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The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is pleased to present the second issue of the Pardee Magazine. Building on last year’s inaugural edition, this issue reflects the school’s enduring commitment to rigorous, interdisciplinary, problem-driven research and education focused on the world’s most pressing challenges.
Empire by Law: The Ottoman Origins of the Mandate System in the Middle East, published in 2026 by Columbia University Press, reexamines the late Ottoman Empire's role in shaping the modern Middle East and the international order that emerged after World War I. In this new book, professor Aimee Genell traces how contests over autonomy, sovereignty,...
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies welcomed (Ret.) Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield ('88), the School's inaugural Distinguished Fellow, for an informal coffee chat with Dean Scott Taylor on September 24, 2026. Joined by Pardee students, faculty, and staff, Chatfield looked back on her journey from a first-year Boston University student to one of...
Bilal Bilici, BU alum and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey spoke at a Beyond the Headlines event discussing Turkey's current foreign policy, domestic issues, and political future.
Professor Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, was invited by the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) to present the opening keynote address at the annual AAS-in-Asia conference, held this year at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan, from September 25-27, 2026. The theme for...
For students of international relations, forced displacement is often discussed through statistics, policy debates, and headlines. But through their internships with Displaced International, a group of Pardee School students had the opportunity to engage with the issue from a more human and comparative perspective. This fall, Eleez Omar ('27), Ameera Saba ('27), Luisa Sinisterra ('28),...
Dr. Hoa Tran, former head of refugee policy and programs for East Asia Pacific and South Asia at the Department of State, and current Director for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning at Jesuit Refugee Service USA, told Pardee students of her journey from arriving in the United States as a refugee from Vietnam to obtaining...
