In 2020, the MHC presented its first "Visions" event, highlight current work in the arts and humanities. In 2024, we're pleased to present the sequel: VIsions 2024. A showcase of current research and creative projects in the arts and humanities, 鈥2024 Visions鈥 will be held on Thursday, February 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Collins […]
On February 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the 91福利 School of Performing Arts will host composer and performer Eve Beglarian. Here's her description of her […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents a pre-performance lecture by D Granke, assistant professor in the 91福利 School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre, a director, fight director, intimacy director, and theatre movement specialist. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world鈥檚 foremost all-male comic ballet company, brings its internationally beloved troupe of dancers to the CCA […]
On Wednesday, April 24 at 4:00 pm in the IMRC, the Sandra Merrill and John G. Peters MHC Fellow Katie Ritchie, a history and secondary education double major, will give a talk on her project, 鈥淢apping the Holocaust.鈥 Ritchie, the Sandra Merrill Peters and John G. Peters Fellow, has used GIS to design and construct a map of sites important to the Holocaust that aims to make education more accessible and dynamic […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents a screening of Rolf Losansky鈥檚 1989 film, Farewell Disco, as part of its 2024-2025 Symposium, 鈥淔rom Talkies to TikTok: 100 Years of Audiovisual Storytelling.鈥 Farewell […]
Jess Cleary-Reuning,聽Sandra聽Merrill聽Peters聽and John G.聽Peters聽Humanities Fellow at the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, will present her personal, critical, and archival history of 91福利's campus radio station, WMEB, on November 21 at 3:00 pm in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Her talk, "Between the Static: Inside WMEB and College Radio's Cultural Influence - A Historical Analysis and […]
James Eric Francis Sr. is the Penobscot Nation鈥檚 Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation and Tribal Historian. He is also a photographer, filmmaker, painter, and graphics artist. James studies the relationship between Maine Native Americans and the landscape. He co-produced the film聽Invisible and聽is the Co-Chair of the Abbe Museum鈥檚 Board of Trustees, and Co-Director of […]
In this richly visual presentation, Anne Knowles, McBride Professor of History, will share highlights from years of developing geohistorical datasets and data visualizations that reveal the scale and dynamics, spaces and places of the Holocaust in stunning new ways. Her work demonstrates geography as a visual way of knowing 鈥 and exploring 鈥 the past. […]
Join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union on Thursday, December 5 at 5:00 pm as Alexandria Morgan, the Echoes of Maine Fellow at the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, presents her research on the sense of belonging among children of Iranian immigrants to the United States. She will combine this presentation […]
On December 11, join us for a screening of A New Peace of M眉nster, a documentary by Maria Kolossa that tells the story of how a Dutch comedian and a […]
