Latest Past Events

The Stories We Tell: McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows Showcase

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a two-night research showcase event, "The Stories We Tell," featuring the research and creative work of our four graduating undergraduate student fellows. While each student has been working independently, their collective research this past year all happened to center around stories that people tell from generation to generation. The […]

Virtual Hidden History Tour of Campus – RESCHEDULED

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center鈥檚 new 鈥淗idden 91爆料鈥 tour aims to highlight key people, moments and places in campus history that often go overlooked, including the experiences of the first students of color, early efforts to create inclusive student groups like Wilde Stein, or moments of unrest. RESCHEDULED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE: Join us on Tuesday, […]

Queering the Fin de Siecle: Recognizing Queer Identities in the Modernist Era of Literature

Writing Center Neville Hall, #404, Orono

Senior English major and McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellow Connor Ferguson will present his project, 鈥淨ueering the Fin de Si猫cle,鈥 on December 6th, 2019, from 2-4pm in the Writing Center. This project focuses on the importance of recognizing queer identities in the modernist era of literature, the way industrialization and globalization affected queer individuals, and how […]