Upcoming events
Shift Maine: Innovation!
John Muthyala will present on Maine Digital Collaborative for Bipoc professionals at The Third Place.
Meeting will be at the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St.
Portland, Maine 04101.
My Body, My Story
My Body, My Story: Writing Illuminated Memoir
Join the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) for this special program on Friday, November 18, 9 AM to 1PM. We will be introduced to Maine Digital Collaborative (MDC), a digital public humanities forum for writers to share their perspectives on important contemporary issues—including Health and Wellness. MDC is a project of USM Digital Humanities.
To register, send an email message to olliatusm@maine.edu asking to attend either in person or via Zoom.
The program will explore health and wellness as a holistic experience, involving body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Misty Krueger, from the Humanities Division at the University of Maine-Farmington, will be the keynote speaker.
In "From Blonde to Blue and Beyond: My Chemo Hair Journey" Professor Krueger reflects on her experience of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment through writing as an act of self-expression and exploration. She will discuss how multimodal writing helped her confront her vulnerability, gave her the space to reflect on the relationships cultivated during her treatment, and provided an avenue for cleansing and healing.
We will also have a guided writing session led by Dr. Lisa Hibl, Director, Russell Scholars Program, who specializes in writing and the environmental arts. This will be a great opportunity to enhance your narrative writing skills.
The program is being offered at no cost; we can accommodate up to 40 in-person attendees and we will offer a hybrid Zoom option as well. The program is co-sponsored by OLLI and the Digital Humanities initiative at USM, the Division of Humanities at the University of Maine-Farmington, and the Graduate Program in Intermedia at the University of Maine.
Banner image: Georgia O’Keefe by Alfred Stieglitz, Wiki Commons