Here at the Pardee School, we bring together a number of programs and centers that have long-established histories of outstanding teaching, research, and policy outreach in interdisciplinary international studies.
The African Studies Center's National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants total just over $2.4 million and will support Africa-focused education and African language instruction at the Center.
The project aims to better support Hello Tractor’s mission of supporting farmers in Africa and, by extension, helping feed the world into the 21st century. Insights from the project could also support the work of other firms trying to provide healthcare, clean energy, and other services to rural communities.
Professors Mehrling and Gallagher joined UNCTAD experts, academics, diplomats, and young scholars from across the globe for lively and stimulating intellectual debates on the challenges and opportunities of a new international economic order.
Professor Najam calls on the humanitarian sector and organizations like MSF to redouble their own efforts not just in reducing their climate footprints but in addressing the critical climate justice and climate impacts that are being felt by the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities.
Professor Longman, an outstanding scholar with extensive leadership experience having served as director of numerous bodies across Boston University, will continue to raise the profile of the school and find innovative new directions for our community.
"One of the first lessons I learned while reading post-colonial literature was the importance of rejecting Western exceptionalism and understanding that our perspective might not reflect that of the communities involved. The Keylor Grant is the perfect opportunity to embrace a new culture, approach the topic from an entirely different angle, and challenge your preconceived notions about a community or state."
Congresswoman-elect Karmen Ramírez Boscán, a Geneva-based indigenous Wayúu woman who was selected to represent overseas Colombians in the Congress - discusses the challenges facing Colombia today.
China's BRI has vastly increased its influence in global politics, but the U.S. and G7 are trying to counteract this. Can these superpowers collaborate on global infrastructure rather than compete? Ambassador Heine offers his thoughts.
Professor Brulé and Aliz Tóth argue for policies that place multiple marginalized groups at the center, leveraging the fact that those who bear the brunt of interlocking forms of oppression have the greatest capacity to catalyze social transformation that benefits everyone.
