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Faculty Works-in-Progress | Ellen Cushman
Monday, October 20
12:00 – 1:00 PM
310 Renaissance Park
Boston campus
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Join the Humanities Center to hear faculty share their research and spark discussions that bridge history, identity, and societal change, followed by Q&A.
Ellen Cushman, Dean's Professor of Civic Sustainability and Professor of English, explores the way that stories are the foundation for Indigenous lifeways since time immemorial—as nourishing as land, as necessary as air, as warming as fire, and as sustaining as water.
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Putting the Pieces Together: Advocacy, Action & Policy for the Social Determinants of Mental Health
Tuesday, October 21
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
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| | | Join the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research for a summit to bring together leaders, advocates, and community members to advance equity in mental health by addressing the social and economic conditions that shape our collective well-being. | | |
Narratives of Trauma and Healing
Tuesday, October 21
10:00 – 11:30 AM
909 Renaissance Park
Boston Campus
| | | Join the Jewish Studies Program and Israeli novelist and clinical psychologist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen for a discussion of the impact of trauma in her literary work and the power of storytelling in her therapeutic work. | | |
Reckonings Community Network Series: "What Keeps Us Up at Night!"
Tuesday, October 21
5:00 – 7:00 PM
909 Renaissance Park
Boston Campus
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| | | Curated by Becca Berkey, Lecturer of Human Services and Senior Director of Integrative Engagement & Global Impact, and Dzidzor Azaglo, Community Partnership Coordinator, for the Reckonings Project, this session invites participants to reflect on and share the issues that “keep them up at night,” serving as a launching point for honest dialogue, mutual understanding, and collective problem-solving. | | |
Fall Digital Scholarship Celebration
Wednesday, October 22
1:00 – 4:00 PM Boston (in-person and virtual)
10:00 – 11:15 AM Oakland (virtual)
6:00 – 7:15 PM London (virtual)
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On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science
Monday, October 27
3:00 – 5:00 PM Boston
12:00 – 2:00 PM Oakland
7:00 – 9:00 PM London
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| | | Join NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science for an event focused on the historical marginalisation of women and women's writing in philosophy and science. Three experts in women's writing in philosophy and science—both past and present—will discuss how and why women were marginalised and excluded from these disciplines, challenges and obstacles faced by those taking on the task of recovering women's work, and the vital importance of developing historical narratives centering on women. | | |
Book Talk with Amy S. Kaufman
Wednesday, November 5
5:00 – 6:00 PM
909 Renaissance Park
Boston campus
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| | | Join medieval scholar Amy S. Kaufman, PhD English '06, for a talk on her new book, The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, a reimagining of the oldest version of Robin Hood, the chaotic trickster found in the original ballads. | | | | | |
David Lazer
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences
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