Menchik Offers Advice to BU Class of 2019

Jeremy Menchik, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, offered up advice to the 7,508 graduates that make up the Boston University Class of 2019. The BU Class of 2019 graduates on May 19, 2019 during the university-wide Commencement ceremony held at Nickerson Field. 

Menchik’s advice was included in a video featuring a variety of members of the Boston University community offering their advice to the Class of 2019 You can view the video below:

Jeremy Menchik is Assistant Professor in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. His first book, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Tolerance without Liberalism (Cambridge University Press, 2016) explains the meaning of tolerance to the world’s largest Islamic organizations and was the co-winner of the 2017 International Studies Association award for the best book on religion and international relations. His research has appeared in the academic journals Comparative Studies in Society and History, Comparative Politics, International Studies Review, Asian Studies Review, South East Asia Research, andPolitics and Religion. His recent research focuses on the politics of modern religious authority and the origins of the missionary impulse.