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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us on November 3 at 12:30 p.m. for a Zoom panel, as part of the UMaine Socialist and Marxist Studies Speaker Series, that asks "With So Much Violence in […]
On Thursday, March 23 at 12:30 pm, the Socialist and Marxist Studies Speaker Series presents a talk by Gray Cox (Professor, College of the Atlantic) titled "From Smarter Planet to Wiser Earth: Re-Envisioning Relationships between AI Technologies, Human Society, and Natural World." (Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/3657262020) Gray Cox, Professor, College of the Atlantic How will Artificial […]
On Thursday, April 13 at 12:30 pm, the University of Maine Socialist and Marxist Studies Speaker Series presents a talk by Guy Standing (Professor, Economist, SOAS University of London of Philosophy) titled "The Blue Commons: Combating Rentier Capitalism in the Sea." (Zoom link https://maine.zoom.us/j/3657262020) Guy Standing, Professor, Economist, SOAS University of London of Philosophy Guy Standing […]
