NEWS
Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies, and Patricia Davis spoke with News@Northeastern on the 1776 Commission created by the previous presidential administration.

Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Director of Research in the Dukakis Center, has been named one of five finalists for the William T. Grant Foundation's 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The grant program encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.
Alicia Sasser Modestino appeared in a segment of The Daily Show on the impacts of COVID-19 on on working parents, childcare, and gender equity.
Max Abrahms, Associate Professor of Political Science; José Buscaglia, Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies; and Julie Garey, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, were interviewed by News@Northeastern on the ramifications of the previous administration's tense relationship with Cuba.
Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, and Director of Strategic Research Collaborations in the Global Resilience Institute, spoke with News@Northeastern on the frigid temperatures causing havoc in Texas and on its electrical grid.
Costas Panagopoulos, Department Chair and Professor of Political Science, provided commentary in an article on Jen Psaki and instances of miscommunication from the Biden administration for the Washington Examiner.
David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, appears in a recent News@Northeastern article on the enduring legacy of Trump in the GOP.
Call for Proposals for the Seventh Annual CSSH Undergraduate Research Forum

CSSH invites proposals for upcoming Undergraduate Research Forum, to be held via Zoom on March 24 and March 25.

Any undergraduate CSSH student who has conducted original research independently or in collaboration with a faculty member is eligible to participate. The research topic is open. Presentations may emerge from class projects, research-based co-ops, thesis projects, honors in the major projects, capstone projects, etc. Works-in-progress—that is, the sharing of preliminary results—are welcome.
Interested in Having a Letterpress Design Made?

While Huskiana Letterpress Studio has been closed during the pandemic, they have continued to forge ahead on the Letterpress Goes 3D (LG3D) project, which looks to reverse-engineer historical woodcuts and metalcuts for educational and creative use in the Huskiana Letterpress Studio. Looking ahead to the future when the press reopens for class and individual visits, the Studio is now seeking designs that instructors and researchers would be interested in having laser cut. These designs might be used in courses, research, or creative projects with potential for wider usage. They might be historical or contemporary.

Please email Kenny Oravetz, Assistant Director of Huskiana Press, to participate in LG3D.
Gideon Klein Award: $5000 for a Project on Music or Musicians During the Holocaust

During the Holocaust, many musicians and other artists were persecuted by the Nazis; some because they were Jewish, others because of their art. The Gideon Klein Scholar creates an original composition, prepares a performance, or conducts research on a musician victim. They will offer a public presentation at Northeastern's annual Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week and the project will be digitally archived at the University Library.

The award is open to students of all majors at Northeastern University. To apply, please submit:
  • 1-2 page proposal describing your work
  • Your resume
  • One faculty recommendation
  • Copy of your transcript

Email application materials by March 5 to d.levisohn@northeastern.edu.
EVENTS
CSSH Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series
 
Monday, February 22
12:00 - 1:00 PM
 
Please bring lunch and join us virtually as we listen to faculty presentations followed by an interactive Q&A. Ari E. Waldman, Professor of Law and Computer Science and Faculty Director of the Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity, will present “Privacy Law as Performance.”
Race and Youth & Police Relationships | Race, Policing, and the Community Dialogue Series
 
Tuesday, February 23
3:30 - 5:00 PM
 

Hosted by the Institute on Race and Justice
This event features panelists Ricky Grant, Chief of Community Engagement in the office of District Attorney Rachael Rollins; Brian Tatis Cruz, Youth and Police Partnership Peer Leader; Katie McNair, Youth and Police Partnership, Youth Program Participant; Sergeant Detective Lanita Cullinane, Commander of the Firearm Analysis Unit in the Boston Police Department; and Deputy Superintendent Eddy Chrispin, Assistant Chief of Bureau of Professional Standards in the Boston Police Department. This discussion will be co-led by Ricardo Jean Noelle, Director of Youth and Police Partnership and Sam Williams, Founder of One Circle Health and Wellness LLC and Co-Chair of the IRJ Community Advisory Board.
Racial Literacy: Students Reflect
 
Tuesday, February 23
5:00 - 6:30 PM
 

Hosted by the Presidential Council on Diversity and Inclusion at Northeastern University
Developing racial literacy is about detecting, naming, opposing, and replacing racism. When we commit to speaking truthfully about race, we will experience vulnerability. If we can remain in this space, the potential for growth also exists. At this new event, students from last semester’s Racial Literacy pop-up reflect on what they heard, felt, and learned.
The Ethics of Digital Image Analysis
 
