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?...

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...

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...

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.

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. open.spotify.com/episode/1sc6...

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...

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...

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?...

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...

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...

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.”

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

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." open.spotify.com/episode/3eVs...

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?... @countesscanuck.bsky.social

#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... @countesscanuck.bsky.social

On December 2, we hosted national best-selling author Rachel Slade, who made an impassioned case for restoring America's nearly lost manufacturing industry. Watch Ms. Slade's "Making It in America" lecture: youtu.be/2i5psiD9ePs?...

On December 2, 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting best-selling author Rachel Slade for her lecture "Making It in America," based on her book of the same title.