CSSH News and Upcoming Events

WEEK OF APRIL 28, 2025

Digital Futures of Health Humanities: Pedagogies, Practices, Publics

Monday, April 28

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday, April 29

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

This symposium, hosted by the Health, Humanities, and Society Program, gathers an international group of scholars to take stock of the digital futures of health humanities—its pedagogies, its practices, and its publics—to envision together where we might go. Topics include humanities approaches to new health/healthcare technologies; the ethics, history, narrative and rhetorical framing of AI innovations in healthcare; digital humanities approaches to questions of health and healthcare past, present, and future; and many more.

Jazz Square Celebration: International Jazz Day

Wednesday, April 30

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Union Church

485 Columbus Ave.

Boston, MA

The Boston Jazz Foundation, in collaboration with the Reckonings Project, the Claremont Neighborhood Association, and Union United Methodist Church, will hold an International Jazz Day concert and historical exhibit. This celebration of jazz will feature performances by Jason Palmer, one of the most-in-demand trumpeters and composers of his generation and faculty at the New England Conservatory, and Amanda Shea, a renowned spoken-word and multidisciplinary artist, educator and activist residing in Boston.

Reckonings Community Network Series: Facilitating Community Conversations

Wednesday, May 7

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Northeastern Crossing at NU Boston Campus

Join the Reckonings Project community partner JerriAnne Boggis, Executive Director of Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, for a workshop on impactful community conversations. Boggis will give hands-on advice on how she designs and delivers Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire’s highly attended “Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks.” The Tea Talks, an annual community conversation program, center on thought-provoking topics, attract leading speakers, and spark generative community conversations.

Reckonings Community Network Series: Connecting Generations and Memories through Interviews

Thursday, May 15

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Union Church

485 Columbus Ave.

Boston, MA

Are you passionate about collecting community and/or family stories? Are you thinking about a project that involves youth interviewing elders in your community? Learn how to plan and create a multigenerational interview project, preserve stories, and make them publicly accessible. Join the Reckonings Project team and Kevin Williams, Senior Coach at Freedom House, to discuss the why and how of bringing different generations together in an oral history project.