WEEK OF OCTOBER 30, 2023

IN THE NEWS

N. Fadeke Castor, Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies and Carie Hersh, Teaching Professor in Anthropology, were interviewed by Northeastern Global News on the significance of ghost stories in modern society.


Read "Ghost stories: Why tales of the undead still mean so much (even if you don’t believe in ghosts)"

How can Alec Baldwin still be facing charges for movie set shooting? Northeastern law experts explain

Northeastern Global News


Dumped in cellar hole 50 years ago, badly burned body has never been identified

Boston Globe

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

Christopher Bosso on Food Assistance, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

FAIR


"Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From"

FAIR

Christopher Bosso

Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

How Northeastern’s James Alan Fox pioneered the study of mass murder

NGN Magazine

James Alan Fox

Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy


Jack Levin

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Criminology

The stories of Black Londoners from centuries past come to life through Northeastern research project

NGN Magazine

Nicole Aljoe

Professor of English and Africana Studies

Can the US play peacekeeper in the Israel-Hamas war?

Northeastern Global News

Zinaida Miller

Professor of Law and International Affairs

Polarization to blame for spike in hate crimes on Muslims and Jews in US as Israel-Hamas war rages, expert says

Northeastern Global News

Gordana Rabrenovich

Associate Professor of Sociology; Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict

Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out.

Popular Science

Ronald Sandler

Interim Dean; Professor of Philosophy; Director, Ethics Institute

Should you buy a home, or rent? Financial experts recommend taking these steps amid high interest rates

Northeastern Global News

Andrés Shahidinejad

Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics

Taylor Swift is not your BFF. What are parasocial relationships, and are they healthy for us?

Northeastern Global News

Vance Ricks

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science

Read more news stories featuring CSSH faculty.
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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

Shakir Mustafa, Teaching Professor of Arabic, has published "Artists of Iraqi Descent Celebrate Roots and Global Belonging" in World Literature Today.

Qianqian Zhang-Wu, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Multilingual Writing, has published "Monolingual disobedience, multilingual guilt?: an autoethnographic exploration of heritage language maintenance during COVID-19 lockdowns" in Multilingua.

EVENTS

Policy School Open Classroom | Newsroom Confidential: Politics and Media 2023


Wednesday, November 1

6:00 - 7:30 PM


Shillman Hall, 105

Boston campus


Join via livestream

Public policy, politics, and media are closely intertwined. The Fall 2023 Open Classroom series brings together policy, honors, and journalism students, practitioners, and the general public to discuss these intersections and to learn from each other during the year before America’s next Presidential election. This week's session is titled "LGBTQ and Trans Issues in the 2024 Election and Beyond."

World Languages Center Open House


Thursday, November 2

5:00 - 7:00 PM


Indoor Quad, Curry Center

Boston campus

Join the World Languages Center to discover how learning a language can further your international education!

50 Years of Africana Studies to Build a Better World


Tuesday, November 7

3:00 - 5:00 PM


The Cabral Center

John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute

Boston campus


Register to attend

Join the Africana Studies Program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Africana Studies at Northeastern University with a lecture by Keisha Blain, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, a columnist for MSNBC, and former president of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS).

A Pogrom in Chicago: Antisemitism and the Limits of Liberalism in Postwar America


Tuesday, November 7

5:30 PM


Columbus Place

Alumni Pavilion

Boston campus

Join the Jewish Studies Department for the annual Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture, given by James Loeffler, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, and co-editor of AJS Review. This lecture will look back at a terrifying pogrom that took place in Chicago in 1949, and the ensuing court case that nearly changed the course of American civil rights history.

In Plain Sight: 50-ish Years of Latinx Stand-Up Comedy in New York City


Monday, November 13

12:00 - 1:00 PM


Renaissance Park 909

Boston campus

The Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies Program invites you to attend the third session of the 2023-2024 Speaker Series, Latinxs and Comedy. This session's speaker is Isabel Martinez, Associate Professor and Director of Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.


The event is part of the Faculty Works In Progress Fall 2023 Series.

The Peril and Promise of AI in World Politics


Monday, November 13

5:00 - 6:30 PM


Egan Research Center, 440

Boston campus


Join via livestream

The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will convene AI experts to discuss AI’s impact on world politics and global governance, algorthmic bias, ethics, ML, LLM, disinformation, and related themes. Panelists include Denise Garcia, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Katie

Creel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science; Julie Marble, Executive Director of the Institute for Experiential Robotics; and Taskin Padir, Director of the Institute for Experiential Robotics and

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Remember! Asian Americans and the Archive Symposium


Friday, November 17

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM


East Village 17

Boston campus

Join the Global Asian Studies Program for a one-day symposium that brings together scholars, student activists, and community organizers to think about the politics of the archive and its role in shaping what is forgotten and what is remembered.

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