The Beyond the Headlines, or BtH, series at the Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University continued on April 27, 2017 with conversation on the past, present and future of relations between the United States and Cuba with Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Washington, D.C. […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee of Global Studies at Boston University, published a recent Op-Ed on the upcoming meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank as well as China’s emerging leadership on green energy. Gallagher’s Op-Ed, entitled “As the US Retreats, China Is Taking the Lead on […]
Art historian Ana María Reyes discusses the importance of reception and institutional framing in understanding works of art and identifies key moments of Colombian art history that require further research. She goes on to argue for curatorial freedom in exhibition making, regardless of a particular work’s local context, in her video interview. To see the video […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on the realization by Mexican leaders in the early days of the Trump administration that the country has depended too much on the American market. Gallagher was quoted for an article in the May 2017 […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on concerns over how Latin American countries are spending Chinese loans as well as how those loans will eventually be repaid. Gallagher was quoted in an April 12, 2017 article in Dialogo Chino entitled “Latin American Petro-States Struggle With […]
Renata Keller, Assistant Professor of International Relations, discussed her Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution as part of the 2016-2017 Faculty Book Talk Series on April 10, 2017. The event was attended by Pardee School faculty and students and began with a talk by Keller on the history of the Cold War in Mexico. […]
Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed for a widely-syndicate article on international reactions to the move by the Supreme Court in Venezuela to strip the National Assembly of its powers. Hare was quoted in a March 31, 2017 article in Panorama entitled “Several Countries Criticize […]
Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, gave a recent lecture as part of the Hamilton Hall Lecture Series on March 30, 2017 on the ongoing changes to Cuban politics and culture. Amb. Hare, the the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001 to 2004, spoke at the lecture […]
The African American Studies is having its second Roundtable Discussion on Cuba titled: “Cuba in Transition from Obama to Trump: USA, Angola, Latin America, and Beyond” organized by Dr. Linda Heywood. The event is scheduled to take place Tuesday, May 2nd at 5:00pm at the African American Studies Program Building.