The University of Maine Canadian-American Center, along with the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, will host presentations April 17 about the counterculture phenomenon of the 1960s. “Reconsidering the Counterculture 50 Years On,” will be held from noon–1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Presentations will be made by Stephen Hornsby, director […]
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The University of Maine’s Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center will show “They Shall Not Grow Old,” a documentary about British troops in World War I, 6–8 p.m. April 16 in Room 100, Nutting Hall. Director and producer Peter Jackson uses state-of-the-art technology to restore original archival footage of the men who were there. The […]
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The Penobscot Times previewed “Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life,” a discussion by young adult novel author Lisa Klein on her reinterpretation of the classic play “Hamlet” from Ophelia’s point of view. The lecture, part of the Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series at the University of Maine, will be at 5 p.m. April 12 in […]
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As part of the University of Maine’s Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s Symposium series, Libby Bischof, executive director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education and professor of history at the University of Southern Maine, will give a lecture from noon–2 p.m. April 9 in Room 100, Nutting Hall. “Memorializing […]
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Junior Olivia Reese of Pittsford, New York is one of the second wave of Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows at the University of Maine. The media studies major says she is passionate about her chosen field for many reasons. “Media studies touches on anything projected out to a mass audience. It’s about […]
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Fifth-year student Connor Ferguson is one of two in the next Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellowship cohort at the University of Maine. The Iowa native is an English major with an emphasis in literary analysis and a minor in creative writing. After looking at several colleges in the area, Ferguson chose to […]
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Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” For centuries, poets have espoused the therapeutic values of poetry. The discipline of poetry therapy grew from this intuitive initial awareness of the medium’s potential healing power. University of Maine student Kim Crowley, a Clement and Linda […]
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Exploring the intersections of food and politics is the focus of a new University of Maine research collaborative inspired by the recipe collection of Margaret Chase Smith. The Margaret Chase Smith Recipe Research Collaborative formed in fall 2018 to support an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty who are passionate about food and interested in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine’s Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center hosted Bangor Humanities Day on March 2 to bring awareness to the humanities in the Greater Bangor community. UMaine Renaissance, a female a cappella group, performed with Bangor’s Prevailing Winds at the Bangor Public Library. Other local businesses and organizations sponsored […]
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine will host the annual Bangor Humanities Day at various locations March 2 with a reception March 1. To celebrate the humanities with the Greater Bangor community, free events for participants of all ages will be offered at venues including the University of Maine […]
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