CSSH Weekly News and Events

WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2026

AI for Text Analysis with Python Using BERT and TensorFlow

Tuesday, March 24

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Boston

8:00 - 10:00 AM Oakland

3:00 - 5:00 PM London

(For teaching faculty and staff)

This workshop will teach participants how to use Python with modern deep learning approaches for AI and text classification, creating a human-machine relationship to process and classify textual datasets. Participants will also learn how to fine-tune BERT models and build neural network classification pipelines with TensorFlow and Keras (popular open source deep learning frameworks).

The Center on Crime, Race, and Justice Presents the 8^th Annual David B. Schulman Distinguished Lecture

Tuesday, March 24

5:00 – 6:30 PM

RSVP to attend

The Center on Crime, Race, and Justice will host Jessica Simes, Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Simes's book, Punishing Places: The Geography of Mass Imprisonment in America, describes the consequences of mass incarceration for neighborhoods and communities in the United States.

Let's Talk About "Sinners"

Tuesday, March 24

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Cabral Center

Boston campus

Join the Africana Studies Program for a panel discussion with Layla Brown, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Africana Studies, and Korey Tillman, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, as they discuss Ryan Coogler's summer hit film, Sinners.

CSSH Undergraduate Research Forum

Thursday, March 26

1:00 – 5:00 PM

310 Renaissance Park

Boston campus

All are welcome

Students from across CSSH will present independent research projects, on topics from superheroes to sex education and beyond, on three faculty-moderated panels.

Dominating the Domains: Great Power Competition in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Thursday, March 26

5:00 – 6:15 PM

Alumni Center

Boston campus

RSVP to attend

This event is part of the Leaders in Foreign Service Keynote Speakers Series from the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures. The discussion will be led by Esther D. Brimmer, Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, and James H. Binger, Senior Fellow in Global Governance at the Council of Foreign Relations, with Mai’a Cross, Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy and Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, moderating the conversation. The conversation will address intensifying great power competition in global domains.

Faculty Works in Progress: Global Fellows Presentations

Monday, March 30

12:00 – 1:00 PM

RP 909

Boston campus

RSVP to attend in-person or virtually

Four Humanities Center Global Fellows will present on their work as it relates to the topic of “Unsettling”:

Caleb Gayle: Heirs to a Stolen Harvest
Candice Delmas: An Ethic of Courtroom Resistance
Mario Hernandez: From Occupation to Ownership: Reimagining Urban Land Through Community Land Trust
Cassie Tanks: New Deal Network

2026 Hanson Lecture with Annette Vee | Androids, Spirits, and Chatbots: A History of AI and Writing

Monday, March 30

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Alumni Center

Boston campus

The presentation by Annette Vee, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Composition Program at the University of Pittsburgh, will explore the long history of writing automation and what it means to be human. A Q&A and reception with the speaker will follow the talk.