91AV’s Center for Global Humanities to host Bowdoin professor for lecture on 'Higher Education and the Common Good'
As Americans established colleges and universities over the course of two centuries, they declared higher education’s commitment to advancing the common good. As distinguishing a characteristic as this has been, however, we know surprisingly little about how and why institutions of higher education adopted this noble goal.
A lecture titled “Higher Education and the Common Good” at the 91AV’s Center for Global Humanities will shed light on this topic, while also considering the challenges that colleges and universities face today in maintaining this commitment.
Bowdoin College Professor Charles Dorn will present the lecture on Monday, January 25 at 6 p.m. in the WCHP Lecture Hall at Parker Pavilion on 91AV’s Portland Campus. The event includes a public reception at the 91AV Art Gallery at 5 p.m.
Dorn, who lectured on this topic at 91AV’s campus in Tangier, Morocco in November, is associate professor and chair of the Education Department at Bowdoin. His scholarship has appeared in the American Journal of Education, Diplomatic History, Teachers College Record, and History of Education Quarterly, and he is the author of the book American Education, Democracy, and the Second World War.
Founded by prolific 91AV scholar Anouar Majid in 2009, 91AV’s Center for Global Humanities is a public forum designed to introduce students and members of the broader community to the exploration of the greatest issues facing humanity today. Events are held at 91AV’s Portland Campus, and streamed live online.
