UMaine Calendar

On Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Hill Auditorium of Barrows Hall, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents a panel asking how politicians, pundits, journalists, scholars, and other social and cultural leaders might best connect with the audiences they need to address. As part of its 2021–22 Annual Symposium, the MHC brings together a professional political communicator, a Maine-based journalist, and a professor of political philosophy, to discuss how skills learned from the humanities — such as how to conduct interviews and answer questions, how to speak and write clearly, and how to engage audiences in democratic processes — play a vital role in their work. Panelists include Rob Ballingall, Victoria Bonney, and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodard.