The Pardee School’s Centers, Institutes, and Initiatives aim to both develop and share knowledge of specific regions and their states, societies, cultures, languages, peoples, and environment. They foster rigorous, transformative scholarship that crosses existing national, regional, and disciplinary boundaries.

 

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Center & Institute Events

Teach East Africa Week 2026

Day: Monday Feb 9th Time: All Day

Walter Rodney Seminar Series: “Rethinking Maternalism: Motherhood, Power, and Embodiment in Côte d’Ivoire” with Elizabeth Jacob

Day: Monday Feb 9th Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm 232 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA, Room 505.

China and the Philippines: A Connected History for our Untangling World

Day: Monday Feb 9th Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm Pardee School at 121 Bay State Road, Boston MA

Pop-Propaganda: How the Kremlin Markets its War like Disney and Coca-Cola

Day: Tuesday Feb 10th Time: 5:00pm - 6:15pm 121 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215

Venezuela Roundtable

Day: Wednesday Feb 11th Time: 3:00pm - 4:15pm 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215

From Kakilala to Kapamilya: Building Connections through Filipino Language

Day: Wednesday Feb 11th Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm Pardee School at 121 Bay State Road, Boston MA

2026 Conference on the Jewish Left

Day: Thursday Feb 12th Time: 9:00am - 7:00pm George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue

Learning from Japan: Expos Past, Present and Future

Day: Thursday Feb 12th Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm Pardee School at 121 Bay State Road, Boston MA