Maine Edge reports on History Department’s fall Symposium Series
The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release announcing the UMaine History Department’s fall 2015 Symposium Series. The public lecture series kicked off Sept. 21 when UMaine history professor Anne Kelly Knowles delivered the talk, “Telling the Spatial Story of the Holocaust: Finding Humanity in Social Science.” On Friday, Oct. 16, Edward Baptist, a professor of history at Cornell University, will speak as part of the series, as well as UMaine’s 150th celebration at Homecoming. UMaine history professor Nathan Godfried will close the series on Monday, Dec. 7. All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, or to request a visitor parking permit or disability accommodation, contact the History Department office at UMhist@maine.edu or 581.1918.