The Pardee School’s Centers and Institutes 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 News

Hare Takes the Helm as Interim Director of the Center for Latin American Studies

Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Paul Hare as the Interim Director of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS). Ambassador Hare, a Senior Lecturer of International Relations, brings a wealth of diplomatic experience and expertise in intercultural communication, public diplomacy, and Cuban affairs to his...

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GDP Center Seeking Applications for 2023 Summer in the Field Fellowship

The GDP Center Summer in the Field Fellowship Program provides stipends to a select group of qualified BU Masters and/or Ph.D. students to participate in unpaid internships or field research for a dissertation project related to GDP Center’s mission of advancing policy-oriented research for financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability across the globe.

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Center & Institute Events

Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism: A Book Talk by Teena Purohit

Day: Thursday Oct 5th Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Howard Thurman Center, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline

The Venture of Islam in the Age of European Empires: Race, Religion, and Geopolitics (CURA Colloquium)

Day: Friday Oct 6th Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room)

25 Years on From the Good Friday Agreement: Gendered and Grassroots Approaches to Peacebuilding

Day: Tuesday Oct 10th Time: All Day

Syria in the Shadow of Mass Violence in the Middle East - A Conversation with Uğur Ümit Üngör

Day: Tuesday Oct 10th Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road

Unpacking Foreign Military Presences in Africa Webinar Series for K-12 teachers: The U.S. Africa Command

Day: Wednesday Oct 11th Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Zoom

China’s BRI at Ten: The World According to China, and China According to the World

Day: Thursday Oct 12th Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm BU Hillel, 213 Bay State Road

The War in Ukraine and the Future of European Integration

Day: Tuesday Oct 17th Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road

From 'Open' Space to Innerspace: The Contested Genetic Frontier (CURA Colloquium)

Day: Friday Oct 20th Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room)