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.
During a series of recent classroom visits across Boston University, Dr. Zoliswa O. Mali, Director of the African Language Program and Senior Lecturer at the Pardee School's African Studies Center (ASC), shared information about Boston University’s expanding African Language Program, highlighting the unique academic and professional advantages students gain from studying an African language. Mali's...
The Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted its Third Annual Conference on the Jewish Left on February 12, 2026, drawing more than 900 participants to a day of discussion on Jewish politics, identity, and community. The program was reported on by Haaretz...
Professor Menchik testified before the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
The Center for Latin American Studies in the Frederick S. Pardee School recently received a generous gift of $1 million from Boston University alums Antonio Gomes (LAW’96), who is also a BU trustee, and Dean’s Advisory Board member Maria Cristina Dos Santos De Souza (Pardee’20).
Sunil Sharma Announced Center for the Study of Asia Director.
Ana María Reyes Named Director of Center for Latin American Studies.
Vesko Garčević Appointed Director for Center for the Study of Europe.
Min Ye Named Interim Director of Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future