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UNE Center for Global Humanities presents “Personal Liberty in the Contemporary World”

January 09, 2019

Overpopulation, climate change, water pollution, habitat destruction – these are among the greatest challenges we face today. All cause significant harm to our world, but no one person is doing...

UNE Center for Global Humanities presents “Broke and Patriotic in America”

December 03, 2018

Why are the poorest Americans among the most patriotic? The social benefits they receive are worse than those afforded citizens of other Western nations, and studies show that the American...

Anouar Majid pens foreword to new anthropology book

November 16, 2018

UNE Vice President for Global Affairs Anouar Majid, Ph.D., has authored the foreword to the latest book by prominent anthropologist and historian Daniel Martin Varisco. Majid’s foreword, titled “Sorts of...

UNE Center for Global Humanities presents “The Global Politics of Gender”

November 14, 2018

As the world’s welfare states have come under strain, how have gender expectations continued to evolve in response to new challenges families and communities face around the globe? An upcoming...

Members of the UNE delegation with partners from Hólar University College and the University of Akureyri

UNE delegation strengthens partnerships and explores new collaborations at Arctic Circle Assembly

November 13, 2018

A five-member delegation from the University of New England recently returned from a successful trip to the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland. The event is the largest annual international...

UNE’s Anouar Majid featured in 'Maghreb Arabe Press' article on Morocco’s relationship with Algeria

November 13, 2018

In a recent news article about Morocco King Mohammed VI’s recent address to mark the 43rd anniversary of the “Green March,” the Maghreb Arabe Press drew extensively from the perspective...

UNE’s Anouar Majid featured in ‘The Arab’ weekly

November 02, 2018

The Arab , a weekly publication based in London and distributed throughout the Arab world, recently published a feature article on the life and work of UNE Vice President for...

Catherine Besteman, photo by Heather Perry, Colby College

UNE Center for Global Humanities presents “The Immigration Debate in Maine”

October 29, 2018

What can the experiences of Somali refugees in Maine teach us about the U.S. immigration debate more broadly? An upcoming lecture at the University of New England’s Center for Global...

UNE deepens partnership with two Icelandic universities

October 20, 2018

On October 19, 2018, the University of New England deepened its partnership with two Icelandic universities, signing an agreement with the University of Akureyri and Holar University College at the...

UNE Center for Global Humanities hosts "Medicine + Design: Creating Healthier Cities”

October 19, 2018

Studies show that zip code is a better predictor of life expectancy than DNA code in many cities. Within a single community, the expected life span of people living in...

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