Past Events
Events List Navigation
King Chair: James Smith, “A Book’s Afterlife: Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy, and Restorative Justice”
The Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series is hosting James M. Smith, who will be presenting on "Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, Academic Advocacy and Restorative Justice." This event will be held on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in Minsky Recital hall at 7:00p.m. It is free and open to the public. JAMES M. SMITH is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish Studies Program at Boston College. His book, Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries and the Nation’s Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm Tóibín as essential reading…
Find out more »Next up in the NWS | Eugene Lim
The New Writing Series welcomes Eugene Lim to the University of Maine on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). Contact: Gregory Howard
Find out more »Next up in the NWS | Julie Patton & Drew Gardner
The New Writing Series welcomes Julie Patton and Drew Gardner to the University of Maine for a performance on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). The event is free and open to the public. Contact: Steve Evans # On Facebook? Consider joining the NWS group here. The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with support…
Find out more »Next up in the NWS | Christina Milletti
The New Writing Series welcomes Christina Milletti to the University of Maine on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). Contact: Dave Kress
Find out more »Faculty Presentation Series: Dylan Dryer
Faculty Lecturer: Dylan Dryer Contact: Elizabeth Neiman
Find out more »Poetry Reading By Allison Cobb
The poet Allison Cobb returns to the New Writing Series for a reading on Thursday, April 12, at 4:30pm in the Allen & Sally Fernald APPE Space (Stewart Commons 104). The event will be hosted and introduced by Benjamin Freidlander. Allison Cobb is the author of After We All Died (Ahsahta Press); Plastic: an autobiography (Essay Press EP series); Born2 (Chax Press); and Green-Wood, originally published by Factory School with a new edition forthcoming in 2018 from Nightboat Books. After We…
Find out more »Next up in the NWS | Grady Awards
The New Writing Series will host the Grady Awards on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). Contact: Dave Kress
Find out more »Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference
Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference "How did you think of that?" Turning Your Passion into a Humanities Project This one-day conference, co-sponsored by the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature and the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is designed for UMaine humanities undergraduates who are looking for inspiration and guidance on how to come up with a research topic. The event will take place in the UMaine Honors House on Saturday, April 21st, and will include panels and breakout discussion…
Find out more »Next up in the NWS | Fiction MA Theses
The New Writing Series is hosting the reading of Fiction MA Theses on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 4:30pm in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space (104 Stewart Commons). Contact: Dave Kress
Find out more »English Department Recognition Ceremony
The English Department hosts its own recognition ceremony Wednesday, May 2, at 4:30 in the Hill Auditorium (Barrows Hall). Students, family members, and friends are encouraged to attend.
Find out more »