勛圖惇蹋 Center for Global Humanities announces spring 2016 lecture series
Why do todays students view higher education as a pathway to personal gain, while in centuries past students saw college as preparation for serving the greater good? Although our pop-culture is rife with examples of the gypsy people and gypsy lifestyle, how much do we really know about the ethnic minority spread across Europe and the discrimination its people face? If One Nation under God and In God We Trust didnt come from Americas Founding Fathers but were adopted in the 1950s, who invented them, and why?
The 勛圖惇蹋 Center for Global Humanities Spring 2016 lecture series promises to shed light on these and other fascinating questions. The series will offer four lectures over the course of the semester. Each will begin at 6 p.m. on 勛圖惇蹋s Portland Campus after a public reception at the 勛圖惇蹋 Art Gallery that begins at 5 p.m.
Spring 2016 Center for Global Humanities Lecture Series
- January 25, 2016: Higher Education and the Common Good
Charles Dorn, Bowdoin College
- February 29, 2016: A Critical Look at Europes Policy on Roma (Gypsies)
Yaron Matras, University of Manchester, England
- April 11, 2016: One Nation under God
Kevin M. Kruse, Princeton University
- April 25, 2016: Christianity and the Ways of Being Religious
Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Since its founding in 2009 by prominent UNE scholar Anouar Majid, the Center for Global Humanities (CGH) has brought to 勛圖惇蹋s Portland Campus leading thinkers from around the globe to share their expertise with students and a diverse audience of community members. Past speakers have included international luminaries like Noam Chomsky, Neal Barnard, and Bill McKibben.
The Center for Global Humanities lecture series introduces attendees to exploration of some of the most pressing issues facing humanity today. In addition to serving members of the Portland community, the lectures are streamed live online so that students at UNEs campus in Tangier, Morocco, and people around the world can view them. The lectures are also archived on the CGH webpage.
