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John Kwoka
Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics
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Mai'a Cross
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs; Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures; Dean’s Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Diplomacy
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Brandon Welsh
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study; Co-Director, Crime Prevention Lab
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Last Chance to Apply!
Call for Proposals for the Ninth Annual CSSH Undergraduate Research Forum
CSSH invites proposals for the upcoming Undergraduate Research Forum on March 20 and 21.
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. Students may present results of research conducted in collaboration with faculty or independently. 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.
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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS | |
Dan O'Brien, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, was interviewed by former CSSH co-op student, Kristina DaPonte, BA Journalism '25, for the Boston.com article "What is 311 in Boston?" Kristina is currently on co-op with Boston Globe Media. | |
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My Life, My Story Project
Monday, February 26
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Hurtig Hall 310
Boston campus
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Join the Health, Humanities, and Society Program for an event with Susan Nathan, MD, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, on the "My Life, My Story" project. | |
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Understanding Gendered Antisemitism
Wednesday, February 28
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Shillman Hall 420
Boston campus
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This lecture with Chloe Yale Pinto, Assistant Professor of English Literature at Northeastern University London, will discuss different forms of gendered antisemitism, including religious, racial, political, and epistemic, while foregrounding the research and writings of Jewish women. | |
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The Vibrancy of Needs: Body/Form/Justice
Session 1
Monday-Wednesday
March 11-13
Northeastern Crossing
1175 Tremont Street
Boston Campus
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Join Kenneth Bailey and Judith Leemann, of The Design Studio for Social Intervention, currently Visiting Fellows in the Arts & Humanities Social Action Lab directed by Kris Manjapra, Stearns Trustee Professor of History and Global Studies. They will lead a series of sessions of cross- and anti-disciplinary inquiry into theories and embodiments of justice rooted in experiences of common need blurring the line between the campus and the community. | |
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Transformation, Climate Justice, & Higher Education
Monday, March 11
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Renaissance Park 301
Boston Campus
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Can higher education institutions be leveraged for societal transformation? If so, how do higher education institutions need to transform themselves to contribute to⏤rather than slow down⏤transformative climate justice?
Join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for a discussion with Jennie Stephens, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy; Stephen Porder, Brown University; Sandra Waddock, Boston College; Alice Plane, Brown University; and special guest Cecile Renouard,
President and co-founder of the Campus de la Transition.
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Rethinking Korea Lecture Series: Kim Jaehui, Consulate General
Wednesday, March 13
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Renaissance Park 909
Boston Campus
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Rethinking Korea: New Perspectives on a Critical Region invites distinguished scholars of culture, transnational history, environment, and international relations to offer novel perspectives on Korea while situating its complex place within global developments. The fourth lecture in the series will feature Kim Jaehui, Consul General for the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Boston since June 2023. | |
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Feminist Foundations, Feminist Futures: Celebrating Signs at Fifty, the annual WGSS Women's History Month Symposium
Friday, March 15
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cabral Center
Boston Campus
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The annual Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium, hosted by the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, brings together feminist thought leaders—scholars, journalists, activists, and public intellectuals—to address an urgent concern of the moment from varieties of feminist perspectives. This year, the symposium will celebrate 50 years of Signs: Journal of Women Culture and Society. | | | | |
