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MHC Fellow Presentation: Rehannah Baksh, Dogpile, so what does it mean?

Class of 1944 Hall

Dogpile: So, what does it mean? a choreographic work-in-progress by McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow Rehannah Baksh Saturday, April 26, 2025, 3:00-4:30 PM, Dance Studio, 226 Class of 1944 Hall Rehannah Baksh is a McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow whose project Dogpile: So, what does it mean? is an exhibition of choreographic work-in-progress, exploring movement interests and dancer dynamics based […]

Steven Page at CCA with Dale Chapman (Bates)

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

For over 35 years, Steven Page has been a defining voice in the music world, celebrated for his unmistakable sound and timeless songwriting. With the release of his latest album, […]

Symposium event: Mary and Molly (film screening)

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center will present a screening of Mary and Molly accompanied by a discussion with Donna Loring (Co-Director), David Camlin (Co-Director & Editor/Animator), Margo Lukens (Casting & Dialog Director), and Elizabeth Sockbeson (Penobscot Nation […]

Fan Frenzy: A Century of Stardom and Fandom in Hispanic Film and TV

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

Join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center for "Fan Frenzy: A Century of Stardom and Fandom in Hispanic Film and TV," a panel presentation by three visiting scholars. Tuesday, March 11, at […]

Free

Humanities major/minor information session

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Thinking about a major or a minor in the arts or humanities? The McGillicuddy Humanities Center welcomes prospective arts and humanities students (as well as those who've already declared a […]

Symposium Event: “Visualizing the Holocaust: Seeing anew with Digital Methods,” Anne Knowles

120 Williams Hall 5742 Williams Hall, Orono

In this richly visual presentation, Anne Knowles, McBride Professor of History, will share highlights from years of developing geohistorical datasets and data visualizations that reveal the scale and dynamics, spaces and places of the Holocaust in stunning new ways. Her work demonstrates geography as a visual way of knowing — and exploring — the past. […]

“Penobscot Sense of Place,” a lecture by James Francis

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

James Eric Francis Sr. is the Penobscot Nation’s Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation and Tribal Historian. He is also a photographer, filmmaker, painter, and graphics artist. James studies the […]

Farewell Disco, film screening and talk with Mariana Ivanova

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents a screening of Rolf Losansky’s 1989 film, Farewell Disco, as part of its 2024-2025 Symposium, “From Talkies to TikTok: 100 Years of Audiovisual Storytelling.” Farewell […]

Doing Digital Film History, Experimental Humanities Workshop

305 Center Stevens

The Experimental Humanities Workshop welcomes Josephine Diecke (University of Zurich) and Isadora Campregher Paiva (University of Amsterdam) to campus. The title of their talk is "Doing Digital Film History: Combining Sentiment Analysis and Large Language Models." They will be discussing their recent work on using large language models to rethink the history of Weimar-era German […]

A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience is the ultimate multimedia tribute to the most recognized band of all time!Experience The Beatles like never before as A Day in […]

Mapping the Holocaust

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

On Wednesday, April 24 at 4:00 pm in the IMRC, the Sandra Merrill and John G. Peters MHC Fellow Katie Ritchie, a history and secondary education double major, will give a talk on her project, “Mapping the Holocaust.” Ritchie, the Sandra Merrill […]

Video Games Teach History

Cross Insurance Center 515 Main St, Bangor

Saturday, March 23rd | 1:45pm-2:45pm  Meeting Rooms 1&2, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main Street, Bangor The interactive and immersive quality of video games has helped make them wildly popular and profitable entertainment media. This session will explore how the ability of gamers to relive, alter, and explore a game world has implications on how we […]

Pre-Performance Lecture: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents a pre-performance lecture by D Granke, assistant professor in the UMaine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre, a director, fight director, intimacy director, and theatre movement specialist. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company,  brings its internationally beloved troupe of dancers to the CCA […]

Eve Beglarian

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

On February 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the UMaine School of Performing Arts will host composer and performer Eve Beglarian. Here's her description of her set list for the concert:   "The first half of tonight’s performance offers you some of the pieces I made in response to a four-month […]

Visions 2024: More of What Makes Us Human

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

In 2020, the MHC presented its first "Visions" event, highlight current work in the arts and humanities. In 2024, we're pleased to present the sequel: VIsions 2024.  A showcase of current research and creative projects in the arts and humanities, “2024 Visions” will be held on Thursday, February 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Collins […]

We <3 Chapbooks

Bangor Beer Company

"We <3 Chapbooks" is a free reading featuring local Bottlecap Press authors, including former MHC Undergraduate Fellow Paige McHatten. Please join us at Bangor Beer Co. on Thursday, February 8th at 5:00 p.m. to hear from these collections. This event is free and open to all ages. About the Readers: Julia Hills: Julia Hills is […]

“Bméndan: In search of a cartography of responsibility”

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

On Wednesday, February 7 at 3:00 pm in the IMRC, award-winning cartographer Margaret Pearce will conclude her mini-residency at the University of Maine with a talk about her own research on mapping. As part of her residency, Pearce led student workshops on mapping--for those new to cartography and for students with previous experience in GIS.    Pearce's talk, […]

“Eroding History” Screening and Panel Discussion

140 Williams Hall

“Eroding History” Screening and Panel Discussion When: Tuesday, February 6 5:00 p.m. Where: 140 Williams Hall, University of Maine Description: “Eroding History” tells the story of two Black communities on Deal Island, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that are finding themselves at the intersection of sea level rise, historic racism, and the disappearance of Black communities. It is […]

“A Tree Of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” Screening and Discussion

100 D.P. Corbett Hall

Judaic Studies is honored to host a free screening of the documentary film “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting” with a live panel discussion with survivors of that terrible attack.   On October 27th, 2018, a gunman opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing eleven people as they prayed, in what would become […]

The Intersections of Career-Motivated Women and Parenting

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

Join us at 4:00 pm on Friday, December 1, 2023 in the IMRC as outgoing McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow Paige Allen will lead a participant panel presentation on her […]

River In My Backyard

Neville Hall 100

This event has been rescheduled for Monday, November 13 at 6:00 pm. Kate Dickerson and the design team of the Maine Discovery Museum in downtown Bangor will join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center on Monday, November 13 at 6:00 pm in Neville Hall 100 to discuss the museum's new "River In My Backyard" exhibit--and the design process […]

This River Is Our Relative

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

On Thursday, November 9 at 6:00 pm in the Collins Center for the Arts, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will welcome members of the Sunlight Media Collective for a free screening of and discussion/Q&A about the new documentary film "This River Is Our Relative." “This River is Our Relative" is a documentary about the Penobscot Nation’s […]

Free

Pre-Performance Lecture: “The Best of Enemies”

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

On November 3 at 6:00 pm in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts, former MHC director and professor of communication and journalism Michael Socolow will give […]

I Saw What You Did Podcast – Stephen King Double Feature

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

Join us on Thursday October 19 from 3:30-5:30 at IMRC 104 (The Fernald Adaptive Presentation & Performance Environment) for a public discussion of two films based on Stephen King novels—Pet […]

Student Trip: Zillman Art Museum

Zillman Art Museum 40 Harlow Street, Bangor

On Friday, September 29, professor of history and former MHC director Liam Riordan will host a UMaine student trip to the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) in Downtown Bangor (40 Harlow Street) […]

A Conversation with Rhiannon Giddens

100 D.P. Corbett Hall

On Saturday, September 23, the Collins Center for the Arts welcomes GRAMMY, Pulitzer Prize, and MacArthur "Genius" Grant winning performer Rhiannon Giddens to its stage--and that same day, at 1:00 […]

Local Authors Book Reading

Orono Brewing Company 61 Margin Street, Orono

At 5:00 pm on Thursday, September 21, Orono Brewing Company (61 Margin Street, Orono, Maine) hosts a literary reading by local authors, including former McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow Paige […]

