Course

The Center for Global Humanities Seminar Series (GLS 490) enables students to deepen their understanding of past and present world issues, hones their abilities of cultural analysis, and encourages them to apply their developing global perspective to their chosen disciplines. Through the course, students interact directly with thought leaders who visit campus to share their scholarship.

Before this course I had never had the privilege of having personal conversations with the authors I had studied. The questions you are left with after reading a text can be answered face-to-face, and from the writers themselves. This is a learning experience entirely unique to this course.”  — Alexa Livingston, B.S. Environmental Studies ‘24, Minor in Writing

The class meets weekly on the Biddeford Campus and travels monthly to the Portland Campus for the Health Sciences for public lectures. Prior to each lecture, students read and discuss a relevant text, while conducting further research into the speaker’s topic. In the hour preceding each lecture, students get to chat informally with the speaker. And following each lecture, students participate in the public Q&A session with our guest.

Students may take the course for one semester, or may enroll for a second semester and be designated a CGH Scholar.