The Maine History Festival, with presentations by cultural organizations and students and teachers at all grade levels, is a central part the Maine Bicentennial Conference, to be held at the University of Maine (Orono), from May 30th to June 1st, 2019. For more information on the Bicentennial Conference and Registration, please visit this web address:
https://umaine.edu/mhc/me-bicentennial/The Maine History Festival will be held on Friday, May 31, from 2:30pm-4:30pm, in the Hudson Museum, Collins Center for the Arts, on the University of Maine campus. The Maine History Festival is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Presenters and attendees are welcome to stay for the conference keynote addresses by historians Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Alan Taylor immediately following the festival. The keynote addresses are also FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
If you are interested in presenting at the Maine History Festival, fill out the form below. Any questions can be directed to Professor Libby Bischof,
elizabeth.bischof@maine.eduWhat is the Maine History Festival?
This part of the conference will have concurrent table displays and poster-session style presentations in the large lobby and gallery space of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Informal one-on-one exchanges at the Festival aim to foster collaboration across boundaries, stimulate new thinking about the statehood process and state commemoration, and encourage revision and further development for presenters to share their understanding of the Maine statehood era and Maine history more broadly in the 2020 bicentennial year.
We welcome presentations from individuals and cultural organizations.
Please note--if you are just coming to present at the History festival and stay for the keynote addresses, there is NO CHARGE. If you plan on attending the 3-day Maine Bicentennial Conference, registration is $60 and you can register on the conference website (above).