Nardone Family Seminar: Party-State Capitalism in China

Wednesday, January 22

12:00 - 1:30 PM

333 Senate Chambers

Curry Student Center

Boston campus

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Lunch is provided; registration required

Kellee Tsai, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, will share her research on “party-state capitalism” in China.

Boston Symposium on Economics

Saturday, January 25

12:00 - 5:00 PM

Egan Research Center Raytheon Amphitheatre

Boston campus

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The Boston Symposium on Economics is an annual, student-run conference hosted by Northeastern University’s Women in Economics and Economics Society. This year’s theme is “Political Economics and Election Evaluation,” focusing on the latest U.S. presidential election. The symposium is open to all majors and is a great way to get engaged with relevant topics affecting our world today.

Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series

Monday, January 27

12:00 - 1:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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Please note: Attendance is only open to Northeastern University students, staff, and faculty. Lunch is provided.

Join the Humanities Center to hear faculty share their research and spark discussions that bridge history, identity, and societal change, followed by an interactive Q&A.

This session features Cassie McMillan, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor McMillan will present "New Destinations, Adolescent Friendship, and Substance Use: How Migration Inspires Network Revitalization."

Transforming Trauma: The Legacy of the Holocaust

Monday, January 27

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Robinson Hall 109

Boston campus

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and the end of National Socialism in Europe. Looking back over the past 80 years, how have the victims and perpetrators of the Holocaust and their descendants overcome the historical trauma and impact of the war? Join the German Consulate Boston and Northeastern University for a presentation and discussion with the founders of One-by-One-International and members of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace.

The Future of the Middle East Peace Process

Tuesday, February 4

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

240 Egan Research Center

Boston campus

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This event is open to the Northeastern community; all registrants must use their NU email address to register to attend.

The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will host Ghaith al-Omari, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship, and Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, as part of the Leaders in Foreign Service Speaker Series. They will share their insights on the current landscape and potential avenues for achieving lasting peace in the region. The moderator is Denise Garcia, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs.

Reimagining the World: Black Girls, Play, and Photography as Agents of Change

Tuesday, February 4

4:00 - 6:00 PM

EXP, 8th Floor

Boston campus

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Join the Africana Studies Program for an exciting public conversation with this year's Africana Studies Artist in Residence, Scheherazade Tillet. Tillet is a Trinidadian and African American photographer, art therapist, and community organizer. As a curator and social documentary photographer, Tillet uses site-specific work to explore the themes of gendered vulnerability, racial invisibility, pleasure, and play. 

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Spring 2025

Thursday, February 6

6:00 - 7:30 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

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This year’s speaker series, “Contemporary Issues in Security and Resilience Studies,” features speakers from in and out of the university on a variety of topics. The February session is a panel on Disaster Risk Reduction, and will feature Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Resiliences Studies Program; Stephen Flynn, Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Global Resilience Institute; and Mikio Ishiwatari, Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo.

Black Feminism, Black Art

Friday, February 7

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

East Village, 17th Floor

Boston campus

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The Africana Studies Program invites you to the fifth annual bell hooks symposium. This year's theme, Black Feminism, Black Art, will explore the intersections of Black feminist praxis and art creation, critiquing, and interpretation, and discuss how Black feminism informs not only the making of art but also how we view and engage with it in today's world.