On April 6, 2022, the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University hosted United States Ambassador to Nigeria and BU alumna Mary Beth Leonard (CAS ’84) for a Policy Leaders Forum on U.S. diplomacy in Nigeria. Following the forum, Amb. Leonard visiting the African Studies Center, presented in ASC Director Michael Woldemariam’s Africa […]
Michael Woldemariam, Director of the BU African Studies Center and Associate Professor of International Relations at the BU Pardee School of Global Studies, joined the International Crisis Group for an episode of their podcast – The Horn.
Dear Colleagues and Friends of the BU African Studies Community, I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome you back from what I hope was a restful summer. This is the first such note I am writing as ASC Director, having taken over the role in July. As BU returns to all in-person classes […]
We are very excited to welcome Professor Michael Woldemariam as the new Director of the African Studies Center. Professor Woldemariam’s teaching and research focus is on African security studies, with emphasis on armed conflict in the Horn of Africa. Prof. Woldemariam’s scholarly work has been published in the journals Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Journal of Strategic Studies, and the Journal […]