Wednesday, February 24
2:30 - 4:00 PM
 

Hosted by NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks
Panelists Alex Hanna, Senior Research Scientist at Google; Eunsong Kim, Assistant Professor of English; Luke Stark, Professor of Information & Media Studies in the University of Western Ontario; and Lauren Tilton, Professor of Digital Humanities in the University of Richmond, will speak on a range of key topics related to digital research and image analysis.
Myra Kraft Open Classroom Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America
 
Wednesday, February 24
6:00 - 7:30 PM
 
The events of 2020 will have deep and lasting consequences for every aspect of society, including the physical environments we inhabit—our homes, our neighborhoods, and our cities. This session of MKOC is titled Ending Homelessness.
Poet in the House: Spiritual Poetry and Black Lives Matter
 
Wednesday, February 24
6:00 - 7:15 PM
 
Explore the intersections of spirituality and racial justice with a poetry reading by Pensive contributors Huda Khwaja, Laith Matari ('23 PPE); Myles McCollum; Russell Nichols; Chinma Nnadozie-Okananwa ('22 English); and Mathew Taylor.
PPE/Ethics Institute Speaker | Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
 
Thursday, February 25
4:30 - 6:30 PM
 
Join Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, as he presents "The Case for Climate Reparations."
Events Coming Soon
International Women's Week 2021

Monday, March 1 - Friday, March 5

The Interdisciplinary Women's Council (IWC) will host a week-long celebration dedicated to showcasing all of (or at least a lot of) the wonderful women at Northeastern in honor of International Women's Day. The week will feature ten different panels and five workshops each centered around highlighting the work and achievements of Women at Northeastern. Members of the CSSH community participating in various events during the week include faculty members Stacey Katz Bourns, Carla Kaplan, Madhavi Venkatesan, Jennie Stephens, and Alicia Sasser Modestino; and students Brittany Clottey, Ava Gallo, Emerson Johnston, and Stephanie Luiz.

Institute on Race and Justice Presents: Trial 4 Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Monday, March 1
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The Institute on Race and Justice, along with the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and Northeastern University School of Law present a panel discussion and screening of Netflix Documentary Trial 4 directed by Remy Burke. The documentary film explores the experience of Sean K. Elis, who was wrongfully charged as a teenager in the 1993 killing of a Boston Police Officer and his fight to prove his innocence while exposing police corruption and systemic racism in the city of Boston. Our distinguished panel will feature Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy; Daniel Medwed, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice; and Lisa Kavanaugh, Innocence Program Director at the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services. This discussion will be led by Jack McDevitt, Director of the Institute on Race and Justice.

Hosted by Northeastern University's Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research, in collaboration with the Center for Intercultural Engagement

Learning Community: Becoming an Antiracist Educator

Tuesday, March 2 
1:30 PM

How can we as educators work toward individually and collectively becoming antiracist? How can examining our own racial identities and educational practices lead us to meaningfully take steps toward an antiracist agenda in our respective learning environments? In this learning community, offered in collaboration with the Center for Intercultural Engagement, we will explore an array of antiracist readings, videos, and podcasts, including excerpts from Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist (2019) and Singh’s Racial Healing Handbook (2019). By registering, you are committing to participate in all three sessions and complete approximately two hours of pre-work before our sessions on March 2, March 16, and March 30.

This session is only open to Northeastern University educators. Please use your Northeastern email when registering. By registering, you are committing to participate in all three sessions and complete approximately two hours of pre-work before our sessions on March 2, March 16, and March 30.
Composite Bodies Series | Entangled Nuclear Colonialisms, Matters of Force, and the Material Force of Justice

Wednesday, March 10 
5:00 - 6:30 PM

Composite Bodies takes up questions of technology, surveillance, embodiment, and power from an intersectional feminist lens. This session's speaker is Karen Barad, Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies with affiliations in Philosophy, History of Consciousness, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz.

The Composite Bodies Series is a partnership between the Northeastern University Humanities Center and the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.
Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium

Thursday, March 18 
1:00 - 5:30 PM

Organized by Moya Bailey, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Speakers include Ruha Benjamin, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University; Harriet Washington, science writer, editor, and medical ethicist; Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University; Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern University; Nicole Charles, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies the the University of Toronto Mississauga; OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University; Adeola Oni-Orisan, MD, PhD, Resident in Family Medicine at University of California; Ugo Edu, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, UCLA.

The Critical Role of Social Ties in Disasters and  Shocks | Klein Lecture

Monday, March 22 
2:00 PM

Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program, has been named Northeastern University's 57th Robert D. Klein Lecturer.