Over the course of the last year, University of Maine scholars across academic fields have responded to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three notable projects led by UMaine humanities scholars have stood out, receiving media attention noting their public service, and the essential relevance of the humanities and humanistic inquiry during the pandemic. The […]
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Michael Socolow, University of Maine associate professor of communication and journalism and director of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, has a column published in the Boston Globe titled “How to Save This Summer’s Olympics.” Socolow argues that with rising COVID-19 rates in Japan, the solution to staging the Olympics is removing the in-person audience.
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Alabama News Network advanced CBS News’ upcoming special, “Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy,” which will feature Karen Sieber, a humanities specialist with the UMaine McGillicuddy Humanities Center. More information about the special, which airs at 10 p.m. May 31, can be found online.
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University of Maine historian Karen Sieber will be featured in a CBS special about the 1921 massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma airing at 10 p.m. May 31. The one-hour special, “Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy,” marks the 100th anniversary of the two-day massacre, during which white Tulsans attacked, killed, destroyed and pillaged their Black neighbors and […]
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The Free Press promoted a new social justice initiative co-curated by Darren Ranco, a University of Maine professor of anthropology, chair of Native American Programs and member of the Penobscot Nation, which includes a panel discussion sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at UMaine. “Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” an […]
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The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant of more than $59,000 to the University of Maine’s McGillicuddy Humanities Center to support development of a centralized digital portal that will improve access to Wabanaki historical and cultural resources and archival collections currently distributed across UMaine and, in the future, to incorporate collections curated […]
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Michael Socolow, associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, spoke with Salon about the New York Times’ op-ed page in a column about the newspaper’s decision to rename op-eds “guest essays” in the opinions section. “For many Times readers (and even employees), the page looks like a unified platform or singularly […]
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine has selected four students to join the center as undergraduate research fellows for the 2021–22 academic year. History major Luke Miller, sociology student Sabrina Paetow, Spanish major and legal studies minor Stephanie Tillotson, and non-traditional nursing student Heather Webb will join current fellows […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, linked press freedom to achieving justice in the George Floyd murder case in a column in The Conversation.
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine is hosting a virtual showcase featuring the research and creative work of four graduating seniors at 7 p.m. April 21–22. “The Stories We Tell” includes presentations by English majors Katherine Reardon, and Nola Prevost, history major Hailey Cedor and secondary education major Nolan […]
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