University of New England

The Featherman Humanities Lecture was established by  University of New England President Emeritus Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., and her husband, Bernard Featherman.

Committed to promoting humanistic values and to enriching the learning experience at UNE, the Feathermans have created a permanent forum for exciting dialogues on diverse and provocative topics by thoughtful and renowned speakers.

The Featherman Lectures

2008

Alan Wolfe

Alan Wolfe, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Boisi Center
for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College
"Who's Afraid of American Religion?"
Noon, April 4, 2008
Multipurpose Rooms, Campus Center
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Elizabeth Perry

2006
Elizabeth Perry, Ph.D.
Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University
"Is the Chinese Revolution Dead?"

Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Ph.D.

2005
Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Ph.D.
Professor, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond
“Divine Justice and Human Order: An Islamic Perspective”









 

Bruce Cumings

2004
Bruce Cumings, Ph.D.
Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History, University of Chicago
"Decoupled from History: North Korea in the Axis of Evil"




2002
Mahmood Mamdani, Ph.D.
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Departments of Anthropology and Political Science, Columbia University, and director of the Institute of African Studies
"Citizen and Subject: Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism"

2001
Theda Skocpol, Ph.D.
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and director of the Center for American Political Studies, Harvard University
"Civic Engagement in American Democracy: from Membership to Advocacy"

Betty Friedan

2000
Betty Friedan
Author of The Feminine Mystique
"The Status of the Women’s Movement"

1998
Ali A. Mazrui, Ph.D.
Author of more than 20 books, the Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton
"Africa and the American Imagination"

The Feathermans

President Emeritus Sandra Featherman was president of the University of New England from 1996-2006. Before coming to the University of New England, Dr. Featherman served at the University of Minnesota/Duluth as vice chancellor for academic administration and professor of political science; and at Temple University, as assistant to the president, director of the Center for Public Policy, and president of the Faculty Senate. Dr. Featherman has served on many boards and won many awards, including the Champion for Economic Growth Leadership Award for nonprofit organizations from the Maine Development Foundation.

Bernard Featherman has a bachelor’s degree from Temple University, where he also attended graduate schools of business and law. He attended Wharton School of Banking and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been president and owner of Bernard Franklin Company and Western Steel Company, both based in Pennsylvania. He was the national president of the Association of Steel Distributors and the national chairman of the Small Business Council of the Democratic National Committee. He is a lifetime member of the Institute of American Entrepreneurs. In Maine, he is a member of the Kennebunkport Historical Society and has served as a board member of the American Red Cross of Sourthern Maine, the Wardwell Retirement Homes in Saco, and the Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce. In 1991, Featherman was named the Mid-Atlantic States Small Business Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

For More Information

For more information on the Featherman Lectures, contact lecture coordinator professor Ali Abdullatif Ahmida at (207) 602-2804.