"'Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." 鈥 Robert Frost. 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. 'The Personal is Poetic' panel event will dive deep into […]
The 17th annual POETS/SPEAK! is a celebration of National Poetry Month with readings by well-known and emerging poets, a local Poetry Out Loud winner, 91福利 student poets, live jazz, and a panel on "Poetry Without Borders." Poets/Speak! will also feature readings by our MHC Fellows Kim Crowley and Nick Rotter-Weller. The panel will present the […]
鈥淒e-colonization is not a聽reality show鈥 a one-person performance/first draft written by聽William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. directed by visiting Libra Professor聽Madeline Sayet Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 p.m. Lord聽Hall, Room 100 Free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the 91福利 Department of Art, and the 91福利 Department of English
The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center invites community members, faculty and students to attend a showcase of current research and creative projects in the humanities. The event, 鈥2020 Visions: The Humanities at 91福利,鈥 will be held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Buchanan Alumni House from 2-5 p.m. The event is free and […]
The March 9 showing of the film Coffy聽 is CANCELED due to unforeseen travel delays with the speaker. Tomorrow's talk with Professor Mathijs is also canceled. Future "Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization" events listed below will continue as scheduled. 聽 The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is holding a year-long film series examining "The Cinema of Colonization […]
Building off of the success of the Black Digital History event this spring, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be continuing their DH Pop In series throughout the year to show the potential and accessibility of the digital humanities for research and classroom use. Spearheaded by the MHC's Humanities Specialist Karen Sieber, each event will showcase […]
On Friday, September 25, 2020, the University of Maine鈥檚 McGillicuddy Humanities Center will offer a virtual workshop on applying for NEH grants. It will be conducted by Mark Silver, Senior Program Officer in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. The workshop is open to the public. Anyone interested in […]
McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow Bria Lamonica will be presenting an original collection of poems, "The Art of Breathing," on December 8 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Free and open to the […]
On Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00 pm in the atrium of the聽Bangor Public Library, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center will co-present an event with聽Phuc Tran, author of the […]