History Symposium Series: Paul A. Kramer

Zoom

The first lecture of the UMaine History 2023-24 Symposium Series will take place on Monday, Sept. 18th from 3:10-5:00 pm. Dr. Paul A. Kramer (History, Vanderbilt University) will be giving […]

Opening Reception: Past Trauma in Modernity: Impressions of COVID-19

MiNOR Gallery 282 Main Street, Old Town

The Fall 2022–Spring 2023 Maine Humanities Center (MHC) Undergraduate Fellow Donald Patten, a senior in the University of Maine Department of Art, will be exhibiting his MHC art project “Past Trauma in Modernity: Impressions of COVID-19” at the MiNOR Gallery at 282 Main Street in Old Town, Maine from June 3–30. There will be an […]

FOUR WINTERS: A Story of Jewish Resistance during World War II

Donald P Corbett Bldg UMaine, Orono

The Maine Jewish Film Festival presents FOUR WINTERS: A Story of Jewish Resistance during World War II, a film by Julia Mintz "A stunning, heartfelt narrative of heroism and resilience" […]

The Rule: A Critical and Creative Presentation

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

On Wednesday, April 19 at 4:30 pm in the IMRC, outgoing MHC Undergraduate Fellow Paige McHatten will present the results of her Fellowship project with a talk and creative writing titled "The […]

Lunch & Learn: Let’s Talk About Gender

312 Memorial Union

Join MHC Undergraduate Fellow Willow Wind on Wednesday, April 19 at noon in Memorial Union room 312 for a lunch and learn session on gender identity. Our society needs to […]

Breaking the Bubble: Boosting News Literacy

Lynch Room, Fogler Library

In recent years, claims of “fake news,” bias and misinformation have become rampant, with many of us wanting to stay informed but feeling overwhelmed, and even saturated, by the 24-hour news cycle. How do we move beyond charges of “fake news” to determine the reliability of news content? How do we ethically consume and share […]

Free

Pre-Performance Lecture: Dan Barrett on Jazz at Lincoln Center

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

On Sunday, April 2 at 6:00 p.m., join the Collins Center for the Arts for a pre-performance lecture delivered by UMaine jazz professor Dan Barrett, presented with the support of […]

Free

New Writing Series: Suzette Mayr

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

On Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 pm, the UMaine Department of English New Writing Series presents a reading and Q&A by award-winning novelist Suzette Mayr in the Allen 54′ and […]

Defiant Requiem: Lecture and Performance

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

On March 29-30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022-23 MHC […]

Defiant Requiem: Film Screening

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

On March 29-30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022-23 MHC […]

Melissa Bragdon Caron

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

On Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Minsky Recital Hall, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the UMaine School of Performing Arts welcome Melissa Bragdon Caron and her bluegrass band […]

The Meaty Mind: Eating and Thinking in Early Christian Monasticism

Soderberg Lecture Hall Jenness Hall, UMaine, Orono

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 […]

Pre-Performance Lecture: Marisa Solomon on the Dreamers’ Circus

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

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 […]

F2M

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 […]

Free

Pre-Performance Lecture: Marisa Solomon on Dreamers’ Circus

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

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 […]

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

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

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. […]

Free

New Writing Series: Victoria Hood and Lily Rain

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

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

2022 RIVAS Conference

Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono

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 […]

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

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

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

Meet the Author: Phuc Tran

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 […]

Free

Reaching Readers

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

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 […]

Free

Speaking to Citizens, Connecting with Audiences

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

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 […]

Fall Poetry Pop Up

Orono Village Green Behind Orono Public Library, Orono

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a Fall Poetry Pop Up on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. The open-mic poetry reading will be held outdoors at the Orono […]

The Stories We Tell: McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows Showcase

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 […]

Virtual Hidden History Tour of Campus – RESCHEDULED

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. RESCHEDULED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE: Join us on Tuesday, […]

The Resistance to Reason – McGillicuddy Humanities Center Ivy Flessen

"The Resistance to Reason: An Enduring Problem" March 12, 2 pm. We 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 […]

The Art of Climate Change

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 […]

The Atlantic Black Box: Reckoning with New England’s Complicity in the Slave Trade

Atlantic Black Box is a public history project that empowers communities throughout New England to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with our region’s complicity in the slave trade and the broader slave economy. This grassroots historical recovery movement is powered by citizen historians and guided by a broad coalition of scholars, community leaders, […]

The Double Standard: Protest Coverage and Racial Bias

Mass media has a long arm, and a national influence over public opinion of social issues. When protests broke out across the country recently in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, newspapers were quick to try to show the 'true' nature of these demonstrations. However, in trying to show news consumers what they wanted […]

Women and Climate Change Speaker Series

Women often are on the front lines of climate change impacts, yet are uniquely poised to reshape our institutions towards resilience and gender equity. Women are increasingly in leadership roles, innovating sustainable approaches to scarcity, and building community around local solutions. Join us on select Thursdays at 2 p.m. throughout the semester to hear perspectives […]

DH Pop In: Using Canva to Market Your Event or Research

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center's next DH Pop In event will be Friday, January 22, at 11AM. The MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber will show participants how to use a free, easy-to-use program called Canva to design event flyers, social media posts, brochures, powerpoints, resumes and more. Email mhc@maine.edu for the link to join.  No digital […]

The Art of Breathing: Original Feminist Poetry by Bria Lamonica

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow Bria Lamonica will be presenting an original collection of poems, "The Art of Breathing," on December 8 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Free and open to the public. Join the Zoom reading here. Lamonica is a fourth-year English major with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in psychology. As part […]

Tarred and Feathered: UMaine’s Hidden Connection to the Red Summer of 1919

Karen Sieber, Humanities Specialist at the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, will speak at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, about her research, "Tarred and Feathered: UMaine's Hidden Connection to the Red Summer of 1919." Free and open to the public.  Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion. Join […]

Telling the Story of Climate Change

This event, part of the MHC's 2020-2021 Symposium on "The Story of Climate Change" brings together people from different professional fields tasked with communicating the impact of climate change to the public. The panel (which will be remote, via Zoom) features a veteran reporter, scientists working with Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW), and is moderated by Dr. Katherine Glover from the University […]

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The Humanities as Activism in Chicago

On Thursday, November 12, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be sponsoring a panel on "The Humanities as Activism in Chicago." This session of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series will feature three remarkable panelists whose work at the intersection of the humanities and activism has garnered national attention: Tonika Johnson, Kevin Coval, and Nicole Marroquin. Free and […]

Harlan County, USA: The Story of Climate Change Film Series

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium Film Series returns with narrative and documentary films that engage with this year's symposium theme, "The Story of Climate Change." The selected films present visions of our past and future and examine our relationships with the environment, energy, material culture, and the power structures that shape the many stories of […]

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Funding Fall Deadline

Applications and proposals for student and faculty funding from the McGillicuddy Humanities Center are due October 19, 2020. More information about each opportunity is available below, or on our website at umaine.edu/mhc/research/. Student Fellows are awarded $8,000 over a two semester period. Faculty grants of up to $5,000 are awarded to support classrooms initiatives, events, […]

Wall-E: The Story of Climate Change Film Series

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium Film Series returns with narrative and documentary films that engage with this year's symposium theme, "The Story of Climate Change." The selected films present visions of our past and future and examine our relationships with the environment, energy, material culture, and the power structures that shape the many stories of […]

Careers in Public History workshop

Online

Kate Axelson Foster from the Career Center will lead a virtual workshop on "Careers in Public History" on September 25, 2020 at 3 p.m. Foster will provide students with tips for navigating the […]

Free

Virtual NEH Grant Writing Workshop

Online

On Friday, September 25, 2020, the University of Maine’s McGillicuddy Humanities Center will offer a virtual workshop on applying for NEH grants. It will be conducted by Mark Silver, Senior Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. The workshop is open to the public. Anyone interested in […]

