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Building An Identity Conscious Practice For Difficult Conversations
Monday, September 23
11:45 AM - 1:25 PM
McLeod Suites
Curry Student Center
Boston Campus
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Join this interactive and practical workshop from the Human Services Program with Liza Talusan, author of The Identity Conscious Educator, to explore how identity informs and impacts our living and learning environments and how to build effective strategies for navigating these tensions in our professional and personal spaces. | |
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Celebrating 30 years of the Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies Program (LLACS) Book Talk Series: Daniel Noemi Voionmaa
Tuesday, September 24
4:00 - 6:00 PM
RP 909
Boston campus
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The first speaker in the LLACS Book Talk series is Daniel Noemi Voionmaa, Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies. He is a cultural critic, chronicler, and scholar of Latin American literature and culture. We will be celebrating his most recently published book, Surveillance, the Cold War, and Latin American Literature. | |
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CSSH Co-op Poster Expo
Wednesday, September 25
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Raytheon Amphitheater
Boston campus
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Join us for the annual CSSH Co-op Poster Expo, where 30+ CSSH co-op students will showcase posters about their co-op experiences and speak directly with students about their experience. Top ranked posters will receive a monetary prize, with CSSH Dean Kellee Tsai announcing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners at 3:30pm. | |
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Feminist Foreign Policy
Wednesday, September 25
5:30 - 6:45 PM
RP 909
Boston campus
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The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures and College of Professional Studies invite you to explore feminist perspectives in global governance with insights from speakers Sonja Kreibich, Consul General of Germany in New England, and Kristina Lunz, Founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy. Discover how feminist foreign policy is reshaping Germany’s approach to international relations and its implications worldwide. | |
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ASL Visibility Day
Thursday, September 26
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Library Quad
Boston campus
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Join the ASL-IE program for free ice cream and polaroid pictures at the library quad outside of Curry Student Center and Snell Library! We will be raising campus awareness of American Sign Language, all while enjoying some ice cream and the opening of the semester. | |
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The Future of the United Nations after the Summit of the Future
Thursday, September 26
6:00 - 7:15 PM
RP 310
Boston campus
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As part of the Global Spotlight project by the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, please join a discussion featuring Denise Garcia, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, and Patrícia Nogueira Rinaldi, Associate Professor of International Relations at Faculdades de Campinas, Brazil. | |
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The Fight For Haiti: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Thursday, September 26
6:30 - 10:00 PM
Blackman Theater
Boston campus
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| This event is part of Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks 2024. | | |
Join the Africana Studies Program for a screening of Etant Dupain's newest film,The Fight for Haiti, which chronicles the Kot Kòb PetroCaribe movement, a unique grassroots social justice movement in Haiti. The screening will be followed by a panel conversation with Dupain and two Haitian activists also featured in the film—Pascale Solages, co-founder of Nègès Mawon, and Ilio Durandis, education access advocate. | |
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Center for International Affairs and World Cultures Annual Celebration
Monday, September 30
5:00 - 7:00 PM
RP 909
Boston campus
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Please note, this event is for faculty and staff only.
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Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for an evening of celebration and connection as we welcome back faculty and staff to the new academic year. Hear from our Director, Mai'a Cross, as she outlines exciting upcoming events and programs for the center. This exclusive event is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and get inspired for the year ahead. | |
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For the Vibrancy of Needs: Body, Form, Justice in the Shadow of Emergency
Wednesday, October 2 - Friday, October 4
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Center for Design
Ryder Hall
Boston campus
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During the month of October 2024, Kenneth Bailey and Judith Leemann of The Design Studio for Social Intervention join as Visiting Fellows at Northeastern University’s Arts & Humanities Social Action Lab, in a collaboration with Kris Manjapra, Stearns Trustee Professor of History and Global Studies. Coming together around the provocation, the residency encompasses StudyLabs and public events for faculty, students, community, and staff, in a cross- and anti-disciplinary inquiry into theories and embodiments of justice rooted in experiences of common need. | |
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Rethinking Korea Lecture Series: Dr. Chris Suh
Thursday, October 3
4:00 - 6:00 PM
RP 909
Boston campus
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The inaugural lecture in this year’s Rethinking Korea Lecture Series from the Global Asian Studies Program will feature Chris Suh, an Associate Professor of History and an affiliated faculty member in the East Asian Studies program at Emory University. Professor Suh's talk will be titled, "Confronting the Empire's Allure: How Anti-Colonial Movements in Korea Shaped Anti-Asian Movements in the United States". | |
Arts, Humanities, and Tech Weeks at Northeastern is a collaboration featuring an exciting series of participatory events—experiences, conversations, hands-on activities, performances, exhibitions, and installations—taking place across the Boston, London, and Oakland campuses. For six weeks this fall, AHTWeeks at Northeastern celebrates the power of the arts and humanities, their interfaces with technologies, and draws connections across our university’s diverse colleges, campuses, and cityscapes. | |
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PUBLICATIONS
AND RECOGNITION
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Victoria Dey '26, World History PhD, has received a Fulbright-John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship. The fellowship, created in 2024 to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader and former U.S. Representatives John Lewis, is designed to inspire future generations to carry on his vision of non-violent civil rights work, and promote the understanding of the history and tenets of nonviolent civil rights movements around the globe. | |
Kimberly Lucas, Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Economic Justice, has been appointed to the Board of Early Education and Care by Governor Maura Healey. Professor Lucas will serve as an expert in the evaluation and assessment of successful preschool education programs. | |
Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, and Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, has received praise from former President Clinton and his Chief-of-Staff commending the Professor for his work to raise "good trouble" and the new Professor Ted Landsmark “Good Trouble” Award for the Best Project in Civil Rights History. The message reads: "The President just read Dr. Ivanova’s note in the car and asked to send his thanks; it’s great to hear about young minds bringing attention to such an important story. And thanks for highlighting his role in acknowledging that dark chapter in our history. And to send his thanks for the remarkable work she is doing empowering women in leadership." | | |
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Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy
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John Wihbey
Associate Professor of Media Innovation & Technology; Affiliate Faculty, Global Resilience Institute and NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science
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Daniel Medwed
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
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Jelena Golubović
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and International Affairs
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Alicia Sasser Modestino
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center
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K.J. Rawson
Professor of English and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Director of the Humanities Center
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Ted Landsmark
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
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