University of Maine at Farmington Humanities

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270 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone: (207) 778-7451
FAX: (207) 778-7452
TDD: (207) 778-7000
e-Mail: aleclair@maine.edu

Department of Humanities

The UMaine Farmington Department of Humanities offers courses in English, Creative Writing, Philosophy, Religion, and Modern Foreign Languages, including French, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian.

At UMaine Farmington, the Department of Humanities is home to more than two hundred students majoring in English, Secondary Education-English, Creative Writing, and Philosophy/Religion.

The Department is affiliated with Alice James Press, and it sponsors the Visiting Writers Series and several student publications, including Apropos, The Sandy River Review, and Eclectica.

UMF Graduation

May 12, 2007

English Professors, Christine Darrohn and Misty Beck.

Spring 2007 - Humanities Reception

Fall 2008

As part of the Philosophy and Popular Culture Series, sponsored by
the Department of Humanities, students and faculty participated in a
‘Plato and Superman’ panel discussion focused on Plato’s
The Republic and the television series Smallville.

The panelists are UMF students
Georgianna Gatcomb and Jordan Sawtelle,
and Humanities Department professors
Elliot Welch and George Miller.”