Free

Humanities Faculty Fall Welcome Event

MLK Plaza University of Maine, Orono

Humanities Faculty Fall Welcome Event September 18, 2020, 3pm - 4:30pm Martin Luther King Plaza The McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be sponsoring a welcome event to introduce new and returning faculty members in the Humanities to the Center and each other.  This in-person, outdoors event will offer faculty the opportunity to interact and talk about their […]

Free

DH Pop In: Simple Mapping

Building off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]

DH Pop In: Building Digital Timelines

Online

Building off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]

Free

Canción/Canção, a recital of art songs from Cuba, Brazil and Argentina featuring mezzo-soprano Caitlin Felsman,

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

Canción/Canção, a recital of art songs from Cuba, Brazil and Argentina featuring mezzo-soprano Caitlin Felsman, will be held on March 25 at 4:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Presented by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the event is free and open to the public. For decades, political turmoil has limited the cultural exchange of the United […]

Free

Innocence Unprotected: The Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization

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

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is holding a year-long film series examining "The Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization" as part of our annual symposium. The films selected engage with the theme in a variety of ways, from incorporating the legacies of colonization into the storyline to disrupting traditional Western systems and methods of production and distribution. […]

Free

CANCELED: Hunter Without Hunting Ground: The Dispossessed Wanderer in 21st Century Film

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

CANCELED due to unforeseen travel issues. Follow our calendar to stay informed about other upcoming events. The Rising Tide Center in collaboration with the Department of Communication & Journalism and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents, "Hunter Without Hunting Ground: The Dispossessed Wanderer in 21st Century Film " Visiting professor Dr. Ernest Mathijs, Professor of Film and Media Studies […]

Free

(CANCELED) Coffy: The Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization

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

The March 9 showing of the film Coffy  is CANCELED due to unforeseen travel delays with the speaker. Tomorrow's talk with Professor Mathijs is also canceled. Future "Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization" events listed below will continue as scheduled.   The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is holding a year-long film series examining "The Cinema of Colonization […]

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McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellowship Information Session

Totman Room, Memorial Union Orono

Are you an undergraduate student at UMaine studying art, music, history, performing arts, English, journalism, communications, new media, philosophy, languages or other humanities fields? Would you like to earn $4,000 per semester for two consecutive semesters working on your own independent research or creative project? The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is holding an information session and […]

Visiting Professor Erin J. Kappeler’s lecture on “Mary Austin’s Time Machine: Modernist Poetics and Settler Time”

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

Visiting professor Erin J. Kappeler (Tulane University) will be speaking in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall on Wednesday, March 4, at 3PM. Kappeler will explore key texts by the modernist poet and activist Mary Austin, who helped to invent Native American poetry as a field, to show that the concept of free verse was a […]

Free

Pre-performance Lecture: Birdie Sawyer on “Flex Ave” by FLEXN

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

“This dance form, these artists won’t be boxed in.” – New York Times Following breakthrough performances at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Manchester International Festival, and an upcoming residency for the inaugural season of The Shed in New York City, FLEX AVE., the brand new creation of Flexn dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” […]

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Black Digital History Lunch and Learn: A DH Pop In

Multicultural Student Center 3rd floor, Memorial Union, Orono

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Multicultural Student Center are holding a Black Digital History lunch and learn on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 12 p.m. in the Multicultural Student Center on the 3rd floor of Memorial Union. Stop by for lunch. Leave with new tools in your knowledge arsenal. Karen Sieber from the McGillicuddy […]

Free

Pre-performace lecture by Jack Burt on Septura Brass

Join us in Miller's Cafe in Collins Center for the Arts for a FREE pre-performance lecture by Jack Burt (SPA) before the afternoon performance by Septura Brass. 2:00 coffee & tea, light refreshments 2:15 - 2:45 lecture and Q&A 3 p.m. concert Reception to follow concert Septura brings together London’s leading players to redefine brass […]

Pre-Performance Lecture by Dick Brucher on Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”

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

RESCDHEDULED FOR SNOW NEW DATE: Sunday, February 9, 2020 12 p.m. reception and lecture (FREE) 1 p.m. show (WITH TICKET) The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents UMaine professor Dick Brucher, who will be giving a pre-performance lecture on Arthur Miller's play All My Sons on Friday, February 7 at 12 p.m. The play, which broadcasts live […]

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Pre-performance lecture by William Yellow Robe on The Color Purple

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival! Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic conquered Broadway in an all-new “ravishingly re-conceived production that is a glory to behold” (TheNew York Times). Don’t miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about […]

Free

Bangor Humanities Day 2020

Downtown Bangor Bangor

The 8th Annual Bangor Humanities Day on Feb. 1 will celebrate music, art, history, literature and other humanities disciplines at venues throughout downtown Bangor. The free public event is sponsored […]

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2020 Visions: The Humanities at UMaine

Buchanan Alumni House

The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center invites community members, faculty and students to attend a showcase of current research and creative projects in the humanities. The event, “2020 Visions: The Humanities at UMaine,” will be held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Buchanan Alumni House from 2-5 p.m. The event is free and […]

Decolonizing Museum Practices: Implications for Universities and Schools

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

Starr Kelly (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Curator of Education at the Abbe Museum, will be speaking on "Decolonizing Museum Practices: Implications for Universities and Schools" from 4:00 to 5:30 pm on Monday, January 27. The talk will be held in Bodwell Lounge on the third floor of Collins Center for the Arts. Light refreshments will be […]

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Aydrea Walden, “Black Girl in a Big Dress”

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

The Rising Tide Center, in collaboration with the Honors College, the Bailey Fund, the Communication and Journalism Department, and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, presents two unique events with stand-up comedienne Aydrea Walden. On December 9, beginning at 8PM, Aydrea will perform "a musical one-woman show about a total whitey trapped in a black chick's body" called […]

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Aydrea Walden, “The Oreo Experience”

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

The Rising Tide Center, in collaboration with the Honors College, the Bailey Fund, the Communication and Journalism Department, and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, presents stand-up comedienne Aydrea Walden performing "a musical one-woman show about a total whitey trapped in a black chick's body." The event will be held in Minsky Recital Hall on December 9, […]

Free

Queering the Fin de Siecle: Recognizing Queer Identities in the Modernist Era of Literature

Writing Center Neville Hall, #404, Orono

Senior English major and McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellow Connor Ferguson will present his project, “Queering the Fin de Siècle,” on December 6th, 2019, from 2-4pm in the Writing Center. This project focuses on the importance of recognizing queer identities in the modernist era of literature, the way industrialization and globalization affected queer individuals, and how […]

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series : Before Tomorrow

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

Greg Quill's review of Before Tomorrow from The Star: "A disturbing and powerful metaphor for the doom visited on the Inuit after their insulated world was penetrated by Europeans in the mid-1800s, Before Tomorrow, co-directed by native filmmakers and writers Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, imagines a moment in which these once hardy people, ill-equipped […]

Pre-Performance Lecture by King Chair Caroline Bicks,”Midsummer Night Queens”

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

Pre-performance reception and lecture entitled “Midsummer-Night Queens”, presented by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center. UMaine professor and Stephen E. King Chair Caroline Bicks, a Shakespeare scholar, will conduct the lecture about Shakespeare’s magical comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, which features an abundance of queens, including an off-stage appearance by Elizabeth I herself. Dr. Bicks will discuss […]

Free

Wabanaki Artist Showcase – James Francis

Hudson Museum

Wabanaki Artist Showcases at the Hudson Museum provide an opportunity to see artists in action.  Join a free demonstration and talk by James Francis, Penobscot Multimedia Artist. See the Hudson Museum's flyer below for more details and a list of other Artist Showcases this fall: Wabanaki Artists Flyer 2019

Mary and Molly: In the Spirit of the Ancestors

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Bangor Public Library present “Mary and Molly: In the Spirit of the Ancestors, a Birthday to Remember” A One Act play by Donna M. Loring PRODUCED BY THE MCGILLICUDDY HUMANITIES CENTER DIRECTED BY WILLIAM S. YELLOW ROBE, JR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 2:00 - 4:00 PM Minsky Lecture Hall, Bangor […]

Free

Human Beans: A Bean Supper Series

Church of Universal Fellowship 82 Main Street, Orono

Throughout the Fall, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be holding a series of bean suppers as part of our annual symposium theme of "Society, Colonization and Decolonization." Each of the suppers will feature a different cultural identity and bean recipe, including Franco-American bean-hole beans with brown bread, US southwestern-style beans with red & green chiles, Cuban bean […]

Free

Pre-Performance Lecture: Jupiter String Quartet

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Anatole Wieck, professor of Music, Violin/Viola and Orchestra at UMaine, will give a pre-performace lecture before Jupiter String Quartet takes the stage Friday night. The 6:30pm lecture will be held in Miller's Cafe, inside the Collins Center for the Arts, and will give attendees insight and background knowledge into the quartet's 7:30pm performance that night […]

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium Lecture with Professor Lisa Brooks of Amherst College

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

The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents Abenaki historian and literary scholar Dr. Lisa Brooks on Thursday, November 7, 2019, from 4:00pm – 5:30pm in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall. Brooks is the author of the recent award winning book, Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War, and will be speaking as part of this year's symposium theme, […]

Wabanaki Artist Showcase – Butch Phillips

Hudson Museum

Wabanaki Artist Showcases at the Hudson Museum provide an opportunity to see artists in action.  Join a free demonstration and talk by Butch Phillips, Penobscot Birchbark Artist on November 6, […]

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series : Carol

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

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series will feature a collection of six films throughout the academic year related to "The Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization." The global films in the series, from France, Africa, Canada, Argentina and the United States, feature a variety of filming styles, including documentary, ethnographic, and outsider films alongside studio productions. […]

From UMaine to Broadway: A discussion with lighting designer Don Holder

Hauck Auditorium

The division of Theatre/Dance is hosting Tony award winning lighting designer, and UMaine alum, Don Holder on Friday November 1st.  He will be giving a talk that is free and open to the public at 2pm in Hauck auditorium. Come learn more about this award winning designer, who has worked on 58 different Broadway shows, […]

Free

Application Deadline For the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows Program

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows program offers junior and senior humanities students the support needed to concentrate on their coursework and develop research and creative projects, work collaboratively with a select group of peers, participate in interdisciplinary humanities programs, and gain professional skills. Fellows attend, help plan, and promote the Center’s various programs, putting […]

2019 Maine Heritage Lecture by Darren Ranco, “Protecting Wabanaki Basketmaking Traditions Threatened by an Invasive Pest”

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Darren Ranco, Chair of Native American Programs and Associate Professor of Anthropology, will be giving this year's Maine Heritage Lecture on "Protecting Wabanaki Basketmaking Traditions Threatened by an Invasive Pest: Addressing “Wicked Problems” Through Collaborative Research." Wabanaki (Micmac, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot) tribal basketmaking traditions use brown ash trees as their primary source material. This […]

Human Beans: A Bean Supper Series

Church of Universal Fellowship 82 Main Street, Orono

Throughout the Fall, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be holding a series of bean suppers as part of our annual symposium theme of "Society, Colonization and Decolonization." Each of the suppers will feature a different cultural identity and bean recipe, including Franco-American bean-hole beans with brown bread, US southwestern-style beans with red & green chiles, Cuban bean […]

Free

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series : Zama

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

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series will feature a collection of six films throughout the academic year related to "The Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization." The global films in the series, from France, Africa, Canada, Argentina and the United States, examine colonialism, racism and post-colonial identity, as well as decolonization of the film industry itself. All […]

Arthur Rimbaud: A 165th Birthday Celebration and Poetry Reading

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow Noah Loveless will lead a group reading of poet Arthur Rimbaud's work "A Season In Hell" on the 165th anniversary of Rimbaud's birth. Join the MHC in a celebration of Rimbaud's life, work, and influence on the humanities. Food and drinks will be offered.

Free

Madeline Sayet, “Indigenous Shakespeares”

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

Award winning Mohegan director and Visiting Libra Professor Madeline Sayet will discuss the historical relationship between Native peoples and Shakespearean performance, and how Native artists have used Shakespearean productions as a tool to reclaim their voices and empower theNative Theater movement. The event will take place on October 17, 2019, at 4:30pm in the Fernald […]

Free

“De-colonization is not a reality show” a one-person performance by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.

Lord Hall, room 100

“De-colonization is not a reality show” a one-person performance/first draft written by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. directed by visiting Libra Professor Madeline Sayet Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 p.m. Lord Hall, Room 100 Free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the UMaine Department of Art, and the UMaine Department of English

Wabanaki Artist Showcase – Frances Soctomah

Hudson Museum

Wabanaki Artist Showcases at the Hudson Museum provide an opportunity to see artists in action.  Join us for a free demonstration and talk by Frances Soctomah, Passamaquoddy Basketmaker. Click here to view a flyer with more details and a list of other Artist Showcases this fall.  

Free Artober Bus Trip to Bangor Arts Exchange and UMaine Museum of Art

Collins Center for the Arts Parking Lot, Bowdoin College, Maine Historical Society, Portland Museum of Art

A free bus will depart the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot at 4:15 PM on Friday, October 4, 2019. Seats are available on a first come first serve basis. The bus will drop participants off for a kickoff event and performances at Bangor Arts Exchange, followed by a pizza party at the UMaine […]

Free

Lecture by Professor Ann M. Little of Colorado State University on “The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright: Communities of Women in the Northeast Borderlands”

Bumps Room, Memorial Student Union

Ann M. Little, Professor of History at Colorado State University, will offer a lecture and discussion on, “The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright: Communities of Women in the Northeast Borderlands.” The event, part of  the Alice Stewart Lecture Series, will be held from 12:00pm-1:30pm in the Bumpus Room of Memorial Student Union. The lecture emphasizes the methodology in […]

Free

Wabanaki Artist Showcase – Molly Neptune Parker

Hudson Museum

Wabanaki Artist Showcases at the Hudson Museum provide an opportunity to see artists in action. Molly Neptune Parker, Passamaquoddy Basketmaker and 2012 National Heritage Fellow, will be presenting a free demonstration and talk. See the Hudson Museum's flyer for more details and a list of other Artist Showcases this fall: Wabanaki Artists Flyer 2019 

Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act

Class of 1944 Hall

A lecture by Jennifer Moxley will precede a public workshop of selections from Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act, Based on H.D.’s Bid Me to Live Lindsay Conrad as H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Isaac Bray as Richard Aldington Caitlin Felsman as Bella Joseph Cough as D.H. Lawrence Libretto: Jennifer Moxley Music: Beth […]

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

he Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference will be held at the beautiful University of Maine campus in Orono, ME, from May 30 to June 1, 2019. Please join us for a […]

University of Maine Singers presents Handel’s “Messiah”

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

The University of Maine Singers, under the direction of Francis John Vogt, will perform George Frideric Handel’s beloved oratorio Messiah. They will be joined by an orchestra of School of Performing Arts faculty, students, and regional professionals. Featured as soloists will be undergraduate Vocal Performance majors Kayla M’Lynn Gayton, soprano and Zachary Fisher, tenor; guest […]

Franco Americans, Acadians, and the Great War: The Legacies of WWI

Franco-American Centre 110 Crossland Hall, UMaine, Orono

This panel will examine Franco American experience during and after World War I. This spring marks one hundred years since the first Red Scare, landmark pieces of linguistic and educational […]

Poets/Speak!

