This Week @BUPardeeSchool

In this week's edition, Beyond the Headlines @BUPardeeSchool returns with a talk on the Zika virus, a preview of the upcoming Campagna Kerven lecture and Pardee professors in the media on the timing of terror attacks and Latin America's new power players.

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Week of April 19, 2016

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Beyond The Headlines
BtH: The Pathology and Politics of Zika
BtH was followed by a BU Global Civics panel on UN sustainable development goals.

Event Spotlight
Campagna Kerven Lecture to Trace Turkey's Journey

Prof. Resat Kasaba, of the University of Washington, is the featured speaker.

Alumni Spotlight
Trevithick on Syria Research and Humanitarian Action

Matthew Trevithick (CGS'06, CAS'08) discussed his efforts at SREO Research.

Faculty Spotlight
Gallagher Gives Talk on The China Triangle

The China Triangle provides one of the first accounts of post-"China boom" Latin America.

Event Spotlight
FMHT: Syrian Refugees and Turkey's Open Door Policy

Dr. Cigdem Benam discussed the transformation of Turkey’s policy towards Syrian refugees.

Student Spotlight
PGC Holds Video Conference With MGIMO

The topics of the conference included how the United States is portrayed in Russia's media.

IN THE MEDIA

Jessica Stern
The Timing of Terror Attacks
Center for Public Integrity

Kevin Gallagher
China's Venezuela Loans
Financial Times

Betty Anderson
American Jailed in UAE
Christian Science Monitor

Julie Klinger
Challenges Facing Chinese Fishermen
Nikkei Asian Review

Kevin Gallagher
Latin America's New Power Players
Emerging Markets

CALENDAR

Tuesday, April 19	Reading and Conversation with Prof. Emeritus Andrew J. Bacevich European Voices: A Reading and Conversation with Christos Ikonomou and Karen Emmerich
Wednesday, April 20	The China Triangle: Chinese Banks, Global Governance and Sustainable Development Who Runs Europe? Reconstructing Democracy, Bringing Citizens Back In: A Conversation with José Ignacio Torreblanca ‘No One Like Us Here': A Century of Latin American Travel to India Campagna Kerven Lecture Series on Modern Turkey: Impossible Journeys From Past to Future and Back Again
Thursday, April 21	Korean Diaspora in Boston: Dynamics of an Intellectual Migration

Friday, April 22	Extremism and Radicalization Meeting- WorldBoston Lunch Talk: "Evaluating Eight Middle-Range Theories from Smith's Wealth of Nations" FMHT: Refugees NGOs, Social Networks, and Urban Homemaking: Ethnographic observations from Cairo PardeeWorks: Talk with Alumn Michael Greenwald Fronteras Indigenas Sudamericanas: Argentina y Bolivia en el Siglo XIX PGC Spring Barbecue