PGC Hosts 7th Annual Graduate Conference
The Pardee Graduate Council (PGC), the official graduate student organization of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted the 7th annual Pardee School Graduate Conference on February 23-24, 2018 at 121 Bay State Road.
Michael Greenwald (Pardee ’07), who is currently serving as a Lecturer at the Pardee School, delivered the keynote address at the conference on Friday evening.
Greenwald’s keynote was followed by a full day of panels and discussions on Saturday that covered a range of topics including issues of development, global economic affairs and contemporary foreign policy challenges:
Issues in Development
- Daniella Meyer – “The Development History of Senegal; A Story About the Region’s Buried Past, French Colonization, Independence and Current Development Plans”
- Nick Henninger – “Open for Business: The Role of Investment Promotion Agencies in Enacting Successful Growth Regimes”
Global Economic Affairs
- Xiao Sun – “Do Cross-Strait Economic Engagements Promote Peaceful Reunification?”
- Jonathan Shaffer – “A Crisis of Care: Noncommunicable Diseases and the Biopolitics of Exclusion”
- Carolyn Wu – “Advance AI Research with Government Support”
Contemporary Foreign Policy Challenges
- Avery Hall – “The Alchemy of American Foreign Policy”
- Stephanie Gagnon – “Analysis and Creation of Series of Policy Approaches to Global Environmental Agreements for Conservative Leadership”
- Ryan Wayne – “Nature of Diplomacy and the Ability to Prioritize Long-Term Gains Over Short-Term Calamities”
Identity Issues in International Relations
- Anthony Bastone – “Identity in the Conflict in Donbass”
- Christopher Duffy – “Autonomy of the Sahrawi People and their Independence”
- Diana Novakovic – “Why Serbia Should Join NATO”
Religion
- Abaas Chaudry – “Locating the Problem of Religion in International Relations”
- Dina Wyler – “Explaining Variations in European Muslims Perceived Discrimination: A Country Comparison”
- Shino Yokotsuka – “Creation and Destruction: Beginnings and Ends in Religious Thought”
Counter-Terrorism
- Kayla Bonnin – “Suicidality of Female Suicide Bombers”
- Beatriz Lopes Buarque – “Breaking the Vicious Circle in the Age of Spectacle Terrorism: The Words Heal the World Project”
- Katherine Spiekermann – “Turning From Terror: What’s Rad About Deradicalization?”
The conference was co-sponsored by the Pardee School of Global Studies, African Studies Center, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Institute for Economic Development, the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, and the International History Institute.