Archive Archives - Stephen E. King Chair in Literature

Community Workshop: Others, Othering, and “Othello”

Date: Wed., November 6th Time: 5:30-7:30pm Place: Cyrus Pavillion Theatre, 6 Sebago Rd., Orono, ME Free and open to the public In this performance-based workshop, we will explore the characters of Othello, and the ways in which they “Other” one another. How do race, gender, religion, and class function in the play, and what […]

Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life”

Lisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of Hamlet as a tale told from Ophelia’s point of view. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the heroine from Shakespeare’s stage to her page, and now to the screen in the forthcoming major motion picture based on her novel and starring Daisy […]

Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”

Adam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, where he attended Lewiston High School, then went on to study American History & Literature at Harvard University. For nearly 30 years, he has written for a number of shows, including The New Adventures […]

illustrations of different colors of raised hands with #metoo written on them

Humanities Collaboration Discussion of Social Media and the #MeToo Movement

The UMaine/Orono High School Humanities Collaboration held a discussion of social media and the #MeToo movement. Members of the community, UMaine faculty and students, and local high school students, parents, and faculty were all welcome. The discussion was held in the Orono High School Library and was moderated by Judith E. Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor of […]

From page to stage: a midsummer night's dream

From Page to Stage: “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Post-Show Discussion

Archive from November 12, 2017 Theater professionals Pier Carlo Talenti and Toby Bercovici conducted a post-show discussion after the matinee of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Hauck Auditorium. This post-show discussion was sponsored by the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature.

Sean McDermott Street in Dublin, Corpus Christi parade with women from the nearby Our Lady of Charity of Refuge Magdalene convent, escorted by the Irish police, 1960's.

James Smith Lecture (3/7): “Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy and Restorative Justice”

Archive from March 7, 2018. Presented by James M. Smith, an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His book Irish Magdalen Laundries and the Nation’s Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm Tóibín as essential reading “for anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women’s sexuality in the Ireland […]

Patricia Wen Lecture: “Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age”

Archive from April 20, 2018. Patricia Wen of the Boston Globe visited the University of Maine to give a Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series talk titled: “Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age” Patricia Wen is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. She took over this six-member investigative unit after several […]