This Week @BUPardeeSchool

In this week's edition, the Pardee Graduate Council hosts British Consul General Susie Kitchens, Prof. Renata Keller receives the Alfred B. Thomas Book Award and Pardee professors in the media on understanding the ISIS threat, higher education in Beirut and more.

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Week of March 21, 2016

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Pardee School News
Keller Receives Alfred B. Thomas Book Award

The award is given by the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies.

Student Spotlight
PGC Hosts British Consul General Susie Kitchens

Kitchens discussed her time as a diplomat and how her work influences policy.

Faculty Spotlight
Menchik's Book Launches in Jakarta

Menchik traveled to Jakarta for the release of his book, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia

Event Spotlight
FMHT: Human Trafficking and U.S. Healthcare
MS candidate Jeff Nicklas provided background on human trafficking and access to healthcare.

Event Spotlight
LASP Hosts Ladino Voices Concert and Symposium
The symposium included a panel, trilingual poetry reading and Sephardic music concert.

IN THE MEDIA

Jessica Stern
Understanding the ISIS Threat
The Washington Post

Henrik Selin
Decarbonizing Developing Countries
Evolution Magazine

Betty Anderson
Higher Education in Beirut
The Boston Globe

CALENDAR

Monday, March 21	Pastoralists and Parliamentarians The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the EU LASP Lunch Talk: Rites, Rights and Rhythms Do Crises Sell Newspapers: Covering Brazil's Breakdown The Persian and Afghan Romance of Alexander the Great
Tuesday, March 22	Sykes-Picot: 100 Years of Consequence
Wednesday, March 23	Screening: Blessed Fruit of the Womb -- A Fight for Reproductive Rights in Guatemala

Thursday, March 24	Bad Neighborhoods: Europe's Crisis and the Challenges of its Peripheries Pilar Gonzalez Espana: A Poetic Concert
Friday, March 25	African Studies Conference Theater Nohgaku