Center for Global Humanities: Recent Episodes
University of New England
Founded by Anouar Majid, the UNE Center for Global Humanities hosts lectures and films dedicated to exploring the human condition in the 21st Century. The Center hosts speakers from around the globe and across the broad spectrum of the humanities.
Note: Not all our lectures are available on podcast because lectures that rely on Powerpoint and other visual aids do not lend themselves easily to this format. Listeners are invited to check our YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/UNECenterforGlobalHumanities) for a more comprehensive list of lectures.
University of New England history professor Elizabeth DeWolfe joins host Josh Pahigian to discuss her scholarship and teaching over a nearly three-decade career. The conversation concludes with DeWolfe unveiling some details concerning her latest book, Alias Agnes: The Notorious Tale of a Gilded Age Spy, which is due out in Spring 2025.
UNE Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Adam Sitze on "Academic Freedom in a Time of Democratic Decline." This event was recorded on October 24, 2022.
UNE Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Kirsten Fischer on "Rethinking Freethought in the Early United States." This event was recorded on March 28, 2022.
UNE Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Steven Smith on "Patriotism, Our Most Contested Virtue." This event was recorded on September 27, 2021.
UNE Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host David Rohde on "The American Deep State." This event was recorded on October 26, 2020.
UNE's Center for Global Humanities and its founding director, Anouar Majid, host Noam Chomsky to reflect on the irony of people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) demanding the right to good education, health, and employment, while Americans, battered by an economic system that eludes most people's grasp, seem to be resigned to a future without such hope. This event was recorded on December 12, 2011.