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor

The 17th annual POETS/SPEAK! is a celebration of National Poetry Month with readings by well-known and emerging poets, a local Poetry Out Loud winner, UMaine student poets, live jazz, and […]

Handel’s Messiah in America

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

"Their sound is gone out": Handel's Messiah in America. Francis John Vogt, Director of Choral Activities and Lecturer in the School of Performing Arts, will give a talk on the performance history of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah in the United States and the work's enduring influence on classical music performers and  audience. This lecture […]

Advocating for Justice: Lawyers’ Roles in Social Change

Donald P Corbett Bldg UMaine, Orono

The Honors College presents, as part of its 2019 John M. Rezendes Visitng Scholar in Ethics, a lecture by Sally Curran, Esq. It is often said that the law can be used as a sword or a shield, but for public interest and pro bono lawyers the law is often used as a tool to […]

Film: They Shall Not Grow Old

Nutting Hall University of Maine, Orono

As part of our Symposium series, the MHC presents a showing of They Shall Not Grow Old. Using state of the art technology to restore original archival footage which is more […]

Public Lecture: Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life

101 Neville Hall

This event is part of the King Chair Spring Lecture Series Public Lecture: Friday, April 12th, Lisa Klein, former Shakespeare professor and author of the popular young adult novel Ophelia […]

UMaine Student Symposium

Cross Insurance Center 515 Main St, Bangor

Mark your calendars for UMSS19. UMaine Student Symposium: Research & Creative Activity At the University of Maine, students inspire creativity and leadership in the discovery of new knowledge that makes […]

Memorializing WWI in Maine and Beyond

Nutting Hall University of Maine, Orono

As part of our Symposium series, Libby Bischof, Executive Director, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education; Zach Beals, Graduate Assistant for Veterans Education and Transition Services; and Tony Llerena, Coordinator of Veterans Education and Transition Services will present a lecture: Memorializing WWI in Maine and Beyond. Libby's talk will be based on […]

“The Capitalist Road to a Basic Income”

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

Almaz Zelleke, Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai presents: "The Capitalist Road to a Basic Income" Coe Room, Memorial Union 12:30 p.m.

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 […]

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 […]

UMaine bus trip to Portland on Saturday, March 30

Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland

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 […]

“Reckoning with Class Inequality”

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

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.

“The Political Morality of Social Reproduction”

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

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.

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. […]

“The Wire and the case for Radical Optimism”

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

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

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 […]

Bangor Humanities Day

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor

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 […]

Bangor Humanities Day Reception

University of Maine Museum of Art 40 Harlow St., Bangor

Join us at the University of Maine Museum of Art for a kick-off reception for the seventh annual Bangor Humanities Day. The reception will include food and drink catered by Fork & Spoon followed by an exclusive tour of current exhibitions by MMA Director George Kinghorn.

Adam Barr: Keeping Hollywood Relevant

Orono High School RM 65A, 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono

This event is part of the Stephen E. King Chair Spring Lecture Series Public Lecture Thursday, February 28th at the Orono High School library. Adam Barr, "Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant" Adam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, […]

MPAC presents: “I Am Not Your Negro”

Lown Room, Memorial Union

Maine Peace Action Committee Presents: It’s Black History Month! Come join MPAC on February 27th at 5pm in the Lown Room of the Union for a showing of this powerful […]

Exploring and Dismantling Rape Culture: a workshop

402 Neville Hall

Rape culture is the term for the environment in which sexual assault, harassment, coercion, and misconduct are ignored, diminished, and allowed to flourish without repercussion. Rape culture is rampant in the United States and around the world, and it very often originates from the very language we use to describe and define events and actions. […]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Curious Incident takes the audience on an adventure alongside the plays unlikely hero, fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone. When Christopher falls under suspicion for killing his neighbors dog, he uses his love of Sherlock Holmes and his own astute deductive abilities to solve the mystery in this journey […]

Spamalot pre-performance lecture: Sarah Harlan-Haughey

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Join us at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20 for a pre-show lecture, presented in conjunction with the Collins Center for the Arts. Sarah Harlan-Haughey, Associate Professor of English, will be the featured speaker. With a specialty in Medieval literature, Literature and the Environment, Folklore and Oral Traditional Studies, the talk is sure to provide […]

Dine in Discourse: White Like Me

Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, in partnership with the Women’s Resource Center, sponsors “Dine in Discourse: White Like Me” on February 19, 2019, at 5:30pm in the Bumps […]

Poet, Translator, and Scholar Pina Piccolo

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

The spring 2019 New Writing Series kicks off with a special Wednesday afternoon event featuring Pina Piccolo, a poet, translator, and independent, scholar born in California and educated at Berkeley (Ph.D. Italian Literature). She moved to Italy in 2003, where she participated in the creation of La Macchina Sognante: Contenitore delle Scritture del Mondo, an online […]

CANCELED — “King Lear” Pre-Performance Lecture

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

NOTE: This event has been canceled. King Lear Pre-Performance Lecture By Caroline Bicks, Prof. of English and Stephen E. King Chair of Literature Friday November 16 Collins Center for the Arts 6:00 pm KING LEAR on NT Live, 7:00pm

Modernism in Wartime: Avant-Gardes, Revolutions, Poetries

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

Part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium "War without End: World War I and its Legacies" Modernism in Wartime: Avant-Gardes, Revolutions, Poetries A lecture by Vincent Sherry, Visiting Scholar for […]

Free

Modernisms: Past and Future

402 Neville Hall

Part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium "War without End: World War I and its Legacies" Modernisms: Past and Future Colloquium for Faculty and Students A lecture by Vincent Sherry, […]

Free

We are the Dead: the Legacy of Loss

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

An evening of vocal music and poetry with EUPHONY, Orono’s chamber choir, conducted by Francis John Vogt, UMaine Director of Choral Activities. The program features choral settings of poetry from World War I and readings by UMaine faculty, students and friends. Reception to follow in Minsky Lobby.

Social Media and the #MeToo Movement

Orono High School RM 65A, 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono

The UMaine/Orono High School Humanities Collaboration invites you to a discussion of Social Media and the #MeToo Movement Moderated by Judith Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism Friday, November 2 Orono High School Library 5:30-7:00 pm This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by […]

Free

“The Nature of Forgetting” Pre-Show Panel Discussion

Class of 1944 Hall

The Nature of Forgetting Pre-show panel discussion on Aging Issues Tuesday, October 30 Room 100, Class of 1944 Hall 6:00 pm Len Kaye, PhD, Moderator Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine School of Social Work and Director of the UMaine Center on Aging. Panelists: Fayeza S. Ahmed, PhD Assistant Professor in the […]

Maine Heritage Lecture

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

Qualities of rural culture that helped build our nation are vanishing, but are still evident in places like northern Maine. There is value in remembering our roots as a source of permanence and direction in the midst of change. Kathryn Olmstead served 25 years on the journalism faculty of the University of Maine in Orono, […]

Dean’s Homecoming Reception

Hudson Museum

Join us for refreshments and reunion in the Hudson Museum in the CCA at 4pm October 26. This event, sponsored by the Executive Committee of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is free and open to alumni, family and friends, students, faculty and staff. Immediately following this reception, please join us for the Maine Heritage Lecture with […]

“Portland Cello Project” Pre-Performance Lecture

Class of 1944 Hall

Portland Cello Project Pre-Show Lecture presented by Noreen Silver Thursday, October 25 Room 100, Class of 1944 Hall 6:00 pm (before the Portland Cello Project concert) You must have a ticket to the CCA’s Portland Cello Project concert to attend this event. NOREEN SILVER, Director of the Chamber Music Program at UMaine, has been described […]

World War I: The Most Jewish War in History?

Buchanan Alumni House

Richard Rubin is the author of four books, two of which are about America and World War I:  The Last of the Doughboys, and Back Over There.  He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, and Smithsonian, among others, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times’ Travel section. […]

Wealth – Reader’s Theatre

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

FREE and open to the public Directed by Nancy Ogle with original music by Donald Hagar. Preceding the lecture at 6:45pm will be an introductory talk by visiting scholar David Butorac. Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.

