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The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a panel Tuesday to encourage students to incorporate human rights into their career paths. COLE SCHONEMAN/ DFP FILE

Int’l relations professionals share how to break into human rights work

Caroline Bowden November 12, 2020

As public health, migration and climate crises persist around the globe, younger generations, including current college students, will soon take on the burden of these issues. A panel of experts...

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Skate on the Paradigm: The CO2-shaped elephant in the room

Andre Salkin October 22, 2020
Climate change’s inevitable impacts on Earth will have catastrophic socio-political repercussions, which will threaten the very fabric of organized human civilization.
Boston University’s Cinema and Media Studies Program discussed “Black Girl” on Monday in the second installation of its “Protest Cinema” film series. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES PROGRAM

Themes of protest draw link between decades-old films and present day movements

Chloe McKim Jepsen October 21, 2020

In the wake of a reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement, Boston University’s Cinema and Media Studies Program focused this semester’s film series discussion on “Protest Cinema.” The series...

David Vine, professor of anthropology at American University, explained the post-9/11 refugee crisis at a virtual event with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Sept. 30. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Anthropology researcher examines full scope of post-9/11 conflicts, refugee consequences

Caroline Bowden October 7, 2020
For every viral image of overflowing passengers crossing an ocean or families packed into tents in a refugee camp, there are millions more people, unphotographed, experiencing the same suffering.
The currently empty “Hostile Terrain 94” exhibit on the second-floor landing of the George Sherman Union where students will be able to place a tag commemorating lives lost at the U.S.-Mexico border. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Hostile Terrain 94′ commemorates lives lost at U.S.-Mexico border, illuminates humanitarian crisis

Isabel Plower September 11, 2020
For now, “Hostile Terrain 94” is as barren as the Sonoran Desert it depicts. Soon, it will be lush with more than 3,200 toe tags representing the remains of those who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
From left to right: Penn Loh, Wilton Tejeda, Adam Strom and Mr. Body Homicile speak at a talk on gentrification Wednesday evening hosted by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MFA City Talks series questions immigrant experience in Boston

Becca Campbell November 15, 2018
The Museum of Fine Arts welcomed an eager group of visitors Wednesday night, who were combatting the cold. The group gathered at the museum for a conversation, part of the “City Talks” series, that featured stories about migration and the theme of belonging.
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