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  • The Art of Climate Change

    Figuring out new and creative ways to communicate the reality of climate change remains one of the great challenges facing policy-makers, scientists, and advocates.聽 This event brings together two artists […]

  • Speaking to Citizens, Connecting with Audiences

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

    How might politicians, pundits, journalists, scholars, and other social and cultural leaders best connect with the audiences they need to address?聽 As part of its 2021-2022 Annual Symposium, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center is pleased to sponsor a panel exploring this question and the issues it raises.聽 Bringing together a professional political communicator, a Maine-based journalist, […]

  • Reaching Readers

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

    Understanding how best to make a topic, subject or theme relevant to non-specialized audiences is a skill that takes years to master. This roundtable event brings three nationally recognized University […]

    Free

  • “The Danish Jews in Theresienstadt: The Topography of Memory”

    305 Center Stevens

    Wednesday, Nov. 16 1:00-2:30 p.m. / Digital & Spatial History Lab, Center Stevens Hall 305 鈥淭he Danish Jews in Theresienstadt: The Topography of Memory鈥 In this informal presentation, Prof. Therkel […]

    Free

  • Defiant Requiem: Lecture and Performance

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    On March 29-30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022-23 MHC symposium on Recovery, Rediscovery, and Resilience. On Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 pm in Minsky Recital Hall, Murry Sidlin will host a screening of the […]

  • Breaking the Bubble: Boosting News Literacy

    Lynch Room, Fogler Library

    In recent years, claims of 鈥渇ake news,鈥 bias and misinformation have become rampant, with many of us wanting to stay informed but feeling overwhelmed, and even saturated, by the 24-hour news cycle. How do we move beyond charges of 鈥渇ake news鈥 to determine the reliability of news content? How do we ethically consume and share […]

    Free

  • River In My Backyard

    Neville Hall 100

    This event has been rescheduled for Monday, November 13 at 6:00 pm. Kate Dickerson and the design team of the Maine聽Discovery Museum in downtown Bangor will join the McGillicuddy Humanities […]

  • 鈥淏m茅ndan: In search of a cartography of responsibility鈥

    Stewart Commons IMRC Stewart Commons, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    On Wednesday, February 7 at 3:00 pm in the IMRC, award-winning cartographer Margaret Pearce will conclude her mini-residency at the 91爆料 with a talk about her own research on […]

  • Eve Beglarian

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, 91爆料, Orono, ME, United States

    On February 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the 91爆料 School of Performing Arts will host composer and performer Eve Beglarian. Here's her description of her […]