The Evolution of Tejano Music: Chicano Movement

165 Barrows Hall

A talk given by Angel Loredo, Director of Higher Education at the Maine Department of Education as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu

Artober – Free Bus for Kickoff Event

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Kickoff Event, tour the UMaine Museum of Art, and join the year’s last Downtown Bangor ARTwalk How do I get on the bus? It’s easy! A first-come, first-served bus will leave from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot at 4:00 p.m. and return to that location at about 8:15 p.m. You can also […]

Hispanic Entrepreneurs in Maine: Challenges and Community Support

165 Barrows Hall

A talk given by Alexandrea Herrera and Carlos Guzman, “Quiero Cafe” Owners as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu

The State of Latinos in K-12 Education

165 Barrows Hall

A talk given by Xavier Botana, Superintendent of Portland, ME Public Schools as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu

History Graduate Student Conference

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

September 21 - 23, 2018 Program of Events Friday, 21 September 2018, Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall 6:00 pm: Light refreshments and registration 7:00 pm: Keynote presentation:  Dr. Lisa Todd “Studying Sexual and Racial ‘Mixture’ in the Shadow of War and Genocide: German Southwest Africa, 1904-1913”   Saturday, 22 September 2018, Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall 8:00-8:30 […]

Mano en Mano: Building Cohesion in an Uncertain World

165 Barrows Hall

A talk given by Christina Ocampo, Program Director and Ethan Flores, Program Coordinator as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu

Sociocultural Bias in Professional Identity Formation Research in Medicine, Nursing, and Couseling Psychology

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

This year is the 6th annual EMMC Ethics Day and the guest speaker is Rebecca Volpe, PhD. There will be two morning talks held in Bangor at EMMC in addition to the afternoon reception and talk at UMaine. Sponsors of this event include Eastern Maine Medical Center and the UMaine McGillicuddy Humanities Center and Department of […]

free

Genetic Genealogy Workshop

Franco-American Centre 110 Crossland Hall, UMaine, Orono

Genetic Genealogy ~ How When Where and Why

free

Euphony: Orono’s Chamber Choir concert

Orono Orono

EUPHONY is Orono's chamber choir, conducted by Francis John Vogt  (of UMaine SPA).  Many UMaine voice majors and some faculty sing in the group. Come see them either Saturday at […]

Dr. Sylvia Earle: Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century*

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle will give a lecture, “Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century,” 4:30–5:30 p.m. Monday, April 30 in the Collins Center for […]

free with registration

Creativity in Art, Change and Survival*

Soderberg Lecture Hall Jenness Hall, UMaine, Orono

With Don Foresta and Edwige Armand  Tuesday 24 April 3:30PM Soderberg Lecture Hall, 116 Jenness Hall Abstract: Why art is linked to the survival of humans in general. We start from an ancestral point of view and end with a look at the world today. The roots of art are to be found very far in the […]

free

How Did You Think of That?*

Come join this one-day workshop for undergrads with guest panelists talking about how they came up with their research questions.  Created by Stephen E. King Chair of Literature, Caroline Bicks.  This is a one-day conference for humanities undergrads looking for inspiration and guidance on how to come up with a research topic. The day will include panels […]

Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a “Post-Truth” Age

Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono

Public Lecture: Patricia Wen, “Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age” PATRICIA WEN is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. She took over this six-member investigative unit […]

free

New Writing Series: poetry reading by Allison Cobb

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

Poetry reading by Allison Cobb. Introduced by Benjamin Friedlander. About Cobb from her website: "Allison Cobb is the author of After We All Died (Ahsahta Press); Plastic: an autobiography (Essay Press EP series); Born2 (Chax Press); and Green-Wood, originally published by Factory School with a new edition forthcoming in 2018 from Nightboat Books. After We All Died is a finalist for the National Poetry Series and […]

free

Examining the Life of Maine Missionary and Suffragist Elizabeth Upham Yates

Soderberg Lecture Hall Jenness Hall, UMaine, Orono

Shannon M. Risk, ’96, ’09, Associate Professor of History at Niagara University, will deliver a lecture entitled: “Examining the Life of Maine Missionary and Suffragist Elizabeth Upham Yates — The Importance of Biography.” “Elizabeth Upham Yates (1857-1942) was a missionary and suffragist, born and raised in Coastal Maine, who rose to national prominence as a […]

free

New Native Tribal Plays with Madeline Sayet*

Penobscot Theatre 51 Main St., Bangor

Tan Katotsanin "how strong are you?" presents New Native Tribal Plays directed by Madeline Sayet at the Penobscot Theatre Company's Rehearsal Hall, 51 Maine St. Bangor.  Madeline Sayet is a Mohegan […]

free

Living a Full, Ethical and Sustainable Life in the 21st Century*

Nutting Hall University of Maine, Orono

2018 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics Living a Full, Ethical and Sustainable Life in the 21st Century: Lessons from Psychology, Ethics and Human-Centered Design The 2018 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar […]

free

Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts with Guest Enzo Traverso*

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

Enzo Traverso, the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, will be giving a talk titled "Burdens of the Past. The Age of Left-Wing Melancholia." The talk is part of a yearlong talk series “Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts” curated by MHC faculty board member Frédéric Rondeau which included fall and spring panels of UMaine faculty, as […]

free

Charles C. Mann Lecture

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Charles C. Mann is the author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, which won the U. S. National Academy of Sciences’ Keck Award for best book of the year […]

free

Becoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono

2017-18 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Russell Duvernoy, Instructor of Philosophy at Seattle University. Duvernoy will give a talk titled “Becoming Ecological: Towards a Process Metaphysical Subjectivity.” This is the first in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract: Beginning from present ecological turbulence and dire climate change predictions, and following Pope Francis’s call for “ecological conversion,” […]

free

Friendship as Reflective Environmental Practice

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono

2017-18 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series presents guest lecturer Bryan Bannon, Associate Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, Merrimack College. Duvernoy will give a talk titled “Friendship as Reflective Environmental Practice.” This is the second in a series of four talks on Environmental Philosophy. Abstract: In this presentation, Bannon argues for a specific hermeneutic framework for understanding the human relationship to nature, […]

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History Symposium: Dr. Margaret Pearce

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

Dr. Margaret Pearce will give a lecture titled "Imagination, Identity, and the Cartography of History: Three Maps of Canada." Dr. Margaret W. Pearce is a former Associate Professor of Geography […]

free

A Book’s Afterlife: Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

The lecture is free and open to the public. JAMES M. SMITH is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His book, Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries and the Nation’s Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm Tóibín as essential reading “for anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women’s sexuality in the Ireland […]

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Humanities Collaboration: Magdalene Laundries*

Orono High School RM 65A, 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono

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 […]

free

Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts with Guest Éric Méchoulan*

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

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 […]

free

Pre-performance lecture of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead with Dr. Richard Brucher – NT Live Broadcast

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

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 […]

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UMMA ART@NOON – Andrea Sulzer

University of Maine Museum of Art 40 Harlow St., Bangor

Join UMMA in welcoming exhibiting artist Andrea Sulzer for ART@NOON. Sulzer will give an informal noon-time gallery talk on her work in Entangled Pairs, on view through May 5, 2018. […]

free

“Six Centuries, Six Years” Documentary Screening*

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

The documentary screening of Six Centuries, Six Years will be followed by a music history panel discussion. The panel includes UMaine School of Performing Arts music faculty Beth Wiemann, Laura Artesani, […]

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Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts: Michael Lang, Anne Knowles, and Michael Howard*

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

The second event of the series “Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts” will feature three UMaine faculty members and take place on Thursday February 22 from 4-5:30PM in the Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall. Participants: Michael Lang (History): "Innumerable times, all at one time: A History of Ages and Epochs." Anne Knowles (History): "The Age of the Map: Finished? Or Just […]

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2018 International Dance Festival

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Showtimes are 2 pm and 7 pm. Doors open one hour before show time. The International Dance Festival (IDF) was a student-led initiative which started in 2005. IDF showcases an array of traditional […]

free

2018 Bangor Humanities Day*

Downtown Bangor Bangor

Bangor Humanities Day kicks-off on Friday evening (Feb. 2nd) at 6pm with a Humanities Powered by PechaKucha event at COESPACE. Presentations topics will include making a living as an author, medical ethics, the Maine Multi-Cultural Center, Peter Archambault (an artist from Madawaska), wedding perfection hysteria, and bacteriophage. For the big day (Saturday Feb. 3rd) there are three […]

