UMaine HGSA

We are so excited to have been able to organize this conference this year and we hope you can join us!
You can register through the QR code below or through this link:
https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvfuCpqjkrHNHldR2XPeisavyt23r84XxP

New Summer Internship opportunity at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor.
The deadline for applicants is March 15th and the selected intern or interns will be notified by March 31st

The second lecture of the Fall 2021 Symposium Series will be on Monday, October 25th. Dr. Max Abrahms (Northeastern University) will be giving a lecture titled "Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History." Co-hosted with Political Science and the School of Policy and International Affairs, the lecture will be free, open to the public, and via Zoom. For more information, see the attached poster.

The first lecture of the Fall 2021 Symposium Series will be on Monday, September 27th. Dr. Jennifer McCutchen (University of Southern Maine) will be giving a lecture titled "'My Son's Behavior Has Covered Me With Shame': Gunpowder's Impact on Generational Notions of Masculinity in the Creek Confederacy." The lecture will be free, open to the public, and via Zoom. For more information, see the attached poster.

Only 19 days before classes start for the Fall semester! Don't forget to reach out to your advisor if you need any help enrolling in classes or deciding on which classes to take. There are several great options this fall being offered by the department! Hope to see you all soon! 📚 👩‍🏫📖

We are very excited to present our inaugural copy of the Black Bear Undergraduate History Journal, and our official website! Please see the link below and check out our first authors! Special thanks to our BBUHJ Board, Dylan O'Hara, Savannah Clark, Jennifer Munson and Evan Zakardas!

https://sites.google.com/maine.edu/blackbearughistoryjournal/home

Black Bear Undergraduate History Journal A Note from the Board

Please join us in wishing MA History student Dakota Gramour, good luck with defending his thesis, "The Holocaust in Bialystok: Urban, Rural, and Forest Environments as Spaces of Resistance, Survival, and Persecution." on Thursday! Very excited to see you reach this point in your academic career! 🎉🎉

PhD alum Élisa Sance will be giving a French-language presentation titled "'I will not speak French in school,' conséquences sociolinguistiques des politiques d’éducation dans la Vallée Saint-Jean (1842-1920)" on Monday, April 12 at 5:30 pm. Hosted by the Canadian-American Center, the lecture is free, open to the public, and via Zoom. For more info and to register: https://mailchi.mp/.../3-25-maceachern-canam-lecture...

Élisa Sance, "I will not speak French in school" (en français) - rescheduled!

Please join us in wishing Ph.D. Candidate Emma Schroeder luck in defending her doctoral dissertation: "Making Earth, Making Home: Technoscientific Citizenship and Ecological Domesticity in an Age of Limits," on Friday, April 16, at 9 AM. If you wish to attend please check your email from Dr. McKillen for the Zoom link! We are very proud of all your hard work Emma! 🎉🎉

National History Day in Maine State Contest

Check out this article written by An Nyugen, a PhD Candidate here at UMaine. This is an excellent article in light of the recent shooting in Georgia. Please follow either of the following links.

https://www.juancole.com/2021/03/oppression-injustice-american.html

https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-nguyen-QuiltofOppressions-39568157

My Turn: On a quilt of oppressions and injustices The deadly mass shooting targeting Asian American women working at massage parlors in Atlanta, GA is neither a tragic happenstance, nor an isolated case of a (sexually) frustrated white man having “a really bad day” — as in the words of openly racist...

Hello Everyone, We would like to remind our undergraduate students of the call for submissions for the new Black Bear Undergraduate History Journal! Remember TA's, staff and faculty please be on the look out for excellent undergraduate papers that many be eligible for submission! The details are below!🏫📃📖📚

A reminder that the second symposium lecture of the Spring 2021 semester is TODAY, March 9th from 5:15-6:45 PM. Dr. Manisha Sinha (Dept. of History, University of Connecticut) will be giving a talk titled "The Abolitionist Origins of Reconstruction." The lecture is free, open to the public, and via Zoom. This will also be the Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Justice Lecture. For more information, see the attached poster.

Just a reminder that our monthly HGSA meeting is tomorrow, March 9th at 10am. We hope to see everyone there.

Please join us for the History Department's Academic Job Market Workshop on March 5th at 4pm. Message us for the Zoom link! This will be a great opportunity to learn from first-hand academic career experiences and ask questions! Hope to see you there!

M.A student Jennifer Munson is presenting her paper, "Publicity and Tourism: The Maine State Government's Response to the Great Depression," tomorrow, March 5th at 1:30 for the Louisiana State University Graduate History Conference. Please let us know if you are interested in the Zoom link! Best of Luck Jennifer! 👏👏

Don't forget about the event today!!

Workshop: David Turpie, Friday, Feb. 26, 3:00 pm
VP Exhibitions and Publications, Arizona Historical Society
Editor, Journal of Arizona History
UMaine History Ph.D. 2010
Topic: Careers in History: Public History and Journal Editing

Please reach out if your would like the Zoom link!

Hello Everyone, here is an update on some upcoming events! Please feel free to reach out with any questions!

This Thursday, February 25th at 6 pm we have our bi-monthly HGSA Virtual Social. Feel free to reach out for the zoom link.

Friday, February 26th at 3:00pm there is a workshop with David Turpie, where he will be discussing careers in History- focusing on public history and journal editing.

Friday, March 5 at 4:00pm there is a faculty/student discussion on how to become a professor.

Tuesday March 9th at 5:15pm Professor Manisha Sinha from the University of Connecticut will be giving a lecture titled "The Abolitionist Origins of Reconstruction".

March 9th at 10 am, we will be having our monthly HGSA meeting, where we will be voting on amendments to the constitution and discussing other HGSA matters.

We are looking forward to seeing you at these events! 📖📚🏫

UMaine HGSA updated their business hours.

UMaine HGSA updated their website address.