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Ronald Sandler, Interim Dean, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Ethics Institute; Mai'a Cross, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, and Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy; Gretchen Heefner, Chair and Associate Professor of History, and Associate Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures; and Zinaida Miller, Professor of Law and International Affairs, addressed guests at the first session of a series of conversations on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Read "Law can’t stop 'catastrophic violence' in Israel-Hamas war, Northeastern faculty expert says."
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Kabria Baumgartner
Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies; Associate Director of Public History
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Auroop Ganguly
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
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Maria Ivanova
Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Professor of Public Policy
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Alicia Sasser Modestino
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center
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Carlos Cuevas
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab
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Phil Brown
University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences; Director, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute
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Ted Landsmark
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS | |
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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
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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.
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The Peril and Promise of AI in World Politics
Monday, November 13
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Egan Research Center, 440
Boston campus
Register to attend in person
Join via livestream
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The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures convenes 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.
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Global Englishes: A Reading and Talk with Joan Naviyuk Kane
Tuesday, November 14
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Attend via Zoom
Meeting ID: 984 0489 0265
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Join the English department to hear poet Joan Naviyuk Kane read and discuss her poetics.
Joan Naviyuk Kane is an Inupiaq writer with family from Ugiuvak and Qawiaraq, tribally enrolled to the King Island Native Community. She is the author of Ex Machina (Staircase Books, 2023), and Another Bright Departure (CutBank, 2019), among other titles.
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Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Workshop for Aspiring Social Changemakers
Wednesday, November 15
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Curry Student Center, 144
Boston campus
Register to attend
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Join the Center for Intercultural Engagement and the Social Impact Lab to build community and develop skills for navigating complex problems through the lenses of systems thinking and social justice. Dinner will be provided. | |
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Policy School Open Classroom | Newsroom Confidential: Politics and Media 2023
Wednesday, November 15
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Shillman Hall, 105
Boston campus
Join via livestream
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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 "AI, Technology, and Politics." | |
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Jewish History, Jewish Responses
Thursday, November 16
5:15 PM
Curry Student Center, Ballroom
Boston campus
Register to attend
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Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for a conversation with Simon Rabinovitch, Stotsky Associate Professor in Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies, and Lori Lefkovitz, Ruderman Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of Jewish Studies Program, moderated by Mai'a Cross, Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, and Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy.
Events are open to members of the NU community; pre-registration and campus ID are required.
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Remember! Asian Americans and the Archive Symposium
Friday, November 17
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
East Village 17
Boston campus
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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. | | | | |
