CSSH Weekly News and Events

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17, 2025

Faculty Works-in-Progress Series: Dean Kellee Tsai

Monday, November 17

12:00 – 1:00 PM

909 Renaissance Park

Boston campus

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

Dean Kellee Tsai, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, will present "Digital Panopticon? Platform Authoritarianism in China," which analyzes how platform authoritarianism functions in practice and evaluates its effectiveness in achieving governance objectives.

Authoritarianism's Threat to Democracy

Tuesday, November 18

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Boston

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Oakland

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM London

Panelists will discuss the rise of authoritarianism around the world and the increasing fragility of democracy. Hosted by Northeastern University London.

The panelists are A.C. Grayling, Northeastern University London;

Julia Ebner, University of Oxford;

Amanda Sloat, IE University; and

John Wihbey, Associate Professor of Media Innovation & Technology and Affiliate Faculty in the Global Resilience Institute.

GIS Day 2025

Wednesday, November 19

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Boston

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM Oakland

3:00 PM – 8:00 PM London

Snell Library 160

Boston campus

Join NuLAB for GIS Day 2025! This year’s theme is Geo-Generalist Era: Where Spatial Meets Everything. Today’s geospatial thinkers are increasingly geo-generalists—applying spatial insight across many disciplines. From public health to marketing, climate science to logistics, GIS is becoming a core competency in solving complex, real-world challenges.

The Politics of Global Rescue: Region, Perception, and Humanitarian Intervention

Wednesday, December 3

5:00 – 6:15 PM

909 Renaissance Park

Boston campus

The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will host author, Mount Holyoke Professor, and Northeastern alumna Sidita Kushi for a book talk titled "The Politics of Global Rescue: Region, Perception, & Humanitarian Intervention." Drawing on her book, From Kosovo to Darfur, this talk will unpack the regional biases, the politics of perception, and their consequences for understanding the humanitarian military intervention phenomenon.

Introduction to AI for Text Analysis with Python

Thursday, December 4

12:00 – 2:00 PM Boston

9:00 –11:00 AM Oakland

5:00 –7:00 PM London

Join NuLAB for a workshop to teach participants how to use Python for AI and text classification, creating a human-machine relationship to process and classify textual datasets. Learn how to use the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) to explore data.

The Caribbean Digital Conference (TCD)

Thursday, December 4 and

Friday, December 5

Northeastern University's Early Caribbean Digital Archive will host the 2025 TCD—an annual international gathering of scholars, artists, archivists, librarians, technologists, and activists working at the intersection of Caribbean Studies and digital humanities. Speakers include Nicole Aljoe, Professor of English and Africana Studies; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Distinguished Professor of English; and Reba

Dickson, English PhD Student.

The Case of Resettled Cambodian Refugees

Thursday, December 4

4:00 - 6:00 PM

426 Renaissance Park

Join the Global Asian Studies Program for a lecture event with Vic Say as part of the Environment, Atmosphere, Feeling Series and Grad Student Spotlight. Vic Say will present "Accumulation and Health:The Case of Resettled Cambodian Refugees."