Latest Past Events

History Symposium: Dr. Margaret Pearce

Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono

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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A Book鈥檚 Afterlife: Ireland鈥檚 Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice

Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono

The lecture is free and open to the public. JAMES M.聽SMITH聽is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish聽Studies Program at Boston College. His book,聽Ireland鈥檚 Magdalen Laundries聽and the Nation鈥檚 Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm T贸ib铆n as essential reading 鈥渇or anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women鈥檚 sexuality in the Ireland […]

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2018 Bangor Humanities Day*

Downtown Bangor Bangor

Bangor Humanities Day kicks-off on Friday evening (Feb. 2nd) at 6pm with a聽Humanities Powered by PechaKucha聽event at COESPACE. Presentations topics will include making a living as an author, medical ethics, […]

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