CLAS Video: A Conversation with Juan Villoro
The Center for Latin American Studies hosts Méxican novelist, playwright, and journalist Juan Villoro for an online conversation on Archeology and Literature in México (video available).
Pardee Center Announces 2020 Graduate Summer Fellows
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce its 2020 Graduate Summer Fellows.
Najam Interviewed on the Politics of Lockdowns
Adil Najam was interviewed on multiple Pakistani TV news shows on the politics of lockdowns because of COVID-19 and how different countries have taken different approaches.
Menchik in BU Today on Anti-Lockdown Protests
Professor Jeremy Menchik was interviewed by BU Today’s for a Q&A Segment on Anti-Lockdown Protests and the 2020 Election
Najam Publishes Commentary on Science-Policy Divide in One Earth
Adil Najam published an commentary piece in the journal One Earth on the Science-Policy divide, arguing that the best policy advocacy that scientists can do is by doing good science.
Gallagher Op-Ed on COVID-19 and the Thucydides Trap
Kevin Gallagher and Yu Yongding publish OpEd in Project Syndicate on how COVID-19 should bring the SIno-American relationship closer, not further apart.
CLAS Video: COVID-19 Challenges in Latin America
The Center for Latin American Studies hosts SPH Professor Veronika Wirtz for online presentation on challenges Latin America faces with COVID-19 (video available).
GDP Center’s Global China Initiative Receives Carnegie Grant
GDP’s Global China Initiative receives grant from Carnegie Corporation to expand research.
Menchik’s Twitter Thread in NYT Op-Ed on 2020 U.S. Elections
Menchick quoted in new OpEd in The New York Times on role COVID-19 response protests could play in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Najam Interviewed on Oil Price Shock
Dean Adil Najam was interviewed on NewsWise on the extreme fall in crude oil prices in the context of a global economy already being defined by COVID-19.
Karra and Colleagues Release First Round Results of COVID-19 Survey
Early results of a national web survey on COVID-19 symptoms and responses, conducted by Prof. Karra and colleagues, finds that older people in the U.S. are maintaining fewer close contacts than younger cohorts.
Gallagher Authors FT Alphaville Op-Ed on Argentina’s Debt Crisis
Prof. Kevin Gallagher argues that the new government of Argentina and its creditors must work together during the coronavirus crisis.
Message From Our Alumni: We Will Get Through This Together
The Pardee School reached out to its alumni to see how they are dealing with social-distancing and self-isolation. Here is what we found.
Student Spotlight: Tima Dasouki Awarded Boren Scholarship
Pardee School undergraduate and Dean’s Ambassador, Tima Dasouki (Pardee ’22), receives a 2020 David L. Boren Scholarship for International Study.
Heine Featured in Phoenix TV Series on World Leaders
Amb. Jorge Heine featured in Phoenix TV Hong Kong series ‘Talk with World Leaders,’ on China’s global rise and its relations with Latin America.
CSE Interview Series with EU Consuls General in Boston
The Center for the Study of Europe launches a series of video interviews with Boston-based Consuls General from Europe – Solidarity at the Time of COVID-19.
GDP Webinar on the Global Economic Response to COVID-19
Global Development Policy Center co-hosts webinar with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development about including developing countries in the COVID-19 response.
Stern on The Wright Show on “My War Criminal”
Jessica Stern interviewed on The Wright Show on her book My War Criminal, the reactions to the book, and on Radovan Karadžić.
Najam Interviewed on Global COVID-19 Response
Dean Adil Najam was interviewed by multiple television news channels in Pakistan on the global response to COVID-19 and its possible global economic and political impacts.
Najam Speaks at AKU on “The Day After COVID”
Adil Najam gives a virtual presentation and leads a discussion on “Preparing for the Day After COVID” organized by the Aga Khan University (AKU), which attracted a large global audience, especially from South Asia and East Africa.