On October 18 and 19, 2010, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Goethe-Institut Boston and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI) organized a symposium on Transatlantic Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of the Arts and Media at at Boston University. The symposium addressed […]
On Monday, October 18, 2010, renowned Indian social activist and dancer Mallika Sarabhai spoke at the Boston University College of Fine Arts on the role of the arts in bringing about social change. The public event was co-hosted by the Pardee Center in collaboration with the BU Center for the Study of Asia, the CAS Core Curriculum, […]
On Friday October 15, 2010, the Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its second meeting. The session entitled Energy, Culture, and Society featured Laura Nader and Peter Shulman. It was moderated by Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and coordinator of the […]
On Wednesday, October 6, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Building Global Citizenship – The Role of the University’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Dean Jay Halfond, Dean Robert Hollister and, Professor Fernando Reimers, and was moderated by […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held an all-day conference on ‘The Future of South-South Economic Relations’ as part of its Africa 2060 program of research. The conference was held on Friday, September 25, 2010 at the Hariri Building (BU School of Management) and brought together experts from […]
Pardee House was the venue of an evening reception held in honor of the Boston University-University of Warwick partnership and of the participants of two related conferences: the Pardee Center conference on “The Future of South-South Economic Relations” and BU/Warwick conference on “Business and Government After the Crash.” In addition to the participants of the […]
The new book ‘China Today, China Tomorrow’ (2010; Rowman and Littlefield Publishers) – which is based on the papers originally presented at the December 2008 Pardee Center conference on the Future of China – was launched today with an impressive panel discussion featuring five of the chapter authors of the book, including Prof. Joseph Fewsmith, […]
On Monday, September 20, 2010, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Boston University Department of Geography and Environment launched the John Sawyer Seminars on Energy Transitions and Society, with the first session focusing on ‘Overview of Energy Transitions,’ and featuring Prof. Martin Melosi, Prof. Bruce Podobnik, and […]
The Pardee Center Task Force on Governance for a Green Economy met at the Pardee House on September 10, 2010 in an all-day experts meeting which discussed different aspects of the topic and deliberated on ideas that are most likely to advance effective institutional innovations towards better governance for sustainable development and a ‘green economy.’ […]
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future organized an experts brainstorming meeting on Accountability in Global Environmental Governance on September 9, 2010 at the Pardee House. The meeting brought together a select group of leading practitioners and scholars in a brainstorming session […]