This Week @BUPardeeSchool

In this week's newsletter, meet the 2016 Pardee School Dean's Ambassadors, visit Africa with the Rodney lecture series, and follow Adela Pineda as she brings Latin American studies to a prison.

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Week of October 26, 2015

TOP STORIES

Student News

2016 Dean's Ambassadors

Students joined Pardee School administration for a gala welcome event

DRS Updates

To Africa's Leading Edge

Rodney Lecture Series brings insight on modern Africa to BU for almost 40 years

Faculty News

Pineda Talks at Prison

LAS Director shares Latin American history and culture at MA men's prison

Event News

Fallows on China's Power

Atlantic Monthly contributor updates audience on China with Pardee School, Primary Source

Student News

Research Travel Grants

Calling all grad students - apply for a Pardee School Research travel grant by 11/16

IN THE MEDIA

Adil Najam
Brains Don't Drain
The News on Sunday

Erik Goldstein
Going Casual on State Visits
AsiaOne News

Joseph Wippl
No Progress on Benghazi
USA Today

John Woodward
Shutdowns Harm Security
Defense One

James C. "Jim" Wallace
Trudeau and the Niqab
The Conversation

CALENDAR

Monday, Oct. 26	Africa: "AIDS in Nigeria" (Lunch Talk) SMSC: "Yemeni Jewish Importers" (Lunch Talk) Prospects for Paris (Seminar) LAS: Encontro with Brazilian Authors (Reception) Current Events in the Middle East (Discussion)
Tuesday, Oct. 27	Africa: Vernacular Architecture (Talk)
Wednesday, Oct. 28	GEGI: Finance in Asia (Discussion) LAS: Mexico's Cold War (Lunch Talk) Asia: Muslim Javanese Courtship (Lecture) LAS: "Democracy in Ecuador" (Lecture) Asia: "A Simple Life" (Film Screening)
Thursday, Oct. 29	Africa: Christian Biography Conference Europe: "Brodsky in Italy" (Lunch Talk) Asia: Meeting China Halfway (Lecture) Beyond the Headlines: Israeli Views on Iran Deal SMSC: "Youth in Urban Egypt" (Discussion) Europe: Talk with Anna Bikont and Irena Grudzinska Gross