UMaine HGSA

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from your own HGSA!
It also happens to be the birthday of our trusty mascot, Rufus T. Stevens. His dog years have earned him a degree of wisdom that we humble humans can only aspire to; the proverbial tennis ball we pursue, in part, at UMaine.
Happy birthday, Rufus!

03/02/2022

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

02/22/2022

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

10/21/2021

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.

09/16/2021

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.

08/11/2021

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! 📚 👩‍🏫📖

06/21/2021

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!

A Note from the Board

06/08/2021

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! 🎉🎉

04/10/2021

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...

04/10/2021

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! 🎉🎉