Stephen E. King Chair in Literature

A group of college students and a professor pose in front of the iron gate at Stephen King's Bangor home. Several are holding paperback copies of King's novel, "The Shining."

“American Ghost Stories” Students Visit Stephen King

A group poses in front of Stephen King's Bangor home

MHC Fellows Visit Stephen King Archive

On Friday, October 3rd, McGillicuddy Humanities Center Director, Zach Ludington, and current MHC undergraduate fellows joined 91�� Professor of English and current Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, Caroline Bicks, for a first-of-its-kind visit by students to Stephen and Tabitha King’s private archive, which is attached to their home in Bangor. There, the fellows met […]

Journalist Ken Belson at a conference table conversing with student journalists

NYT Journalist Ken Belson Visits The Maine Campus

Ken Belson, New York Times journalist, on “Investigating the N.F.L.”

Public Lecture by Ken Belson, New York Times Sports and Business Reporter New York Times journalist Ken Belson writes about the business of sports. He reports on the teams and personalities of the N.F.L., including finances, stadiums, medical issues, lawsuits and more. His new book, Every Day is Sunday, chronicles his reporting on how three […]

New Writers Series: Dawn Lundy Martin

Stephen E. King Chair, McGillicuddy Humanities Center invite hosts of popular podcast to discuss King films at IMRC

Just in time for the scary season, the hosts of a popular film podcast are coming to Orono on October 19 to discuss a pair of iconic movies adapted from the works of the Master of Horror himself, Stephen King. Millie De Chirico and Danielle Henderson are the co-hosts of the popular film podcast I […]

Susan Choi, National Book Award-winner, on her novel “Trust Exercise”

Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. In 2019, her novel Trust Exercise won the National Book Award for Fiction. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim […]

A group of college students pose with Stephen King outside, in front of a glass-walled building.

Stephen King Visits Campus to Discuss “Lisey’s Story” Adaptation

graphic of a hand holding a protest sign saying "Good and Mad"

Rebecca Traister, cultural critic and writer, on her book “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”

Rebecca Traister on Women, Anger and Political ChangePart of the Stephen E. King Chair Lecture SeriesThursday, April 2, 4:30 p.m.Hutchins Concert Hall at the Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine Free and open to the public Lecture will be followed by a book signing (in partnership with The Briar Patch)Rebecca Traister is an […]

Professional Actor Cordell Cole and American Shakespeare Center education director Sarah Enloe on Others, Othering, and “Othello”

Date: Wed., November 6th Time: 5:30-7:30pm Place: Cyrus Pavillion Theatre, 6 Sebago Rd., Orono, ME Free and open to the public In this performance-based workshop, we will explore the characters of Othello, and the ways in which they “Other” one another. How do race, gender, religion, and class function in the play, and what […]