A Talk with Aaron Kupchik

Monday, March 24

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Churchill Hall 200

Boston campus

Join the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice for a book talk with Aaron Kupchik on his latest book, Suspended Education: School Punishment and the Legacy of Racial Injustice. He will explore how historical resistance to school desegregation has contributed to the disproportionate punishment of Black and brown students today.

Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series

Monday, March 24

12:00 - 1:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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Please note: Attendance is only open to Northeastern University students, staff, and faculty. Lunch is provided.

Join the Northeastern University Humanities Center to hear faculty share their research and spark discussions that bridge history, identity, and societal change, followed by Q&A.

This session features Serena Parekh, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy.

Expressive Art Therapy Workshop

Thursday, March 27

2:30 - 4:00 PM Boston

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Oakland

7:30 - 9:00 PM London

Centers for Digital Scholarship 360 Snell Library

Boston campus

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Join NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science for an Expressive Art Therapy Workshop led by Marina Strauss, LMHC, expressive art therapist and adjunct Human Services faculty. Art supplies and light refreshments will be provided.

Barrs Conversation Series: Works in Progress

Thursday, March 27

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Nightingale Hall 409

Boston campus

Join the English Department for a discussion of "Works in Progress" featuring research on queer utopias in comic books, the role of artistry in teaching, and the journey of writing a first book. Speakers include Matthew Noonan, Associate Teaching Professor in English; Alison Glassie, Assistant Professor of English; and Austin Kemp, English PhD student.

Headwinds to Justice: Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture with Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella

Thursday, March 27

4:00 - 5:30 PM

ISEC 102

Boston campus

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Hosted by the Jewish Studies Program, Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, the first Jewish woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and Judith Pisar, Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, will lead a conversation about fairness, democracy, and equality.

New Books in Black Feminist Studies

Thursday, March 27

4:00 - 6:00 PM

300 Mass Ave @ Northeastern

Boston campus

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The Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies and the Africana Studies Program hosts an exciting conversation with authors Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones (Immaculate Misconceptions: A Black Mariology), Meredith Clark (We Tried to Tell Y'all: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives), and Mary Frances Phillips (Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins) in discussion about their newest books.

ASL Festival

Friday, March 28 -

Sunday, March 30

Curry Student Center

Boston campus

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The ASL Festival is a three-part event starting with the Marie Jean Philip ASL Poetry, Storytelling and Deaf Art Competition Awards Ceremony. The celebration continues with incredible performances from nationally recognized Deaf talent, and all-day workshops on a variety of topics related to ASL, interpreting, and the Deaf Community.

Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture

Monday, March 31

12:00 - 1:30 PM

ISEC 102

Boston campus

Join the Jewish Studies Program for a lecture with Joseph Berger, born in 1937 in Subotica, Yugoslavia. He survived deportation to the Bergen Belsen concentration camp in Germany and relocated to the United States in 1947.

This event is part of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week.