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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Listen to historian Douglas Boin discuss his fascinating biography "Clodia of Rome: Champion of the Republic." open.spotify.com/episode/095H...

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Douglas Boin: Cracking the Marble Ceiling in Ancient Rome

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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...

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David Bennell: Investing in a Sustainable Future

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Listen to CGH Director Josh Pahigian's recent "Oh, the Humanities" podcast conversation with UNE anthropology professor Alicia Peters. open.spotify.com/episode/60Rl...

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Alicia W. Peters: Trafficking Trajectories

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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?...

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Anthony Walton - The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Watch UNE History Professor Elizabeth DeWolfe present, "The Mysterious Case of the 'Girl Spy.'" youtu.be/eNmjrCQxQ7g?...

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Elizabeth DeWolfe - The Mysterious Case of the 'Girl Spy'

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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...

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Ali Ahmida: Decolonizing Genocide Studies

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

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...

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Kristen Case: Transforming Lives through the Humanities

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

CGH Director Josh Pahigian chats with @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. open.spotify.com/episode/1Ogt...

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Wendy Pearlman: Making Sense of Syria

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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...

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Susan McHugh: Breaking the Horticulture of Silence

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A reading list representing the works of the amazing authors we'll host for lectures at CGH in the academic year ahead!

Stack of 8 books. There are titles from Robert Shetterly, Yoni Appelbaum, Carrie Lowry Schuttpelz, Wendy Pearlman, Samuel T. Wilkinson, Elizabeth DeWolfe, and Anthony Walton.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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.

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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?...

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Sara Rushing - Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It was our pleasure to host Montana State University professor Sara Rushing for her lecture "Viral Times: Health Libertarianism in the Age of Covid."

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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...

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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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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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...

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Sara Rushing: Elucidating Health Libertarianism

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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?...

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Anna Malavisi - War on the Environment

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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.”

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

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...

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Anna Malavisi: Contemplating Environmental Ethics

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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

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Amrita Chakrabarti Myers - The Vice President's Black Wife

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Amrita Chakrabarti Myers @countesscanuck.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#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

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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?...

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UNE Center for Global Humanities @unecgh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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.

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