history students Luke Miller and Elizabeth Dalton\, in collaboration with archivists at Fogler Library\, to research and curate a tour featuring a dozen lesser-known stories within campus history. \nMiller will highlight stories behind the first Black student on campus\, as well as World War II soldiers from the Class of ‘44. Dalton\, who is also a McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow\, will discuss her research into student employment and financial aid during the Great Depression\, and numerous stories of remarkable women in campus history. Sieber\, too\, has added her own research on the Courtney Brothers incident\, as well as a tour stop featuring the efforts of Dr. Ted Mitchell to establish the Native American Studies program and the Wabanaki Center on campus. \nThe team is building the tour in Clio\, a website and app that will allow users to take the tour in person or virtually\, with options to add additional resources\, historic photographs and an audio tour. Dalton has also created an Instagram page to highlight some of the individual stories\, which can be found at @hidden_umaine. The tour has the potential to expand in the future through additional classroom collaborations across a number of fields. \nFollowing the event a link to the tour on the Clio app will be found at: https://umaine.edu/mhc/hiddenhistory/. \nContact karen.sieber@maine.edu with questions.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/hidden-history/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:digital humanities,History,MHC Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210312T140000
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SUMMARY:The Resistance  to Reason - McGillicuddy Humanities Center Ivy Flessen
DESCRIPTION:“The Resistance to Reason: An Enduring Problem” \nMarch 12\, 2 pm. \nWe 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 Fellow Ivy Flessen will be presenting her research related to these questions. Her talk will center around Plato’s Myth of Er to answer these questions\, and illuminate the irrationality\, hatred\, and anger that seems to overwhelm our political society. Free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required by clicking here.   \nEmail mhc@maine.edu with any questions. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/resistance-to-reason/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:MHC Undergraduate Fellowship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T203000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Climate Change
DESCRIPTION: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 with expertise in creating powerful images and visuals about climate science with a veteran science writer and editor to discuss how art can communicate directly and emotionally\, and can engage the public\, in ways that move beyond the scientific findings and data. \nJoin the McGillicuddy Humanities Center on Wednesday\, March 10\, 2021\, at 7:30 p.m. to explore this topic further.  Email mhc@maine.edu to join\, or register at: https://tinyurl.com/artofclimate. \nModerator Laura Helmuth\, Ph.D. is Editor-in-Chief of Scientific American. She is a science journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering all fields of health\, science\, technology\, and the environment. Prior to joining Scientific American\, she was the Science and Health Editor for The Washington Post and has held positions at National Geographic\, Slate\, Smithsonian\, and Science. Helmuth was the President of the National Association of Science Writers from 2016 to 2018 and board member from 2012 to 2016. \nPanelist Jill Pelto is a climate scientist and artist based in Westbrook\, Maine. Her work focuses on communicating human-environment connections. By incorporating scientific research and data into watercolor paintings\, she weaves visual narratives that reveal the benefits and costs of human impacts on this planet. She’s conducted field research around the world\, including the mountain glaciers of Washington and the Transantarctic Mountains. She recently created a custom data-art painting for the cover of TIME Magazine in July 2020. Her biography and a gallery of her work can be found at http://www.jillpelto.com/. \nPanelist Deirdre Murphy decodes the interconnected patterns that exist in art and science through the lens of biological patterns and data visualization. Her research has led to artist residencies at Integral Molecular Biotech and Winterthur Museum. Her paintings\, prints and public art have exhibited at the Philadelphia International Airport\, Palm Springs Museum of Art\, Zillman Art Museum\, Biggs Museum of American Art\, New Bedford Art Museum\, and Tacoma Art Museum. Her biography and a gallery of her work can be found at http://www.deirdremurphyart.com/. \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/acc/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Event,CLAS event,Public Humanities,Symposium
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