Lectures, Discussions Part of UMaine Canada Weeks 2011
The University of Maine Canadian-American Center is cosponsoring a series of lectures during its 12th annual celebration of Canada Weeks Oct. 13, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20.
On Thursday, Oct. 13, the center presents University of Laval professor of history Jocelyn Létourneau from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts as the Canadian-American Center Distinguished Lecturer. Létourneau’s talk, “Quebec is moving. OK. But in what direction?” is a luncheon event, free to those who RSVP to the center (207-581-4220).
Létourneau has written 15 books, including A History for the Future: Rewriting Memory and Identity in Quebec. He will discuss historical consciousness in 21st century Quebec.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Coe Room of the Memorial Union, the focus is current Canadian research as part of the Alice R. Stewart Canadian Studies Lecture Series, with Charles Deshaies speaking on “A Very Bad Week: The Devastating Losses for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Central Canada, June 14-11, 1945.” He will be followed by speakers Stefano Tijerina (“The Conflicting Agendas of Canadian Development Aid to Latin America: Policy Response to the Pressures of the International System, 1934-1974”) and Rebecca White (“Mother’s Pensions in Maine and New Brunswick”). Box lunches will be provided during the free and public event.
On Thursday, Oct. 20, in a talk sponsored by the University of Maine Humanities Initiative, University of New Brunswick associate professor of history Sasha Mullally will speak on “The Poetics and Heroics of Interwar Rural Medicine: Placing the Work of ‘Country Doctors’ in a ‘Golden Age’ of Medicine, 1920-1950.” She speaks from 3:30-5 p.m. in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall. The event is free.
The programs are presented with support from the U.S. Department of Education, Title VI, and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
For additional information, contact Craig Harris at (207) 581-4220.
Contact: Craig Harris, (207) 581-4220