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  • ‘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

    Friday, October 14 | 3:00 p.m. Collins Center for the Arts “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 A 2022 Homecoming Event, produced in collaboration with the University of Maine Alumni Association, the University of Maine College of […]

    Free

  • Pre-Performance Lecture: Sarah Harlan-Haughey, “As You Like It”

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

    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 […]

    Free

  • 2022 RIVAS Conference

    Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    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. The RIVAS 2022 conference also aims at being innovative and inclusive of different […]

  • New Writing Series: Victoria Hood and Lily Rain

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

    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 […]

    Free

  • The Contradictions of ‘Civilizing’ Consumption: Colonial Wine in Britain’s Imperial Project

    Zoom

    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.” Dr. 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 […]

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  • “With So Much Violence in the United States and the Contemporary World, How Can Nonviolence Be Relevant and Effective?

    Zoom

    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?" Panelists include Tamara Benson , student Core Organizer of UMaine Climate […]

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  • Pre-Performance Lecture: Scott Cleveland on the Blind Boys of Alabama

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

    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. The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living […]

    Free

  • “The Danish Jews in Theresienstadt: The Topography of Memory”

    305 Center Stevens

    Wednesday, Nov. 16 1:00-2:30 p.m. / Digital & Spatial History Lab, Center Stevens Hall 305 “The Danish Jews in Theresienstadt: The Topography of Memory” In this informal presentation, Prof. Therkel […]

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