Students from the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, along with BU students from other schools, took a recent academic trip to Cuba to learn about the cultural and historical aspects of Cuba’s foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on Cuba-Africa and Cuba-China relations. The trip included a visit to Casa de Africa for musical performances, […]
Latin America’s China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus Since 1980, China has evolved from a poor and mostly rural society into one of the largest economies in the world. As it grew into a major industrial power, it demanded enormous amounts of steel for new factories and cities, copper for electronic wires, […]
‘Armed Conflict, Peace Processes and the challenges of Peacebuilding in Colombia’ will be delivered by the Political Science department at Uniandes. The 3-week program will be run by Angelika Rettberg, Director of the Masters in Peacebuilding at Uniandes and will explore the recent history of the Colombian conflict and the challenges of the current peace process in Cuba. It is open to undergraduate students […]
Studies in Romanticism, BU’s flagship journal on the Romantic period in European, American, and world history, wishes to remind all humanities faculty of the SiR Undergraduate Essay Prize competition. Please read on for eligibility, procedural, and evaluative information. The purpose of the prize is to encourage interest among BU undergraduates in the period conventionally known […]
Renata Keller, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently awarded the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) Alfred B. Thomas Book Award for her book, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution. The Alfred B. Thomas Book Award […]
The Latin American Studies Program, an affiliated program of the The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, held a symposium and concert on March 14, 2016 focusing on contemporary use of Ladino, a language derived from medieval Spanish, with influences from such languages as Aragonese, Astur-Leonese, Catalan, Galician-Portuguese, and Mozarabic. The symposium was attended by about 50 people and started with […]
The archaeology of early urbanism provides deep historical context for an increasingly urbanized world. Its study through the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) involves collaborative investigations by an international team of interdisciplinary researchers at the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico. During its height in the early first millennium CE, Teotihuacan was the largest city in […]