Friends of UMaine Libraries Newsletter — October 23, 2024

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In this issue:

• Salon Series: What Does it Mean to Respect Nonhuman Animals?
• Halloween at Fogler!
• Special Collections News: Homecoming; UMaine Sports Hall of Fame exhibit

Salon Series: What Does it Mean to Respect Nonhuman Animals?

The third event in Fogler Library’s exciting Salon Series, “What Does it Mean to Respect Nonhuman Animals,” takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 6—7:30 p.m. This event is available both in person at The Salon at Fogler Library, and via Zoom.

Whether they are treated as consumables, research subjects, companions, or family, human civilization relies heavily on the lives of other animals. Given these disparate — and not necessarily mutually exclusive — ways of interacting with nonhuman animals, what does it mean to respect them? Which ideas and practices serve this end? Which cultures and traditions provide relevant insights? How might we treat animals as nonhuman persons?

Please click here to view the event flyer.

Don’t forget …

There is still time to catch the second event in the Salon Series, “Gender and Women in Higher Education in Comparative Perspective,” which takes place today, Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 6–7:30 p.m. The flyer can be viewed here.

Special Collections News: Homecoming; UMaine Sports Hall of Fame exhibit

Halloween at Fogler!

Fogler Library is hosting two events on Wednesday, October 30 to celebrate the spooky season.

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At 6 p.m. in the second floor Salon, we’ll host a Literary Costume Contest, with a prize awarded for the best literary-themed costume. There will also be refreshments!

And at 7 p.m., also in the second floor Salon, we are hosting a Ghosts of Maine author talk led by Marcus Librizzi, the author of several volumes of Maine-based ghost stories and folklore as well as a writer of dark fiction and a professor in the University of Maine System. There will be a short reading from his work and a conversation about his insights on horror fiction, Maine ghost tales, and other spooky topics for Halloween. Some books will be available for purchase, and refreshments will be available.

Special Collections News: Homecoming; UMaine Sports Hall of Fame exhibit

Revitt also helped the Athletics Department celebrate this year’s UMaine Sports Hall of Fame ceremony with memorabilia from the University Archive on display for each of the award recipients.

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