For many of our alumni spread out in 100 countries across the globe, there was no Pardee School when you attended Boston University, only the Department of International Relations. We are now a full-fledged school: YOUR school.
There are many ways to engage with your alma mater, and we hope you do!
Our Pardee School alumni spotlights share the stories of our illustrious alumni and how their experience at BU shaped their professional journey after graduation.
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed eight Boston University graduate students as the 2026 cohort of its Graduate Summer Fellows Program. Running from May 26 through July 31, the 10-week fellowship provides master's and doctoral students with the opportunity to conduct independent, future-oriented, policy-relevant research while participating in...
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is proud to announce that Alexia Nastasia (BA ’27) has been awarded the prestigious Harold C. Case Scholarship for the 2026–2027 academic year. Embodying the outstanding scholarly spirit of the Case Scholarship, Nastasia is pursuing a double major in International Relations and Sociocultural Anthropology, with minors...
In conversation with Pardee's rising senior Daria Taylor (BAIR'27) who recently landed the prestigious PPIA fellowship.
Rosella Cappella Zielinski, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Professor of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has co-authored a new article, "When Do Militaries Fight Battles Together?", published in Security Studies (2026) with Ryan Grauer of the University of Pittsburgh. The article takes on a surprisingly...
Professor Sunil Sharma, Director of the Boston University Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA) and a leading scholar of Persianate literary and cultural history, recently returned from the prestigious Bahari Visiting Fellowship in the Persian Arts of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, where he is conducting ongoing research on the...
We’re pleased to announce that Raymond Wang will be joining the Pardee School of Global Studies as Assistant Professor of International Relations. Wang will assume his professorship on July 1, 2026. “In fact, we hired Raymond Wang back in early 2025, but he deferred his arrival in order to complete his postdoc at Columbia.” Dean...
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University welcomes Dr. Mariana Díaz Chalela as Assistant Professor of International History. Dr. Díaz Chalela is a historian of modern Latin America whose research and teaching focus on economic development, political violence, property rights, and transitional justice. “We are thrilled to have Mariana Diaz Chalela...
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is proud to announce that Sabrina Benedetti (BA ’28) and Miya Peterson (BA ’28) have been selected as recipients of the Provost’s Scholars Award, a prestigious university honor recognizing sophomore students who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and ambition, and a willingness to push beyond traditional academic boundaries....