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Theodore Landsmark
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Daniel O'Brien
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)
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John Kwoka
Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics
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James Alan Fox
Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy
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Jack McDevitt
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Daniel Medwed
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
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Amílcar Barreto
Professor & Chair, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Professor & Interim Director, International Affairs; Professor, Political Science
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ATTENTION STUDENTS: Power At Work, a blog produced by Northeastern’s Burnes Center for Social Change, is recruiting student contributors.
Interested students should attend an informational meeting on February 7 at 7:00 PM in the Burnes Center’s office at 272 Huntington Avenue, to learn more about the project, explore potential roles, and meet the team. Refreshments and pizza will be provided.
Power At Work's goal is to recruit a dedicated team of student editors, writers, video and podcast producers, and social media managers to help build content, readership, and relevancy. It’s an opportunity for students to exercise their voice in an emerging forum, gain valuable insights into the economy through a worker-centered lens, meet industry professionals, and add to their list of published works. Learn more at the Power At Work blog.
Questions can be directed to anderson.alex@northeastern.edu.
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Ethics Institute Speaker | James Mahon
Friday, February 3
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Renaissance Park 426
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James Mahon, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Lehman College, will present. | |
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Corporations and Human Rights | Thoughts on the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Movement - A View from Asia
Friday, February 3
12:45 - 2:00 PM
Dockser Hall 42
Register to attend
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Dennis Kwok, Visiting Lecturer, Political Science, will speak on the environmental, social, and governance commitments of companies and investors, and the related issues of human rights violations, supply chain policies, and modern slavery practices. This event is hosted by the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy in the School of Law, and co-hosted by CSSH and the Political Science Department. | |
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The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties that Shaped Modern China
Wednesday, February 8
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Alumni Center Pavilion
Columbus Place
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Jonathan Kaufman, Professor and Director in the School of Journalism, will speak about the extraordinary story of the Kadoorie and Sassoon families who stood astride China’s business, politics and economy for 175 years, as part of the Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture Series from the Jewish Studies Program. | |
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Douglass Day 2023
Tuesday, February 14
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Digital Media Commons
Snell Library, Snell 211
RSVP required for virtual attendance
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Join the Digital Scholarship Group, the Women Writers Project, and the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks in celebration of Douglass Day, an event honoring the life and birthday of Frederick Douglass. At this event, we will transcribe the papers of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, one of the earliest Black women to edit a newspaper, serve as a Civil War recruiter, attend law school, and more.
This event connects with the national Douglass Day, an annual celebration organized, in part, by The Colored Conventions Project, with local events happening across the country on February 14.
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Ethics Institute Speaker | Eric Bayruns García
Friday, February 17
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Renaissance Park 426
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Eric Bayruns García, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, will give a speech titled "Injustice and Understanding Transmission: Diminishment in a Speaker’s Capacity to Transmit Understanding."
He will describe how a social-political feature of society, such as racial injustice, can depress the likelihood that a speaker successfully transmits understanding to their audience.
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Ethics Institute Speaker | Jorge Morales
Friday, February 24
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Renaissance Park 426
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Jorge Morales, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, will present his research on the subjectivity of the mind and how we perceive the world, how the brain creates conscious experiences, and how introspection opens a window into our own minds. | |
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Visiting Speaker Kim Christen | Gifts from our Ancestors: Collections Kin Remaking Archives
Tuesday, February 28
4:00 - 5:15 PM
Shillman 335
RSVP required for virtual attendance
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Join NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks for a talk by Kim Christen, Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, and Professor and Chair of the Digital Technology and Culture Department, Washington State University. | | | | |
