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

Wednesday, November 29

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Shillman Hall, 105

Boston campus

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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 "Follow the Money."

Gaza in Historical Context

Thursday, November 30

4:15 PM

Richards Hall, 300

Boston campus

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Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for a conversation with Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, Associate Professor of History, moderated by Denis Sullivan, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Co-Director of Middle East Center.

Events are open to members of the NU community; pre-registration and campus ID are required.

Unpacking the I in DEI: Inclusion and the Deaf and Disabled Communities

Thursday, November 30

6:30 - 8:30 PM

AfterHOURS

Curry Student Center

Boston campus

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In this panel presentation, hosted by the American Sign Language & Interpreting Education Program, Deaf community members who work in a variety of disciplines will talk about inclusion of Deaf people and disabled people in the workplace. This event will be interpreted and is open to the entire Northeastern community.

La Famille en Scène: The Family in French & Francophone Cinema

Thursday, November 30

6:30 PM

Churchill 103

Boston campus

Organized by the French program of the World Languages Center, co-sponsored by the Global Asian Studies and the Africana Studies programs in the department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies.

Remembering Hester Piozzi’s Streatham: Place and Sentiment in Eighteenth-century Letters

Monday, December 4

12:00 - 1:00 PM EDT

5:00 - 6:00 PM GMT

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Join NULab and Cassie Ulph, Digital Development Officer at the University of Leeds, to discuss her project to map sentiment in relation to place in the letters of the eighteenth century author and salonnière Hester Thrale Piozzi (c.1740-1821).

Comparative Colonialism and Decolonization: Differences and Relations

Friday, December 8

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT

Curry Student Center, 3rd Floor

Boston campus

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Join the History Department for an international conference on generative pathways in global and world history. Renowned scholars will debate relational and differential approaches to the comparative study of colonialism and decolonization, 1200s-2000s.

Studying and Teaching Academic Communication: After the Decolonial Turn

Monday, December 11

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Raytheon Amphitheatre

240 Egan Research Center

Boston campus

Sponsored by the Department of English, the Writing Center, Writing Program, the Asian Studies Program, Northeastern's Humanities Center, the Department of Cultures, Societies & Global Studies, the International Affairs Program, and the Linguistics Program.

The presentation from Suresh Canagarajah, Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, highlights the principles of embodiment and relationality as significant for Southern communities, and contrasts them with texts being treated as autonomous, individual, and instrumental in the European tradition.