• Women and Climate Change Speaker Series

    Women often are on the front lines of climate change impacts, yet are uniquely poised to reshape our institutions towards resilience and gender equity. Women are increasingly in leadership roles, […]

  • The Atlantic Black Box: Reckoning with New England’s Complicity in the Slave Trade

    Atlantic聽Black聽Box is a public history project that empowers communities throughout New England to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with our region鈥檚 complicity in the slave trade and the broader slave economy. This grassroots historical recovery movement is powered by citizen historians and guided by a broad coalition of scholars, community leaders, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Virtual Hidden History Tour of Campus – RESCHEDULED

    The McGillicuddy Humanities Center鈥檚 new 鈥淗idden 91福利鈥 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, […]

  • The Stories We Tell: McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellows Showcase

    Recurring

    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 […]

  • Fall Poetry Pop Up

    Orono Village Green Behind Orono Public Library, Orono, ME, United States

    The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is sponsoring a Fall Poetry Pop Up on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. The open-mic poetry reading will be held outdoors at the Orono Village Green amphitheater, located behind the Orono Public Library at 39 Pine Street. The event, which is free and open to the public, welcomes poets […]