Free

Pre-performance lecture of Yamato Drummers with Stuart Marrs* & Sake and Sushi reception

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Stuart Marrs (Professor of Music) will bring his musical expertise to this pre-performance discussion of the Yamato Drummers: The Drummers of Japan. In addition to the lecture, the Hudson Museum will display some Japanese art pieces and there will be a Sake and Sushi reception, sponsored by Oriental Jade. Free and open to the public. Following […]

Celebrating the Poetry of John Ashbery

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

Andrew Epstein, Professor and Chair for Graduate Studies at Florida State University, will give a talk on “Fence-Sitting Raised to the Level of an Esthetic Ideal: John Ashbery and the Poetics of […]

Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts: Steve Evans, Justin Wolff*

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

The first event of the series “Life of Ideas, Notions, and Concepts” will feature three UMaine faculty members and take place on Thursday November 16 from 4-5:30PM in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space Stewart Commons, IMRC. Participants: Steve Evans (English): “Late Style: A Feminist Future for a Category of Patriarchal Aesthetics?” Justin Wolff (Art History): “Passé: Notes on Connoisseurship & Art History” […]

Four Foundational Theories of Labor Activism in Maine

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Four Foundational Theories of Labor Activism in Maine: The Knights of Labor, the AFL, the IWW, and the Socialist Part of Eugene Debs Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. A talk by Marc Cryer, Director of the Bureau of Labor Education, UMaine. The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open to […]

Films at Fogler: “Still Dreaming”

CETA Room, Fogler 5729 Fogler Library, Orono

The featured film is a documentary that follows a retirement community as they prepare a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Part of the 2017-2018 Symposium: Juvenescence/Obsolescence: Humanities Approaches to Aging Across the Ages.  Brought to you by the Stephen King Chair in Literature. 

“Framing Maine” featuring Bill Green*

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

Kids, Don’t Take my Advice: 45 Years of Braggin’ About Maine The Maine Studies Program is proud to host an event on November 9th featuring noted television host and reporter Bill Green, a University of Maine alumnus. The title of Bill’s talk is “Kids, Don’t Take my Advice: 45 Years of Braggin’ About Maine”—a play on his […]

Free – $50

The Three Turns of the Allegory of the Cave

Weisz Room The Maples, room 10, UMaine, Orono

The talk presents an interpretation of Plato’s famous Cave Allegory by Dr. Joseph Forte of Northeast Catholic College.  Part of the 2017-2018 Philosophy Department Colloquium Series

The Election of Trump: One Year Later

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. A discussion organized by Doug Allen, professor of Philosophy, UMaine. A discussion and brown-bag lunch. Free and open to the public. Click here for a full schedule of events in the Fall 2017 Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Sponsored by Marxist and Socialist Studies Minor. Co-sponsored by Maine Peace Action Comm. (MPAC) and […]

The Secrets of the Vikings

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

Anders Winroth, Forst Family Professor of History at Yale University will draw on his award-winning book The Age of the Vikings to shed light on some of the secrets, myths, and mysteries […]

National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

Donald Wright, a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, will deliver a lecture titled “National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History.” The event will take place […]

Pre-performance lecture of King’s Singers with Francis John Vogt*

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Francis John Vogt (SPA Director of Choral Activities) will bring his expertise to this pre-performance lecture. Learn more about Vogt here. Free and open to the public.   Following the pre-performance lecture is King's Singers at the Collins Center for the Arts. You can find out more about that performance and purchase tickets on the CCA […]

Student Activism in 2017

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

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 […]

The Reformation at 500

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

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 […]

Unpacking the Caste System: India and the United States

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

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 […]

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

Nocturnem Draft Haus 56 Main St., Bangor

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 the Maine Humanities Council. Check out the December event as well.  This year's topic focuses on policing, protection, community, and trust in the 21st century: "policing in Maine, […]

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

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

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 […]

SISTERING with Carasque- A Journey in Solidarity

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

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

Pre-performance lecture of Hamlet with Caroline Bicks*

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

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 […]

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

Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, University of Maine, Orono

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

Downtown Bangor ARTober Kick-Off Event*

Bangor Arts Exchange 193 Exchange Street, Bangor

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 […]

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, […]

Puntos suspensivos: A Personal Geography for Hispanic Heritage Month

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

Lecture by Zachary Ludington, Assistant Professor of Spanish, UMaine. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

New Writing Series: Claire Donato*

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

As part of Digital Humanities Week, the New Writing Series is bringing digital poet Claire Donato to campus. Donato has an MFA from Brown University and describes herself as "a writer, artist, and curator thinking about animals, architecture, desire, exceptionalism, nothingness, pedagogy, personal taste, suffering, and synaesthesia." The event is free and open to the public.     […]

Discovering the “Long” 18th Century: Making Connections within Gale Primary Sources

Library Classroom, Fogler UMaine, Orono

Location: Library Classroom, 1st floor Fogler Library (near the "Union" entrance) This workshop will provide an overview of critical primary sources available to scholars at the University of Maine seeking to enhance their digital humanities research.  Representatives from Gale will review their Primary Sources platform, including core primary source databases available through Fogler Library.  We will also learn […]

Presner Lecture: Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities

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

Todd Presner, a digital historian and Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles will deliver a lecture titled "Experimental Knowledge in […]

Digital Humanities Week*

University of Maine Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono

This year's themes: STE(A)M: Adding art/design/humanities to STEM disciplines. Filter bubbles and Internet censorship. Audio/hearing. The week will include presentations and workshops featuring such diverse topics as mapping the Holocaust, indigenous archives, copyright and digital humanities, digital documentation, and digital art production. The week will also include THATCamps (ad hoc learning sessions), "Discovering the 'Long' […]

Cholo in Peru, Latino in the United States

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

How Similar is Racism and White Privilege in the North and in the South? A Personal History Lecture by Marco Aviles, Author and Journalist. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

Truth, Healing and Change in the Land of the Dawn*

Lord Hall, room 202 UMaine, Orono

Learn about the collective history and relationship of Maine and Wabanaki people through an understanding of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). What is the history and future of TRC? Barbara Kates, Maine communities organizer for Maine Wabanaki REACH, will address this and other questions. Refreshments served. Free and open to the public.  

The Analog Age*

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

The Analog Age A day and a half of events considering the shift from analog to digital in advance of Digital Humanities Week with special guest Damon Krukowski Author and podcast host Damon Krukowski will be on campus for a series of events sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center in collaboration with The Department of English. On Thursday at 4:30 he’ll […]

Sanctuary: How do we Prepare for Living that Commitment?

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. Presented by Dr. Joseph Cistone, CEO of IPM (International Partners in Mission), working across borders of faith, culture, and economic circumstance to create partnerships that build justice, peace, and hope, and a lecturer in Social Ethics at Yale Divinity School and Pastor of Seaside UCC on MDI. The lecture and […]

Maine Humanities Council’s Think & Drink: What is a criminal?

