Seminars
The Center for Global Humanities Seminar Series (CGH 490/505) is a two-semester program designed to introduce students and members of the public to the exploration of the great issues facing humanity today. The topics range from health, national identities and minorities, religion and violence, new conceptions of the human, the future of education, and many other subjects of major relevance to the welfare of the global community. The seminars are offered by leading scholars from around the world. Each seminar will entail reading a book or other relevant material ahead of time. The entire program normally consists of eight seminars, starting in September and ending in April, and is announced in the Spring preceding the academic year during which it is offered. Matriculated students will earn three credits at the end of each semester and, upon successful completion of the six-credit program, will be designated CGH Scholars. Click for full description.
The CGH Seminar Series is complemented by a Lecture series to feature prominent scholars and thinkers who agree to address our audiences on shorter notice.
| Seminar Title | Assigned Reading | Lecturer | Date | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioethics: Too Important to be Left to Bioethicists | Michael F. Bérubé, Life As We Know It: A Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child (Vintage, 1998) |
Michael F. Bérubé | 09/24/2012 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| The Race for What's Left | Michael T. Klare, The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources (Metropolitan Books, 2008) |
Michael T. Klare | 10/15/2012 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| On the Brink of the Grave: Early Stories of Blood Transfusion | Ann Kibbie | 10/29/2012 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM | |
| 2012 and the Maya: Past Predictions and Future Histories | David Carey Jr., Engendering Mayan History: Mayan Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past, 1875-1970 (Routledge, 2006) |
David Carey, Jr. | 11/26/2012 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| The American Revolution and the Origins of American Multiculturalism | Liam Riordan, Many Identities, One Nation: The Revolution and its Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007). |
Liam Riordan | 12/10/2012 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| The Trouble with Malaria in Africa | James Webb, Jr., Humanity’s Burden: A Global History of Malaria (Cambridge University Press: New York, 2009). |
James L. A. Webb, Jr. | 01/28/2013 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| The Myth of the Chemical Cure: The Politics of Psychiatric Drug Treatment | Joanna Moncrieff, The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) |
Joanna Moncrieff | 02/25/2013 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| Greeks and Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers. | Carl J. Richard, Greeks and Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008) |
Carl J. Richard | 03/25/2013 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |
| Radical Enlightenment and the Making of the French Revolution (1750-1800) | J. I. Israel, Democratic Enlightenment. Philosophy, Revolution and Human Rights, 1750-1790 (Oxford University Press, 2011) |
Jonathan Israel | 04/29/2013 | WCHP Lecture Hall, Portland Campus | 6:00 PM |