Join us for a timely conversation with Aurora Vergara Figueroa, former Colombian Minister of Education and distinguished Afro-Colombian scholar. Drawing on her leadership in advancing inclusive reforms and global academic partnerships, she will explore how education policy, transnational research, and grassroots advocacy can work together to advance equity and justice. Tuesday, April 29 2:00 PM […]
The Department of Romance Studies and the Center for Latin American Studies present: Indigenous Languages & Cultures Week 2025 Monday, April 7 • 4 to 6 PM (In Person) Welcome to the 4th Annual Indigenous History, Languages & Cultures Week Remarks by Célia Bianconi & María Datel “Latin American Indigenous Voices: Developing a Digital Archive” […]
Join us for a lecture by, Michael Birenbaum Quintero, Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Musicology & Ethnomusicology Department. Music, Civil Society, and the Search for Peace in Colombia Thursday, April 3, 2025 • 3:30 to 4:45 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Michael Birenbaum Quintero studies Black cultural politics in Latin […]
Please join us at the Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road, on Tuesday. March 25, for a panel discussion on migration. The event is organized and hosted by Camila Olivo (CGS ’23, CAS ’25, PAR ’25). Speakers include Randy Feldman, JD; Carrie Preston, Center on Forced Displacement; Justin Dynia (CAS ’22, PAR […]
Join us for a presentation by Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos, PhD, Visiting Fellow at the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. Thursday, May 1, 2025 • 12:30 to 1:45 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided. Register using form below. Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos is is a research […]
Join us for a presentation by political consultant and Pardee School alumna Xiomara Alfaro-Martinez, Executive Board Member, Nevada State Democratic Party. Xiomara will receive her BA in International Relations and Political Science from Boston University in 2025. Xiomara worked as East Las Vegas regional organizing director for the Harris campaign. She will discuss her work […]
Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, March 26, 2:30 to 3:45 PM, for a book talk by Dr. Adam Baird, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. When he visited in 2011, sociologist Adam Baird wondered what the Bloods and Crips were doing in Southside Belize City. He soon discovered that migrant Belizean members of colors gangs from […]
Join us on Wednesday, February 26, at 4:30 PM for a discussion of the Oscar-nominated Brazilian political biographical drama, I’m Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui). Walter Salles’ film, which was selected as Brazil’s official submission for this year’s Oscars and was additionally nominated for best international feature and best actress for Fernanda Torres, has […]
Join us for a presentation by Nivea Canalli Bona, Master Lecturer in Media Science at BU’s College of Communication. Thursday, February 20, 2024 • 3:30 to 4:45 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided. Register using form below. Nivea Canalli Bona truly believes that communication can change the world. She […]