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.
Dr. Hoa Tran, former head of refugee policy and programs for East Asia Pacific and South Asia at the Department of State, and current Director for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning at Jesuit Refugee Service USA, told Pardee students of her journey from arriving in the United States as a refugee from Vietnam to obtaining...
Professor Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, was invited by the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) to present the opening keynote address at the annual AAS-in-Asia conference, held this year at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan, from September 25-27, 2026. The theme for...
Professors of the Practice Vesko Garčević and Mark Storella, discussed the current crisis in multilateral diplomacy before a WorldBoston “Great Decisions” audience at the Boston Public Library September 17. Interviewed by the United Nations Association of Greater Boston Director Dan O’Conner, the two Pardee professors stressed that the challenges to multilateral affairs go beyond the...
Bilal Bilici, BU alum and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey spoke at a Beyond the Headlines event discussing Turkey's current foreign policy, domestic issues, and political future.
Vivien Ann Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor Emerita of International Relations, and founding director of Boston University's Center for the Study of Europe, is bringing her latest book, The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2026), to academic audiences across North America through a...
Vivien Ann Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor Emerita of International Relations, was recently quoted in The Christian Science Monitor in a piece titled 'As US drifts, Europe doubles down on its political values,' discussing how democratic norms are evolving across Europe in an era of rising political polarization and growing support...
Empire by Law: The Ottoman Origins of the Mandate System in the Middle East, published in 2026 by Columbia University Press, reexamines the late Ottoman Empire's role in shaping the modern Middle East and the international order that emerged after World War I. In this new book, professor Aimee Genell traces how contests over autonomy, sovereignty,...
For students of international relations, forced displacement is often discussed through statistics, policy debates, and headlines. But through their internships with Displaced International, a group of Pardee School students had the opportunity to engage with the issue from a more human and comparative perspective. This fall, Eleez Omar ('27), Ameera Saba ('27), Luisa Sinisterra ('28),...