UNE Tangier Global Forum presents “The Enlightenment for Our Troubled World”
Two and a half years after opening a beautiful study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, the University of New England has launched the Tangier Global Forum, a new lecture series designed to encourage discussion and critical examination of the burning issues facing the global community.
The inaugural season began with scholar Anthony Pagden presenting “The Enlightenment for Our Troubled World.” Pagden argued that the objective of the European Enlightenment was to create a plan for a universal cosmopolitan existence and that some modern version of this cosmopolitanism -- rather than the ideologies of nationalism or patriotism -- offers the best prospect for bringing peace to “our troubled world.”
The lecture took place Thursday, September 15 at 7 p.m. local time (2 p.m. EST) in the auditorium at UNE’s Tangier Campus. It was live-streamed to students and faculty on UNE’s two Maine campuses and to viewers around the globe.
Pagden is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously he held positions at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, the Warburg Institute, London, Johns Hopkins University and the European University Institute. He has written numerous books, including Burdens of Empire, Why it Still Matters and Worlds at War, which have been translated into several European and Asian languages. He has also written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the New Republic and the National Interest.
About the Tangier Global Forum
Capitalizing on the millennial legacy of Tangier as a border city where ideas are in constant flux, the University of New England’s Tangier Global Forum is designed to encourage discussion and critical examination of the burning issues facing the global community. American, Moroccan, European and other thinkers from around the world give lectures and conduct seminars to shed light on — and provide new insights into — histories and cultures that are critical to a better understanding of our human condition today. All events are free, open to the public and streamed live around the globe. Live translation into one or more languages is also available.
To apply, visit www.une.edu/admissions