Hefner Keynotes IIIU First International Conference on Islamic Education
Among the world’s Muslim majority countries, Indonesia has been the most successful in transitioning to a functioning and fair electoral democracy as well as upholding a tradition of multiethnic and multireligious citizenship; this is something the whole world can learn from.
Hefner Publishes Book Chapter on Character Education in Modern Societies
Professor Hefner outlines how efforts to build a sustainable consensus on both character education and citizenship have been made more difficult by two contemporary trends.
Najam Keynotes 17th Youth Parliament Pakistan
Dean Najam highlights how the youth of Pakistan should harness its power, as they will be the deciding factor in all future elections until 2045, and the correlation between youth and human development.
Pardee Alumni Win BU New Venture Competition
Albert Jimenez (Pardee ’18, Wheelock ’21), Yasmin Morais (Pardee ’18), and Abhishek Valivarthi’s (SGT ’21) RefEd won first prize in the Boston University New Venture Competition’s (NVC) Social Impact Track.
Najam Speaks at MENA Universities Summit 2021
What are the current educational models in the MENA region? How might liberal arts work in the context of the MENA region? Dean Najam joined fellow scholars to address these questions.
Najam Speaks at 2021 Polymath Festival
Dean Najam discussed the importance of interdisciplinarity in global leadership and how the Pardee School is an “experiment in leadership, both global and interdisciplinary.”
Najam Leads Panel on Education in Pakistan
Dean Najam and fellow experts looked at how COVID-19 has influenced education across the country, especially for the poorest communities.
Najam Interviewed on Education and Climate Change in Pakistan
Dean Adil Najam discusses the relationship between education in Pakistan and the country’s ability to reduce carbon emissions.
Hefner in CNN Politics on Education in the Middle East
Prof. Robert Hefner discusses comments made by incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Middle Eastern Islamic religious schools.
FMHT to Host Refugee Education Week
Join the Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking for a week-long series of events about refugees and forced migration.
Asef Bayat Lecture on Muslim Youth Conference
The Pardee School is proud to present a major international academic research conference, “Youth in the Contemporary Muslim World.”
Hare: U.S., Cuban Education to Collide
Paul Webster Hare writes in The Atlantic on the impact of new diplomatic openness between the U. S. and Cuba in the field of education.
Berger: Japan Makes Soft-Power Push
Pardee prof. Thomas Berger said that Japan must acknowledge its history as it makes a push for soft power in the U. S.
VIDEO: On the Importance of Good Teaching
Dean Adil Najam believes that universities in the Islamic world needed better teaching in the sciences to foster better research.
Hefner Keynotes at Jakarta Education Conference
Robert Hefner, professor of Anthropology, was the keynote speaker at a recent Indonesian conference on education in Muslim society.