Pardee House Seminar: Food Security

The next Pardee House Seminar will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Pardee House (67 Bay State Road, Boston, MA), on "Future Challenges: Food Security."

The lunch seminar will feature Hans Hoogeveen (The Netherlands’ Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality), Prof. James McCann (History and African Studies Center),  and Prof. Adil Najam (International Relations, Geography and Environment), who will discuss different aspects of the current and looming food security crises.

This seminar series focuses on a variety of interdisciplinary issues and invites experts from different disciplines to discuss the long-range challenges and trends in that particular issue.

Lunch will be available from 11.30am, and the seminar itself will start at noon. Please RSVP to pardee@bu.edu by Monday, October 6, 2008.