WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 | | |
Coffee Connections
Wednesdays, September 23 - November 4
9:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Snell Library Quad
(Rain Location: CSC Mezzanine)
Boston campus
| |  | All grad and professional students are warmly invited to come to Snell Library Quad every Wednesday this fall for free coffee, tea, pastries, and giveaways! Hosted by the Center for Student Involvement. | | |
CRC Fall Lab Talks: Child Safety Feature Audit
Tuesday, September 22
1:00 – 2:00 PM
West Village H 366
Boston campus
Register to attend
| | | Instagram, TikTok,Snapchat, and YouTube advertise child safety features heavily. A new audit from the Cybersafety Research Center asked whether those features do what the companies say. Join the Institute for Information, the Internet & Democracy for a moderated discussion with lead author Lexie Matsumoto and Design It For Us co-founder Zamaan Qureshi on the findings, what they mean for the public, and where this line of research goes next. | | |
Bustan Abraham: Learn About Musical Coexistence
Tuesday, September 22
4:00 – 5:30 PM
RP 909
Boston campus
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| | | Bustan Abraham consists of eight Israeli Jewish and Arab musicians, who reshaped the global world-music landscape as the first major Arab-Jewish musical collaboration. Through an innovative synthesis of musical traditions, they bridged Eastern and Western soundscapes to create a stunningly original musical idiom. With guest speaker Amir Milstein, a founding member of Bustan Abraham. | | |
The Way We Were: Roxbury Black Wall Street 1900-1965 Conference II
Wednesday, September 23
Thursday, September 24
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Shaw-Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library
Register to attend
| | | This conference examines how Roxbury, Tulsa, and Oak Bluffs became interconnected centers of Black excellence, entrepreneurship, culture, and economic power through original research, oral histories, personal narratives, performances, and thought-provoking discussions. The Reckonings Project will participate with an exhibit on Boston jazz history and a related presentation on Roxbury nightlife at 2:30 pm. | | |
Book Discussion: American Caesar by Brad Onishi
Wednesday, September 23
3:30 – 4:30 PM
Dodge Hall 130
Boston campus
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| | | Join author Brad Onishi and Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology, in a discussion about American Caesar, Onish's upcoming book. It explores how Theocrats and Tech Lords are turning America into a monarchy. | | |
The Hidden Power of Informality: How European Transnational Political Networks Shape International Cooperation
Thursday, September 24
3:30 – 4:30 PM
RP 909
Boston campus
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| | | The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures is pleased to welcome Marianna Lovato as the keynote speaker for the Transnational Political Networks and the Future of Global Order workshop. Moderated by Mai'a Cross, Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy, and Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures. Based on her recent book, Making EU Foreign Policy Go Round: The Significance of Informality for the Survival of Multilateralism, Marianna Lovato will discuss some of the most significant breakthroughs in European diplomacy over the past 10-15 years, with a special focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. | | |
Global Fellows Distinguished Lecture with Patricia Williams
Thursday, September 24
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Snell 350
Boston campus
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| | | The Global Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series marks the annual launch of the Global Fellows Program, bringing a world-leading scholar to campus to open conversation around this year's central theme—revolutions. Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, will present "The Disembodied Revolution: Humanities, Inhumanities, and the Amputation of Reality." | | |
Humanities Center Signature Project Showcase
Friday, September 25
9:30 – 11:30 AM
Snell 350
Boston campus
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| | | Join the Humanities Center for the Signature Projects Showcase, where Humanities Center Signature Projects will share their latest work and developments through brief presentations followed by informal sessions for deeper conversation and engagement. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the innovative research happening across the Humanities Center's global network. | | |
The Deafhood Movement
Wednesday, September 30
12:00 – 1:15 PM
Cabral Center
Boston campus
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| | | This presentation examines the structural oppression and self-actualization of Sign Language Peoples through the analytical lens of colonial theory. Moving beyond traditional medical and disability frameworks, the discourse of Deafhood frames the historical suppression of sign languages and the hegemony of oralism as a distinct form of cultural colonization. This event will presented in English. ASL Interpretation provided. | | |
Pedagogy-in-Progress | Faculty Exchanges on GenAI (Session III)
Thursday, October 1, 2026
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Register to attend virtually
Please note: Attendance is only open to Northeastern University students, staff, and faculty. Captioning will be provided.
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The third session of this interactive panel series features recent AI in Teaching and Learning Scholars Vance Ricks, Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science, and Stephanie Young, Associate Teaching Professor in English, Mills College.
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AHTWeeks 2026 Is Here — Sept. 21 to Oct. 30
Northeastern's Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks return this fall for a season-long celebration of the intersection of creativity, scholarship, and technology. A collaboration spanning the Boston, London, and Oakland campuses, AHTWeeks brings together the Humanities Center, the Center for the Arts, Northeastern Library and Archives, the Center for Design, the NULab, the AHA Lab, the Reckonings Project, the Ethics Institute, the Mills Art Museum, and more for six weeks of talks, screenings, workshops, concerts, and performances.
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William Dickens
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy
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Mai'a Cross
Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy; Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures
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