Maine Humanities Council

Brad Babson is a consultant on East Asia and global development issues. He served 26 years with the World Bank, most recently as Senior Advisor for the East Asia and Pacific Region, with assignments including Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. He has published widely on topics related to East and Southeast Asia, including the topic of this talk: the integration of North Korea into the international community. Babson holds an MPA from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a BA from Williams College.

This talk was part of the 2009 Views of the East teacher program in Brunswick, Maine, which was co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Maine. Views of the East is a program of the Five College Center for East Asian Studies through the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, funded by the Freeman Foundation and Unum. We welcome your feedback on this episode.

 

 Today's Challenges on the Korean Peninsula [72:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Not Norman by Kelly Bennett, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones, is one of five books that Raising Readers included in an anthology of Maine stories for pediatricians to give to 5-year-olds. Noah Z. Jones lives in Maine, and recently read Not Norman aloud for the Born to Read program. You can find this book, or the Raising Readers anthology, at your local library.

Text copyright 2005 by Kelly Bennett. Illustrations copyright 2005 by Noah Jones. Reproduced by permission of Candlewick Press, Inc., Somerville, MA.

 

 Not Norman [4:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Love and Kisses by Sarah Wilson, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, is one of five books that Raising Readers included in an anthology of Maine stories for pediatricians to give to 5-year-olds. Melissa Sweet lives in Maine, and the Born to Read program recently visited her studio, where she read Love and Kisses aloud. You can find the book or the Raising Readers anthology at your local library.

Text copyright 1999 by Sarah Wilson. Illustrations copyright 1999 by Melissa Sweet. Reproduced by permission of Candlewick Press, Inc., Somerville, MA.

 

 Love and Kisses [2:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Library Lion by Michelle Knudson, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, is one of five books that Raising Readers included in an anthology of Maine stories for pediatricians to give to 5-year-olds. Kevin Hawkes lives in Maine, and the Born to Read program recently visited his studio, where he talked about Library Lion and read the first few pages aloud. You can find a recording of the entire book in audiobook read-along format from Live Oak Media here, or at your local library.

Text and illustrations copyright 2006 by Candlewick Press, Inc. Audio copyright 2007 by Live Oak Media. Permission to record this excerpt was granted by Live Oak Media.

 

 Library Lion [7:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Donna Cassidy is Professor of American & New England Studies and Art History at the University of Southern Maine. Her most recent book, Marsden Hartley: Race, Region, and Nation, led to her current research on U.S. artists in Quebec and Atlantic Canada from 1890 to 1940. In this talk, co-sponsored by the Yarmouth and North Yarmouth historical societies, Cassidy descibes the travels of those artists in the region, and discusses the influence of the landscape and people on their work. (The images that accompanied the talk are protected by copyright, but searching any of the artists’ names in the Artcyclopedia or Google Images should yield some samples.)

This presentation took place in Yarmouth on June 15, 2009. Please leave your feedback below.

 

 Looking North [50:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Kim Wilson is the Wisconsin-based author of two books: Tea with Jane Austen and In the Garden with Jane Austen. Her presentation at the Maine Festival of the Book, “Jane Austen’s Gardens: Love in the Shrubbery,” was beautifully illustrated by a slide show. The images are not captured by this audio recording, but her comments about the roles of gardens in the lives and loves of Austen and her characters are nevertheless enlightening.

This talk took place at the Maine Festival of the Book, sponsored by Maine Reads, on April 4, 2009.

 

 Jane Austen's Gardens [38:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup