UNE Center for Global Humanities
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The University of New England Center for Global Humanities hosts lectures and films dedicated to exploring the human condition in the 21st Century.
As humanity embarks on a new era of space exploration, what does the future hold for the moon? And what can we learn from our past successes and foibles? youtu.be/LrVyQvMDdVw?...
Dagomar Degroot - The History and Future of the Moon
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Georgetown professor Dagomar Degroot presented "The History and Future of the Moon" before a packed-house on our UNE Portland Campus. It was an amazing talk that chronicled the history of the US Space Program and offered a glimpse of what the future may hold.
Listen to historian Douglas Boin discuss his fascinating biography "Clodia of Rome: Champion of the Republic." open.spotify.com/episode/095H...
Douglas Boin: Cracking the Marble Ceiling in Ancient Rome
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For our latest “Oh, the Humanities” episode, Josh sat down with David Bennell to discuss how the humanities are essential to the environmental movement. open.spotify.com/episode/3DsU...
David Bennell: Investing in a Sustainable Future
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The Atlantic's Yoni Appelbaum visited CGH to present "Who Killed the American Dream?" youtu.be/2R8mUNaWIrk?...
Yoni Appelbaum - Who Killed the American Dream?
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Watch Patricia Vieira's talk "The Amazon Beyond Extractivism: Indigenous Stories of Entangled Beings." youtu.be/yTfIY4VRHUI?...
Patrícia Vieira - The Amazon Beyond Extractivism: Indigenous Stories of Entangled Beings
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If you missed Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz's lecture at UNE CGH on Monday, here is the YouTube. youtu.be/EaOqZuJy8nM?...
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz - Who Gets to Be Native in America?
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Watch Robert Shetterly's lecture "Art in an Age of Democratic Upheaval." youtu.be/6PUCUpMeZHM
Robert Shetterly - Art in an Age of Democratic Upheaval
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Maine artist Robert Shetterly visited the Center last night for an inspiring lecture about people who embodied America’s best virtues even when doing so wasn’t easy.
Listen to CGH Director Josh Pahigian's recent "Oh, the Humanities" podcast conversation with UNE anthropology professor Alicia Peters. open.spotify.com/episode/60Rl...
Alicia W. Peters: Trafficking Trajectories
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Bowdoin College Professor Anthony Walton argues that Americans must confront our racial history and decide how we choose to remember it before we can move forward together as a nation. youtu.be/OBGh-m6Iar4?...
Anthony Walton - The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory
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Bowdoin College professor Anthony Walton visited the Center last night to argue that Americans must confront our fraught racial history in order to finally move forward together as a nation.
Please join us on Dec. 8 for this lecture featuring Bowdoin College professor and acclaimed author Anthony Walton. www.une.edu/news/2025/ce...
Center for Global Humanities presents 'The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory' on Dec. 8
Anthony Walton will explore issues involving race and politics that have haunted the U.S. for generations when he visits the Center for Global Humanities to present a lecture titled “The Past Is Not P...
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Join on us December 8 when Bowdoin College professor Anthony Walton presents "The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory." www.facebook.com/share/1BULxs...
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Watch UNE History Professor Elizabeth DeWolfe present, "The Mysterious Case of the 'Girl Spy.'" youtu.be/eNmjrCQxQ7g?...
Elizabeth DeWolfe - The Mysterious Case of the 'Girl Spy'
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Yale Medical School professor of psychiatry Samuel T. Wilkinson, M.D., visited our University of New England Biddeford Campus to present a thought-provoking talk on the meaning of life.
Independent filmmaker David Washburn visited the Center yesterday to screen his film "Three Chaplains." Listen to his podcast conversation with @joshpahigian open.spotify.com/episode/4VLt...
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For the latest episode of the "Oh, the Humanities" podcast, Josh sat down with UNE College of Arts and Sciences colleague Ali Ahmida to discuss the Libyan genocide carried out by the Italian fascist regime. open.spotify.com/episode/1sc6...
Ali Ahmida: Decolonizing Genocide Studies
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UNE political science professor Ali Ahmida joined CGH director Josh Pahigian to record a podcast conversation earlier this week. We'll post the episode soon.
I really enjoyed this podcast chat with Kristen Case, who is a two-time winner of the Maine Literary Award. She had such interesting insights into what the future holds for the humanities amidst an increasingly technologically- and ROI-driven world. -- Josh open.spotify.com/episode/3d9H...
Kristen Case: Transforming Lives through the Humanities
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CGH Director Josh Pahigian chats with @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. open.spotify.com/episode/1Ogt...
Wendy Pearlman: Making Sense of Syria
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CGH Director Josh Pahigian sat down with UNE colleague Susan McHugh to discuss her scholarship exploring portrayals of animals and plants in literature. open.spotify.com/episode/49Ln...
Susan McHugh: Breaking the Horticulture of Silence
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A reading list representing the works of the amazing authors we'll host for lectures at CGH in the academic year ahead!
It was our pleasure to host Maine's premiere screening of the powerful documentary "For the Living." Afterwards, we had a conversation with filmmakers Tim Roper and Lisa Effress, and UNE faculty member David Livingstone Smith.
Montana State University political science professor Sara Rushing discusses the medical freedom movement, the 2025 measles outbreak, Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again initiative, and more. youtu.be/rNd08-CYc84?...
Sara Rushing - Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid
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It was our pleasure to host Montana State University professor Sara Rushing for her lecture "Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid."
Join UNE's Center for Global Humanities, Monday, March 24th, for a FREE lecture titled "Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid" by Sara Rushing. The reception is at 5 p.m. and the lecture is at 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/events/58593...
Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid - Sara Rushing
Event in Portland, ME by UNE Center for Global Humanities on Monday, March 24 2025
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CGH Director Josh Pahigian talks with political scientist Sara Rushing about COVID mask and vaccine mandates, the appointment of RFK Jr. atop HHS, the measles outbreak in West Texas, women's reproductive rights, and other topics. open.spotify.com/episode/0hXJ...
Sara Rushing: Elucidating Health Libertarianism
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