Speed Data-ing 2024

Wednesday, November 13

12:00 – 1:00 PM Boston

9:00 – 10:00 AM Oakland

5:00 – 6:00 PM London

Virtual

RSVP to attend via Zoom

Please join NULab for the ninth annual “Speed Data-ing”, which exhibits a range of digital humanities and computational social science research questions, methodologies, and datasets. This year’s event will include presentations by N. Fadeke Castor, Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies; Xuechen Chen, Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations, Northeastern University London; Gökçen Erkılıç, Post Graduate Teaching Fellow, CAMD; and Carlos Sandoval Oscaloaga, Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Inclusive Design at the School of Architecture and Affiliate Assistant Professor at Khoury.

Coffee & Commas: CSSH Grad Student Writing Hours

Thursday, November 14

12:00 - 2:00 PM

The Writing Center

412 Holmes Hall

Boston campus

The Writing Center will host graduate student writing hours every Thursday until Dec. 5. Students can focus on getting writing done, connect with grad students across CSSH programs, and get feedback on their writing from experienced grad tutors. Students are welcome to stay for the full two hours or just pop in.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Fall 2024

Thursday, November 14

6:00 - 7:30 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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The November session of the Fall 2024 Security and Resilience Speaker series, co-hosted by the Political Science Department and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, will feature Ryan Wang, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Light refreshments will be provided.

To Name Every Blue

Wednesday, November 20

4:00 - 6:00 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

Come participate in a writing workshop on nomenclatures and naming; attendees will draw from personal experience as well as think through how nomenclatures have been used throughout histories of science and technology. This will be followed by a multimedia poetry reading by kathy wu, assistant professor of Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design.

Russia and China: Analyzing Challenges in a Post-Election Landscape

Thursday, November 21

5:00 - 6:15 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

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This event will explore rapidly changing geopolitics and challenges posed by Russia and China after the 2024 U.S. elections, with guest speaker Mitchell A. Orenstein, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, and moderator Mai'a K. Davis Cross, Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, and Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy.