LOVELL — The World in Your Library, a foreign policy speakers series, will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library.

The library is partnering with the Maine Humanities Council, the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations. The library is one of six in Maine to have the opportunity to connect with Maine-based foreign policy experts who will give presentations on critical foreign policy issues.

The three-part series starts with the following hourlong program, “Immigration in the 21st Century: How Immigration is Changing the American and the Global Political Landscape with Dr. Robert Glover.”

People live in a world in motion, with roughly 232 million international migrants living in a place other than their country of origin today. Since 1990, the number of immigrants living in the developed world has grown by over 65 percent. Yet these immigrants do not exist in a social and political vacuum. They significantly shape the political landscape of the societies in which they live and, in many instances, can continue to impact the societies in which they were born.

This talk examines this dynamic in three respects: the changing political demographics of the U.S., the role that diaspora and immigrants play in sustaining developing economies globally, and the role of immigrants in relation to demographic challenges in the state of Maine.

Glover is an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine. His research focuses generally on democratic theory, political engagement, and the politics of immigration. He has published widely on these topics. In particular, he is interested in how immigrants push for political change and impact the policy process in their destination countries.

He was awarded the 2014 Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence and recognized by the Maine Legislature for his innovative work engaging undergraduates in collaborative policy research with local community partners such as municipal governments and nonprofit organizations. Prior to coming to the University of Maine, Glover was an assistant professor in the Department of Justice Studies at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The two remaining talks, which run from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, are:

Sept. 13: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria: Failed Interventions and the Rise of ISIS with Nick Mills.

Sept. 20: Thinking About Islam with Robert Morrison.