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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.
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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December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Please join us on Dec. 8 for this lecture featuring Bowdoin College professor and acclaimed author Anthony Walton. www.une.edu/news/2025/ce...
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...
professor Anthony Walton presents "The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory." www.facebook.com/share/1BULxs...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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...
professor Anthony Walton presents "The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory." www.facebook.com/share/1BULxs...
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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November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Watch UNE History Professor Elizabeth DeWolfe present, "The Mysterious Case of the 'Girl Spy.'" youtu.be/eNmjrCQxQ7g?...
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.
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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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October 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
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.
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Ali Ahmida: Decolonizing Genocide Studies
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September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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.
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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.
August 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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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August 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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...
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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August 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
CGH Director Josh Pahigian chats with @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. open.spotify.com/episode/1Ogt...
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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June 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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...
A reading list representing the works of the amazing authors we'll host for lectures at CGH in the academic year ahead!
June 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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.
April 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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.
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Sara Rushing - Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid
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March 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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.
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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."
March 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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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March 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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...
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.
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Sara Rushing: Elucidating Health Libertarianism
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March 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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.
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Anna Malavisi discusses the futility of war, arguing that the industry of war through the centuries has contributed to our current climate crisis. youtu.be/heGkCBrVid0?...
Anna Malavisi - War on the Environment
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March 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Anna Malavisi discusses the futility of war, arguing that the industry of war through the centuries has contributed to our current climate crisis. youtu.be/heGkCBrVid0?...
We had an amazing turnout of students and community members for our first-ever daytime event on the Biddeford Campus. Anna Malavisi presented “War on the Environment.”
February 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We had an amazing turnout of students and community members for our first-ever daytime event on the Biddeford Campus. Anna Malavisi presented “War on the Environment.”
Here's a UNE News story about the UNE Center for Global Humanities mid-day event in Biddeford next week. www.une.edu/news/2025/un...
UNE Center for Global Humanities hosts afternoon lecture in Biddeford with 'War on the Environment' on Feb. 26
The lecture by environmental philosopher Anna Malavisi will argue that the damage warfare does to the natural world should be reason enough for nations to rethink strategies of protection, security, a...
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February 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here's a UNE News story about the UNE Center for Global Humanities mid-day event in Biddeford next week. www.une.edu/news/2025/un...
This was such a powerful moment from Amrita Chakrabarti Myers' lecture on "The Vice President's Black Wife." youtube.com/shorts/_mAhI... @countesscanuck.bsky.social
The Dangers of Historical Erasure - Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
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February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This was such a powerful moment from Amrita Chakrabarti Myers' lecture on "The Vice President's Black Wife." youtube.com/shorts/_mAhI... @countesscanuck.bsky.social
CGH Director Josh Pahigian chats with environmental philosopher Anna Malavisi who will join us at the University of New England's Biddeford Campus on Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. for her lecture "War on the Environment."
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Anna Malavisi: Contemplating Environmental Ethics
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February 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
CGH Director Josh Pahigian chats with environmental philosopher Anna Malavisi who will join us at the University of New England's Biddeford Campus on Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. for her lecture "War on the Environment."
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Earlier this week, we hosted historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers for her amazing lecture "The Vice President's Black Wife." If you weren't able to join us, you can watch it here: youtu.be/fJ44IyuHpww?...
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Amrita Chakrabarti Myers - The Vice President's Black Wife
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January 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Earlier this week, we hosted historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers for her amazing lecture "The Vice President's Black Wife." If you weren't able to join us, you can watch it here: youtu.be/fJ44IyuHpww?...
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#JuliaChinn is heading to New England! Join me on Mon, Jan 27, for a talk and signing at @unecgh.bsky.social. I'm excited to see Maine for the first time, even in January. Lol. #books #history #writing #authors #Blacksky
January 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#JuliaChinn is heading to New England! Join me on Mon, Jan 27, for a talk and signing at @unecgh.bsky.social. I'm excited to see Maine for the first time, even in January. Lol. #books #history #writing #authors #Blacksky
CGH Director Josh Pahigian chatted with Indiana University historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers about race, gender, and historic erasure on the latest episode of "Oh, the Humanities." creators.spotify.com/pod/show/une...
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Amrita Chakrabarti Myers: Discussing Race, Gender, and Historic Erasure by Oh, the Humanities
Award-winning historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers of Indiana University-Bloomington discusses her path to becoming a scholar of the black female experience in the United States and her work revealing t...
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January 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
CGH Director Josh Pahigian chatted with Indiana University historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers about race, gender, and historic erasure on the latest episode of "Oh, the Humanities." creators.spotify.com/pod/show/une...
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