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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE’s Center for Global Humanities to host lecture titled 'The Struggle for Pakistan' on November 19

Since its founding as a home for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has been critically important to international peace and security. Amidst the politics of the Cold War, and more recently, the U.S.-led war against religious extremism, the country has struggled to manage its relationships with the U.S. and regional rivals while facing persistent domestic instability.    

In her lecture titled “The Struggle for Pakistan” at the University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities, Tufts University Professor Ayesha Jalal will discuss how Pakistan’s struggles have made the world a more dangerous place, and offer an insider’s perspective into the democratic struggles of the country’s diverse people against military authoritarianism and religious extremism.

The lecture is scheduled for Thursday, November 19 at 6 p.m. in the WCHP Lecture Hall at Parker Pavilion on UNE’s Portland Campus. The event will include a free public reception at the UNE Art Gallery at 5 p.m.

Jalal is the Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University where she teaches in both the History Department and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her long list of publications includes such books as The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics, The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan, and Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. 

UNE’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 UNE’s Portland Campus and live-streamed to UNE’s beautiful campus in Tangier, Morocco and points elsewhere around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.une.edu/calendar/2015/ayesha-jalal-struggle-pakistan

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.