EARLY ONE AUTUMN morning in 1989, a death squad stormed through the gates of Central American University in El Salvador. When its work was finished, six Jesuit priests and their two housekeepers lay dead. One victim was my friend the Rev. Ignacio Ellacuria, the university rector. Finally one of the Salvadoran officers who allegedly organized […]
The CAS Writing Program is now accepting applications from doctoral students for their Graduate Writing Fellowship program, to begin in Fall 2016. These competitive fellowships provide doctoral students from across the University with an opportunity to receive valuable training and teaching experience while serving as instructors in the Writing Program. Applications are due November 9, […]
Jeffrey Rubin, an associate professor at Boston University, whose research has focused on the history of grassroots activism in Brazil and its contributions to democracy, noted that Brazil has a long historical trajectory of social movement activism, particularly since the late 1970s, when civil society organizing surged and new social movements focused national attention on […]
The Cipher Brief: Broadly speaking, how do you view China’s increased involvement in Latin America? Is it a good thing for Latin America? The U.S.? Kevin Gallagher: China’s increased economic involvement is very good for Latin America. China came to the rescue of the region after the global financial crisis dried up demand for Latin […]
Junot Diaz Pulitzer Prize Winner National Book Award Finalist Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7 PM Law Auditorium, Boston University 765 Commonwealth Avenue Please join us for a reading by Junot Diaz. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, Junot Diaz is the author of Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life Wao, which won the […]
Renata Keller, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has published a translation and analysis of the original 1956 arrest record of future Cuban leader Fidel Castro, which she discovered while conducting research on the Cuban Revolution’s impact in Mexico. Keller’s research was published earlier […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was profiled in a Q&A session in the September 2015 edition of the monthly journal EcoAmericas. Research by the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI), a Pardee School-affiliated research initiative of which Gallagher is co-chair, was also […]
Join us for Alejandro Lámbarry’s talk comparing Jorge Ibargüengoitia’s novel “Las muertas” with the film, of Felipe Cazals, “Las Poquianchis” on October 20th. Students can watch the film here for free.
Global Music Lunchtime Concert Monday October 19th, Noon – 1:00 p.m. Boston University College of Fine Arts Concert Hall 855 Commonwealth Ave., 1st Floor With a wild, powerful and unbridled sound, the Grammy-nominated Colombian ensemble Cimarrón lives up to the meaning of its name: untamed. Cimarrón creates a fiery kind of music called música llanera […]
Susan Eckstein, Professor of International Relations and Sociology at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, said that the Pope’s itinerary in Cuba would endear him to the people. Eckstein made her case in a September 22 article in USA Today entitled “The Pope Pays a Visit to El Cobre and […]