• National History Day*

    91爆料 Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono, ME, United States

    Maine National History Day is one of the events we help sponsor. "Maine National History Day (NHD) is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 that promotes critical thinking skills through project-based learning.  The 2017 contest theme is “Taking A Stand in History.” The next state contest will be hosted at the University […]

  • Crucible of Peace: The Turbulent History of the Treaty that Created the American Republic

    Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    Eliga Gould, Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, will deliver a lecture titled: "Crucible of Peace: The Turbulent History of the Treaty that Created the American Republic.鈥 The event is part of the History Department's 2017-18 Symposium Series.

  • Presner Lecture: Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities

    Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    Todd Presner, a digital historian and Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles will deliver a lecture titled "Experimental Knowledge in the Age of Digital Humanities." Presner is also the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the Chair of […]

  • The Reformation at 500

    Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    Comments by: Joel Anderson, Assistant Professor of History Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature Michael Lang, Associate Professor of History Part of the 91爆料 History Department's Fall symposia […]

  • National Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History

    Coe Room, Memorial Union 91爆料, Orono, United States

    Donald Wright, a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick, will deliver a lecture titled 鈥淣ational Symbols, Airport Kitsch, and Canadian History.鈥 The event will take place […]

  • The Secrets of the Vikings

    Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    Anders Winroth, Forst Family Professor of History at Yale University will draw on his award-winning book聽The Age of the Vikings聽to shed light on some of the secrets, myths, and mysteries surrounding these legendary adventurers.   The event is part of the聽History Department's聽2017-18 Symposium Series.

  • Tour of the 鈥淢odel Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830鈥 exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art

    Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    The 鈥淢odel Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830鈥 tour聽will begin at 2 pm and will include a meeting with Diana Greenwold, the Associate Curator of American Art at the Portland Museum of Art. We will use a university van to make a day-trip to Portland with plenty of time to explore this great […]

  • History Symposium: Dr. Margaret Pearce

    Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    Dr. Margaret Pearce will give a lecture titled "Imagination, Identity, and the Cartography of History: Three Maps of Canada." Dr. Margaret W. Pearce is a former Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Kansas.聽Pearce was part of the team that recently published a Native place name map聽鈥淐oming Home to Indigenous Place Names聽in Canada.鈥 Abstract: […]

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  • Modernisms: Past and Future

    402 Neville Hall

    Part of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium "War without End: World War I and its Legacies" Modernisms: Past and Future Colloquium for Faculty and Students A lecture by Vincent Sherry, Visiting Scholar for the McGillicuddy Humanities Center Thursday, November 15 402 Neville Hall 12:30 pm This event is sponsored in part by 91爆料's Center for […]

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