{"id":2190,"date":"2017-02-08T09:34:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/?page_id=2190"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:36:17","slug":"message-from-the-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/about\/message-from-the-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be\"]{font-style:normal;color:#79bde8;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_f98bb2-be\"><strong>Message from the Director<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2190_99eed9-73 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2190_99eed9-73 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2190_99eed9-73\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b35aa4-ca\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 9, 2024<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_8d73f3-f6\">Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, Friends, and Supporters of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center,<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image2190_35efb6-44 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;border-top-left-radius:27px;border-top-right-radius:27px;border-bottom-right-radius:27px;border-bottom-left-radius:27px;}.kb-image2190_35efb6-44 img.kb-img, .kb-image2190_35efb6-44 .kb-img img{border-top-left-radius:27px;border-top-right-radius:27px;border-bottom-right-radius:27px;border-bottom-left-radius:27px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2190_35efb6-44\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/04\/Zachary-Ludington-317x475-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-7828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/04\/Zachary-Ludington-317x475-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/04\/Zachary-Ludington-317x475-1-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/04\/Zachary-Ludington-317x475-1.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_29e205-12\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_29e205-12\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_29e205-12\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_29e205-12 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_29e205-12\">It\u2019s been a week since the official start of my two-year term as Director of the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine. Since arriving at 91¸£Àû seven years ago, I\u2019ve participated in a faculty reading group sponsored by the Center, attended performances and lectures by the Center\u2019s invited scholars and artists, followed the inspiring work of the Center\u2019s undergraduate Fellows, and enjoyed the Center\u2019s financial support for my own research. The McGillicuddy Humanities Center has been vital to my academic life on campus, as it has for many students, faculty, staff, and community members. Its broad support of the humanities benefits the entire University, and I am humbled to serve as its Director.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_cf9847-32\">For any good I bring to the Center I must credit the example of Beth Wiemann, the outgoing Director, and the other colleagues I\u2019ve seen serve in the role. I\u2019ve collaborated with them on the Center\u2019s work in the past and paid close attention to their careful stewardship. I\u2019ll rely on their example and their wisdom in leading this most important part of the University. Brian Jansen, the Humanities Specialist at the Center, manages the nuts and bolts of its operations with humor and perspicacity. The exciting things the Center is set to accomplish in 2024-2025 and beyond must be attributed in large measure to his knowledge and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_a67cb5-c4\">The Symposium theme for the coming academic year 2024-2025 is \u201cFrom Talkies to TikTok: 100 years of audiovisual storytelling.\u201d Events throughout the year will celebrate the expanding ways we share culture \u2014from cartoons to poems to politics\u2014since the advent of sound in film. As a scholar of avant-garde poetry in Spain, I know how revolutionary a new audiovisual technology can be for scholars and artists or for anybody at any time. In the early twentieth century, poets in Spain positively swooned over the advent of wireless telegraphy and film was roundly championed in avant-garde circles as the most complete and most promising art of the future. The poetry of the period often attempted to equal cinema\u2019s ability to synthesize various senses and temporalities with fascinating, if uneven, results. In our own time, we know that the stories we tell and the ways we tell them \u2014the currents and concerns of art and culture\u2014 have been successively reshaped by the technologies of the personal computer, the internet, computer graphics, and social media, to name only some of the most impactful. This year\u2019s Symposium will explore this rich and significant field.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_b5de44-cc\">The Symposium serves as an organizing principle for some of the Center\u2019s work and programming, but there will be events and efforts outside of the Symposium theme as well. Even before taking over as Director, I\u2019ve been working assiduously for weeks on 2024-2025 programming. I\u2019m grateful to Beth for her guidance in the process and I\u2019m eager to see this work come to fruition. There is much to anticipate in the coming year, from our Fellows\u2019 research and presentations to faculty projects, film screenings, lectures, exhibits, and performances by noteworthy guests invited to our campus. Watch this space and check the University calendar to keep abreast of all the Center\u2019s events.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_fa09f7-ea\">All our work is in support of diverse, high-quality research and creative activity at the University of Maine. The McGillicuddy Humanities Center aims to foment the University community\u2019s engagement in the work of humanists and artists with fiscal and operational responsibility and to highlight the vitality of the arts and humanities in our academic community, in our state, and beyond. I hope you\u2019ll join the Center and its many collaborators in celebrating the humanities this year at 91¸£Àû.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_50564c-59\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_50564c-59\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_50564c-59\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_50564c-59 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_50564c-59\">Warm Regards and Thanks,<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06\"]{font-style:normal;color:#082e58;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2190_5c1bee-06\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7857 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/07\/zach-ludington-signature-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/07\/zach-ludington-signature-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/07\/zach-ludington-signature-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>Zachary Rockwell Ludington<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2190_8dc137-98 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2190_8dc137-98 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2190_8dc137-98\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from McGillicuddy Humanities Center Director Zachary Rockwell Ludington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":893,"featured_media":7828,"parent":562,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2190","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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