Join the Humanities Collaboration for a lively discussion of the Magdalene Laundries and snacks at Orono High School! The Magdalene Laundries were workhouses in which many Irish women and girls were effectively imprisoned because they were perceived to be a threat to the moral fiber of society. Mandated by the Irish state beginning in the […]
University of Montreal Professor to Give Talk on Friendship On March 6, from 4 to 5:30PM the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, as part of the Life of Ideas series, curated by Frédéric Rondeau, will host scholar Éric Méchoulan. Méchoulan will give a talk titled “On Friendship: A Brief History of the Concept from Aristotle to Facebook.” Éric Méchoulan is […]
Join us for the pre-performance lecture by Dr. Richard Brucher of the NT Live Broadcast of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. Dr. Brucher is a professor of English at UMaine whose specializations include Shakespeare and English Renaissance drama, modern American and British drama. Free and open to the public. Following the pre-performance lecture is the streamed broadcast […]
