News Center Maine and WABI TV (CBS 5 in Bangor) promoted the film screening of “Eroding History,” a documentary about rising sea levels and historic racism, followed by a panel discussion held on Tuesday, Feb. 6 starting at 5 p.m. at the University of Maine’s Williams Hall. UMaine associate professor of terrestrial paleoecology Jacquelyn Gill […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Collins Center for the Arts will host a free public lecture with Grammy, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur “Genius” grant winner Rhiannon Giddens and conversation with trumpet professor Jack Burt at 1 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the […]
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center is partnering with the Minnesota Humanities Center, which was announced this week as one of three recipients of a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities’ (NEH) Dialogues on the Experiences of War Program, which supports the study and discussion of humanities sources that address the experiences […]
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Brenna Jones of Mount Desert, Maine, spent her high school years either unhoused or precariously housed in the greater Bangor area with little to no support from adults. At times, she lived in her car, in which she kept all of her belongings; couch-surfed or slept in dorm rooms at Husson University. She kept food […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 6, 2023. Beginning this spring the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) at the University of Maine will welcome four new undergraduate research fellows for the next year: Paige Allen, Sebastien Chamberlain, Abigail Roberts and Willow Wind. This new cohort will join existing fellows Bell Gellis Morais, […]
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This semester, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) welcomes four new undergraduate research fellows for the next two semesters: Bell Gellis Morais, Brenna Jones, Paige McHatten and Donald Patten. This new cohort will join current fellows Benjamin Allen, April Messier, Tom Pinette and Sherralyn Robbins, who are finalizing their research in fall 2022. […]
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University of Maine alumnus and percussion professor Scott Horey and his graduate percussion ensemble from the University of Science and Arts of Chiapas, Mexico, will be at his alma mater April 19–20 for a live performance, master class and international cultural exchange trip at the School of Performing Arts. April 20 at 7:30 p.m., Horey […]
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It started with a series of discussions. Convened by a group of collegial humanities scholars at the University of Maine, the small community then evolved into an initiative with the support of then Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Jeff Hecker. Becoming a fully realized, university-recognized academic research center required both a […]
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Michael Socolow, associate professor in the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism and director of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is the author of an opinion piece out this week in the Washington Post. Socolow argues that it’s not necessarily immoral or unethical to enjoy watching the Olympic Games. It is, […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted University of Maine art students creating outreach materials for a project to introduce native berry, nut, seed and fruit-producing plants to Bangor Land Trust preserves. Students are crafting signage, lesson plans and illustrations about the edible plants being introduced to the preserves. The outreach effort is a collaboration between the […]
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