Nocturnem Draft Haus 56 Main St., Bangor

What is a criminal? Definitions of Criminal Behavior and Who is Defined as a Ciminal The first of the Bangor Think and Drink events! MC'd by our Faculty Advisory Board member Darren Ranco and sponsored by our friends at the Maine Humanities Council. Check out the October and December events as well.  Guests: Chief John […]

Experiences as a Latino that Influenced a Career 

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

Lecture by Rachelle Tome, a former Chief Academic Office for the Maine Department of Education. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series Sponsored By: UMaine Deptartment of Modern Languages and Classics and CHISPO Centro Hispana Contact: Maria Sandweiss

New Writing Series: Mark Tardi

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

Mark Tardi has a MFA from Brown University. Tardi is a poet and a Polish translator. His interest in his Polish heritage led him to become a 2008–2009 Fulbright Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of Lódz, Poland where he still works. You can learn more about Tardi and read two of […]

Artist Reception: Susan Groce and Antonia Small

Lord Hall Gallery University of Maine, Orono

This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. The public is welcome to attend a reception for the […]

New Writing Series: Joanna Ruocco

Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono

The New Writing Series welcomes fiction writer Joanna Ruocco to the University of Maine campus for a reading on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). The reading, which is free & open to the public, will be introduced by Gregory Howard and followed by an audience Q&A with the author. […]

Sharrona Pearl Geddes W. Simpson Lecture in the History of Science

Dr. Sharrona Pearl joins us from the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania visit for a series of events (she will also be participating in the Canadians Teaching in the US panel and participate in a series of events with the Honors College and Canadian American Center). Dr. Pearl is an historian […]

Canadians Teaching in the United States*

Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono

Dr. Sharrona Pearl joins us from the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania visit for a series of events (she will also be giving the 2017 Geddes W. Simpson Lecture and participate in a series of events with the Honors College and Canadian American Center). Dr. Pearl is an historian of science […]

Experience Fort George in Castine: Mixed Allegiances lecture

Maine Maritime Academy 1954 Room, MMA, 1 Pleasant St., Castine

"Mixed Allegiances" is a lecture by Dr. Liam Riordan, former Center director. The lecture is part of the two day weekend event, Experience Fort George in Castine, running form 8am-9pm Saturday and Sunday. The events will be taking place at the Maine Maritime Academy and Fort George, in Castine, Maine. Sponsored By: History Department Contact: Anette Rodrigues anette.rodrigues@maine.edu,

Faculty Jazz Concert

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

  Featuring Dan Barrett, Mark Tipton & David Wells Free and open to the public Sponsored By: School of Performing Arts Contact: Alan Berry, richard.berry@maine.edu

Jerusalem: From Antiquity to the Present 

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series, co-sponsored by Judaic Studies and the Jewish Community Endowment Associates.  Roger Brooks, Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, Connecticut College, and President of Facing History and Ourselves, working to explore complexities of history and make connections to current events. The illustrated lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. There is also a related evening […]

The Poetry & Poetics of the 1990s

University of Maine Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono

The National Poetry Foundation (NPF) is hosting the last in their sequence of “decade” conferences, this one focused on the 1990s, American and international. The conference, The Poetry & Poetics of the 1990s, will be held June 28 – July 1, 2017 here at UMaine. The conference will focus on poetic practice in the decade of the […]

FLOW Fort Knox

Fort Knox 740 Ft Knox Rd., Prospect

FLOW Fort Knox – Art • Water • Energy • History • Ecology Mind-blowingly innovative New Media artist Gene Felice will join with a transdisciplinary array of artists, scientists, historians and local cultural groups to create a site-specific experience that will delight the senses and stimulate reflection. Another in his series of FLOW events (we […]

Pre-performance talk: Richard Brucher on Hedda Gabler*

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

Richard Brucher Come listen to UMaine English Professor Richard Brucher discuss the brilliance of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece Hedda Gabler. Brucher will examine the various problems of interpretation posed by the play, particularly regarding Hedda’s acerbic, malicious, and principled resistance to stifling social, moral, and economic conventions. Although attracted to a bohemian life, she has married down […]

SPA & CCA Pre-performance lecture: Philip Edelman on the Combined Band Concert*

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

The SPA & CCA pre-performance talk will be given by Philip Edelman, assistant professor of music education and the concert band director. During the talk, he will familiarize the audience with the historical, social, and musical contexts surrounding An American Elegy and Grant them Eternal Rest, two pieces which will be performed by the University […]

15th Annual POETS/SPEAK!*

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor

The 15th Annual POETS/SPEAK! event on Thursday, April 27 at the Bangor Public Library in celebration of National Poetry Month. Our 15th anniversary event celebrates “Origins: Roots & Sources” in conjunction with the library’s month-long Smithsonian exhibit on “Human Origins.” Festivities open with a performance from Dear Darwin followed by readings by LEONORE HILDEBRANDT, SIMIN KHOSRAVANI, CARL LITTLE, STEFANIA IRENE […]

The Lipstick Project*

Donald P Corbett Bldg UMaine, Orono

Leigh Boyle, whom Mimi Killinger has worked to bring to UMaine and local high schools, is founder of an organization that goes to the heart of the humanistic endeavor. The Lipstick Project (named for the story of a crate of lipstick that mysteriously appeared during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp) provides free, professional […]

Sean Mills, “Transnationalism, Race, and Quebec” (CanAm Lecture Series)

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

From the Canadian-American website: “In this paper I will explore new ways of thinking about Quebec and its connections to other societies and cultures, with a particular emphasis on debates about race and the transnational circulation of people and ideas.  I will begin by looking at the relationship between language and race in Quebec the […]

National History Day*

University of Maine Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono

Maine National History Day is one of the events we help sponsor. "Maine National History Day (NHD) is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 that promotes critical thinking skills through project-based learning.  The 2017 contest theme is “Taking A Stand in History.” The next state contest will be hosted at the University […]

The Epic and the Novel: Saga and Story Symposium Final Event

Foster Innovation Center UMaine, Orono

From its roots in Old Norse, the word “saga” has been adopted into English as well as a number of other modern languages. In a medieval context, sagas were long prose narratives that told tales of fierce Vikings, legendary heroes, and long-running feuds. These stories feature unforgettable characters like Egil Skallagrímsson, a figure capable of […]

UMHC Faculty Grant deadline

The University of Maine Humanities Center Faculty Grant award process for 2017 is now open. Spring Deadline: Friday March 31, 2017 Applications are being accepted for maximum awards of $2,500 to support faculty research, community engagement, or innovative teaching proposals. The funds are normally used for expense reimbursement and cannot be used as compensation for faculty time. Completed grant applications and budget forms should be […]

Lecture by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir: The Never-ending Popularity of Njáls Saga*

Campus lecture by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir (Research Associate Professor, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, University of Iceland), an expert on the study of medieval manuscripts from the University of Iceland, will speak on the manuscripts of Njáls saga, one of the masterpieces of medieval literature.  She will emphasize the sheer number of Njáls saga manuscripts, their […]

Clickbait, Fake News and the Fourth Estate: Why Journalism is More Vital Than Ever

Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono

Two young, dynamic female journalists from the Washington Post—Jessica Contrera and Katie Mettler—will be giving a lecture from 2-3:30PM in Wells Conference Center Room 3. They will be talking on “Clickbait, Fake News and the Fourth Estate: Why Journalism is More Vital Than Ever.” This event, organized by Josh Roiland, is certain to be thrilling, have high relevance, and […]

Shakespeare and Contemporary Cancer Narratives

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Sujata Iyengar, Professor of English, University of Georgia, will present a talk on "Shakespeare and Contemporary Cancer Narratives" at 4:00 on Monday February 27 in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union.  A reception will follow. Professor Iyengar is the author of Shakespeare's Medical Language ( 2014),  Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England  […]

Edna St. Vincent Millay Birthday Celebration Reading

Farnsworth Art Museum 16 Museum St., Rockland

Edna St. Vincent Millay Birthday Celebration Reading in the Farnsworth auditorium. "A gala poetry reading will take place in honor of the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning poet […]

$8

Bangor Humanities Day*

Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor

UMHC brings a day of public humanities to downtown Bangor for a fun winter event!  For our five year anniversary, we are teaming up with the Bangor Public Library, the Discovery Museum, UMaine Museum of Art, Nocturnem Draft Haus, and The Rock and Art Shop as host locations.  In addition to acting as a host, […]

Free

Humanities 20×20 PechaKucha: Bangor Humanities Day kick-off*

COESPACE 48 Columbia Street, Bangor

Bangor Humanities Day kick-off event: Humanities 20x20 PechaKucha. The 5th annual Bangor Humanities Day will be kicked off with a PechaKucha 20x20 event the evening before. This year our lineup […]

Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center
110 South Stevens Hall Orono, ME 04469
Tel: 207.581.1848 Fax: mhc@maine.edu
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