{"id":2065,"date":"2026-05-11T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/?page_id=2065"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:38:21","slug":"2026-conference-resillience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/conference\/2026-conference-resillience\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Conference: Resillience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pictured, left to right: Syeda Rumana Mehdi, Erin Gable, Kalasiddhi Thapa, and Kabir Hasan Khan, photographed after the conference. Kleio left early, but is pictured below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, April 24th, 2026, the Atlas hosted its third annual research conference, titled &#8220;Resillience: Overcoming Global Challenges of the Past, Present, and Future.&#8221; It was hosted jointly by Editor-in-Chief Jack Whitten and Conference Co-Chair Tatiana Azouri, with the venue and refreshments generously provided by the Pardee School at Boston University. We had five wonderful presentations on various topics.<\/p>\n<p>Kleio Argyropoulou \u2013 \ud835\ude08\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude23\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d \ud835\ude19\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude26: \ud835\ude1b\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude1a\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude17\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude24 \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude17\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude23\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude24 \ud835\ude0f\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"436\" class=\" wp-image-2075 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kleio-pres-1000x1334.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kabir Hasan Khan \u2013 \ud835\ude0f\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude38 \ud835\ude38\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2d \ud835\ude10\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude22\u2019\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude0a\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude17\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude10\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude31\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude1b\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2b\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude3a \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude30 \ud835\ude1a\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude31\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude31\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude38\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33 \ud835\ude1a\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude34?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" class=\" wp-image-2073 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kabir-pres-1000x1334.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Erin Gable \u2013 \ud835\ude09\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude3a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude25 \ud835\ude19\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2f: \ud835\ude17\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28 \ud835\ude1e\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude15\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude39\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude30\ud835\ude27 \ud835\ude17\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude35-\ud835\ude0a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude27\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude19\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude25 \ud835\ude19\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude28\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude1a\ud835\ude3a\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude22<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Erin-pres-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" class=\"wp-image-2072 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Erin-pres-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Erin-pres-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Erin-pres-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Erin-pres-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Erin-pres-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kalasiddhi Thapa \u2013 \ud835\ude0b\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude37\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude31\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28 \ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude08\ud835\ude10 \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude23\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude35 \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude30 \ud835\ude22\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude34 \ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d \ud835\ude29\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29 \ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28 \ud835\ude3a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29 \ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f \ud835\ude15\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude38 \ud835\ude0b\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude2a.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kala-pres-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"339\" class=\"wp-image-2074 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kala-pres-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kala-pres-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kala-pres-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kala-pres-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Kala-pres-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Syeda Rumana Mehdi \u2013 \ud835\ude1e\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2c\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28 \ud835\ude38\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29 \ud835\ude0e\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude27, \ud835\ude19\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28 \ud835\ude38\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude29 \ud835\ude0f\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude31\ud835\ude26: 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\ud835\ude12\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude23\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude22, \ud835\ude10\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude32<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Syeda-pres-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" class=\" wp-image-2078 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Syeda-pres-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Syeda-pres-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Syeda-pres-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Syeda-pres-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/Syeda-pres-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-477x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"636\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_6250-1000x1334.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presenters together with the Atlas team (and Erin&#8217;s dog!). Left to right, Syeda Mehdi, Kalasiddhi Thapa, Sapana Joshi, Ellie Stout, Kabir Hasan Khan, Shea (the dog!), Victoria Landa, Jack Whitten, Erin Gable, Tatiana Azouri. Not pictured: Kleio Argyropoulou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured, left to right: Syeda Rumana Mehdi, Erin Gable, Kalasiddhi Thapa, and Kabir Hasan Khan, photographed after the conference. Kleio left early, but is pictured below. On Friday, April 24th, 2026, the Atlas hosted its third annual research conference, titled &#8220;Resillience: Overcoming Global Challenges of the Past, Present, and Future.&#8221; It was hosted jointly by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24525,"featured_media":0,"parent":1193,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2065\/revisions\/2084"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}