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In Between: A One-Man Show about Palestinian-Israeli identity
Tuesday, January 13
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Blackman Theater
Boston campus
RSVP to attend
The event is free and open to the public
| |  | Join the Jewish Studies Program for a performance of In Between by playwright and actor Ibrahim Miari. In Between is a semi-autobiographical one-man show that portrays the complexities and contradictions inherent in Palestinian-Israeli identity. | | |
Keep Moving Forward: A Conversation about Social Movement Building Past and Present
Tuesday, January 20
4:30 – 5:30 PM
John D. O'Bryant African American Institute
Cabral Center
Boston campus
Register to attend in-person or virtually
| | | Join Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Khaled and Olfat Juffali Director of the Social Impact Lab Rebecca Riccio for a conversation about social movement building, past and present. They will reflect on their experiences as social justice activists and share lessons about building social movements in challenging times. | | |
Ellen Cushman and Sarah Connell at King's College London
Thursday, January 22
10:30 – 11:30 AM Boston
7:30 – 8:30 AM Oakland
3:30 – 4:30 PM London
Register to attend via Zoom
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Ellen Cushman, Dean's Professor of Civic Sustainability and Professor of English, will present "Translating Ecologies of Thought: The Digital Archive of Indigenous Language Persistence (DAILP)." DAILP provides a reading and writing ecology for Indigenous language practice and documentation.
Sarah Connell, Associate Director for NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science, will present "'The Sciences Round about Me': Digital Methods for Investigating the Impacts of Early Modern Women on Scientific Discourse." This presentation will share insights from a new initiative studying the impacts of women on the sciences during the watershed period of the seventeenth century in Great Britain.
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Pedagogy-in-Progress: CSSH Faculty Exchanges on Gen AI
Wednesday, February 4
12:00 – 1:00 PM Boston
Join via Zoom
| | | CSSH faculty are invited to a Pedagogy-in-Progress event series. The first session of this interactive panel series features Natalie Borman, Teaching Professor in Political Science; Roy Gernhardt, Visiting Lecturer in Economics; and Laurie Nardone, Teaching Professor and Director of the English Writing Program. | | |
Environment, Atmosphere, Feeling Keynote: Naomi Paik
Thursday, February 5
4:00 – 6:00 PM Boston
Alumni Center
Boston campus
RSVP to attend
| | | Join the Global Asian Studies Program for a guest lecture with Naomi Paik, University of Illinois, Chicago. Paik will examine migration through protected areas of the Sonoran Desert from the 1990s to the present. This talk works to bring migrant and environmental justice together under the framework of abolitionist sanctuary that would provide refuge to all lives. | | |
A Litany for Survival: Black Studies, Black Students, and Black Scholars Today
Tuesday, February 10
4:00 – 6:00 PM
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| | | Join the Africana Studies Program for a panel discussing the state of Black Studies today with CSSH professors panelists Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies; Caleb Gayle, Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Africana Studies; and Régine Jean-Charles, Chair of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies, Director of Africana Studies, and Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice and Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and panelists Richard Harris, and Adrianna Crossing. | | |
Call for Proposals for the 2026 BARI Conference
The BARI Conference 2026: Greater Boston's 10th Annual Insight to Impact Conference will be held on May 8, 2026 at Northeastern University's Boston campus. The BARI Conference is a unique forum for community leaders, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to share how they are leveraging the tools of research, scholarship, and design with and for the communities of Greater Boston—and how we can do even more through collective action. Share your work with Greater Boston's Civic Research and Data community!
Learn more about the conference and submit a proposal.
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Learn More About the CSSH Sustainability Committee
The CSSH Sustainability Committee's mission is to integrate environmental practices and perspectives into our daily operations, teaching, research, and community engagement. Our recently launched page on the CSSH intranet is organized into three key areas—Sustainability Champions and Champions Network; Everyday Sustainability in CSSH; and Academic Integration. For inquiries or to learn more about participating, contact us at CSSH_Sustainability@northeastern.edu.
Also, save the date for Sustainability Innovation Week (SIW), running March 9–13, 2026! SIW will bring together students, faculty, and industry leaders to drive change, spark ideas, and shape a more sustainable future. We encourage our faculty to participate and submit proposals for sessions or activities that contribute to the college’s engagement in this initiative.
Learn more at sustainability.northeastern.edu/innovationweek.
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James Alan Fox
Research Professor of Criminology
Carlos Cuevas
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab
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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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Carla Kaplan
Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature; Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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