Center for International Affairs and World Cultures Annual Celebration

Monday, September 30

5:00 - 7:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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Please note, this event is for faculty and staff only.

Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for an evening of celebration and connection as we welcome back faculty and staff to the new academic year. Hear from our Director, Mai'a Cross, as she outlines exciting upcoming events and programs for the center. This exclusive event is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and get inspired for the year ahead.

For the Vibrancy of Needs: Body, Form, Justice in the Shadow of Emergency

Wednesday, October 2 through Friday, October 4

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Center for Design

Ryder Hall

Boston campus

During the month of October 2024, Kenneth Bailey and Judith Leemann of The Design Studio for Social Intervention join as Visiting Fellows at Northeastern University’s Arts & Humanities Social Action Lab, in a collaboration with Kris Manjapra, Stearns Trustee Professor of History and Global Studies. Coming together around the provocation, the residency encompasses StudyLabs and public events for faculty, students, community, and staff, in a cross- and anti-disciplinary inquiry into theories and embodiments of justice rooted in experiences of common need. 

Coffee & Commas: CSSH Grad Student Writing Hours

Thursday, October 3

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 to get 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.

Rethinking Korea Lecture Series: Dr. Chris Suh

Thursday, October 3

4:00 - 6:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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The inaugural lecture in this year’s Rethinking Korea Lecture Series from the Global Asian Studies Program will feature Chris Suh, an Associate Professor of History and an affiliated faculty member in the East Asian Studies program at Emory University. Professor Suh's talk will be titled, "Confronting the Empire's Allure: How Anti-Colonial Movements in Korea Shaped Anti-Asian Movements in the United States".

ASL Expo

Saturday, October 5

10:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Centennial Commons

Boston campus

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This event is part of Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks 2024.

Join the ASL-IE Program and vendors from the Deaf community on campus to showcase their services and sell their goods. The expo will include free yoga; please register if you plan to attend the yoga course.

Pacific New England Publishing Workshop

Saturday, October 5

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Alumni Center, 6th Floor

Boston campus

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Join the Pacific New England Symposium for a workshop focused on publishing scholarship in Global Asian, Asian diaspora, and Asian American studies. Attendees will hear from Mike Baccam, Acquisitions Editor at the University of Washington Press; Clare Mao, Literary Agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates; and Tina Chen, Director of Penn State’s Global Asias Initiative, founding editor of the award-winning journal Verge: Studies in Global Asias, and author of Double Agency: Acts of Impersonation in Asian American Literature and Culture.

Health, Humanities, and Society Program Launch

Tuesday, October 8

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

This event is part of Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks 2024.

Join the Health, Humanities, and Societies Program for the Fall semester program launch. Attendees can learn more about student research funding, the Health, Humanities, and Societies minor, and the BA and BS degrees.

Faculty Works-in-Progress

Tuesday, October 8

12:00 - 1:00 PM

RP 310

Boston campus

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The Faculty Works-in-Progress Series lets faculty share their research with staff, students, and faculty colleagues, followed by an interactive Q&A. The October session is "Ravens or Black Holes?: The Laboratory Ecology of a Precision Astrophysics Experiment" with Tiffany Nichols, Assistant Professor of History and Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Lunch is provided; registration is required.

The Worlds of Richard Fung: Queer Reclamations of the Asian Caribbean

Thursday, October 10

4:30 - 6:30 PM

Alumni Center

Boston campus

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This event is part of Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks 2024.

Join the Global Asian Studies Program for the inaugural event in the “Intimacies of Black Asia” series, a multi-year collaboration that explores the many dimensions in which Africana and Global Asian histories, cultures, and creativities overlap, intermingle, and entangle across Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean Worlds. A filmmaker and scholar, Richard Fung's work focuses on subjects ranging from the role of the Asian male in gay pornography to colonialism, immigration, racism, homophobia, AIDS, justice in Israel/Palestine, and his own family history. Framing remarks will be delivered by Kris Manjapra, Stearns Trustee Professor of History and Global Studies, and Denise Khor, Associate Director and Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Visual Studies will serve as moderator.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Fall 2024

Thursday, October 10

6:00 - 7:30 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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The Political Science Department and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs are excited to announce the speakers for the Fall 2024 Security and Resilience Speaker series. The October session will feature Sara Jensen Carr, Associate Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape and affiliate faculty in the Global Resilience Institute and Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research. Light refreshments will be provided.