CSSH News and Upcoming Events

WEEK OF JUNE 17, 2024

The newsletter will be published bi-weekly

until the start of the fall semester.

IN THE NEWS

Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies and Associate Director of Public History, spoke with Northeastern Global News on work to unearth the home of King Pompey, a former slave turned colonial king in Massachusetts.

Read "Pompey was elected a Colonial-era ‘king.’ Did researchers find the foundation of his home outside Boston?"

Northeastern’s Robert DeLeo to be honored with Roosevelt Award at annual Massachusetts Democratic Party event

Northeastern Global News

Robert DeLeo

University Fellow for Public Life

Jack McDevitt

Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Russian warships in Cuba recalls "Cold War posturing," but no threat, expert says

Northeastern Global News

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

Stephen Flynn

Professor of Political Science; Founding Director, Global Resilience Institute

Banning Twitter users reduced misinformation and improved discourse after Jan. 6, Northeastern research suggests

Northeastern Global News

After Jan. 6, Twitter banned 70,000 right-wing accounts. Lies plummeted.

Washington Post

David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

Donald Trump was convicted without cameras in courtroom. Should the trial of a former president be televised?

Northeastern Global News

Mass. voters passed a “right to repair” automotive law in 2020. Why is it still on hold?

Boston Globe

Daniel Medwed

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice

How Trump’s criminal sentence could affect MAGA rallies and 2024 plans

Washington Examiner

Donald Trump Facing "Five-Alarm Fire" Over Election—GOP Strategist

Newsweek

Costas Panagopoulos

Distinguished Professor of Political Science; Department Chair

A section of critical highway collapsed in Wyoming. Could it happen anywhere?

Northeastern Global News

Daniel Aldrich

Professor, Political Science and Public Policy; Director of the Resiliences Studies Program; Co-Director of the Global Resilience Institute

Boston Kids Comics Festival returns to Northeastern and record participation is expected

Northeastern Global News

Hillary Chute

Distinguished Professor of English and Art + Design

Graceland’s near-sale at the hand of fraudsters exposes "vulnerability" in legal system

Northeastern Global News

Nikos Passas

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director, Institute for Security and Public Policy

What Is Bold, Old, and Necessary about the DOJ’s Lawsuit Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster

Pro Market

John Kwoka

Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics

Our top-ranking cities for climate resiliency: 2024 study

USA Today

Joan Fitzgerald

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Demand for food delivery has skyrocketed. So have complaints about some drivers.

Boston.com

Hilary Robinson

Associate Professor of Law and Sociology

Gen Z reverses decades-long decline in teen employment

PBS NewsHour

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

Mirroring Russian Christian Nationalism

Patheos

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology

The Climate Movement’s Fight for Adaptation

Green European Journal

Laura Kuhl

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and International Affairs

Al Qaeda chief invites foreign fighters to train in Afghanistan, target West: "Safe haven for terrorists"

Fox News

Max Abrahms

Associate Professor of Political Science

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RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS

Isabel Martinez, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies and Director of Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies, has co-edited the book Crossing Digital Fronteras: Rehumanizing Latinx Education and Digital Humanities from SUNY Press. This volume was co-edited with the late Ángel David Nieves, Dean's Professor of Public & Digital Humanities and Professor of Africana Studies & History.

Moira Zellner, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Director of Participatory Modeling and Data Science, and Co-Director of NULab for Texts, Maps and Networks, has received the Heart of CommUNITY: Collaboration Award from the Chancellor's Office for a data theatre workshop with participants from youth development organization Hyde Park Task Force and the Northeastern University Community. The award honors honor the collaborations and partnerships between the Boston community and Northeastern University.

Hillary Chute, Distinguished Professor of English and Art + Design, has edited and written the foreword for the new book Rescue Party: a Graphic Anthology of Covid Lockdown from Penguin Random House.

Sari Altschuler, Associate Professor of English; Founding Director, Health, Humanities, and Society minor and initiative, and Thomas Constantinesco, Sorbonne University, co-edited the most recent issue of American Literature. They also published the essay "Pain After 2020, An Introduction" in the journal.

EVENTS

Black Feminist Book Club (Virtual)

Tuesday, June 18

12:00 - 1:30 PM

RSVP to attend

The Africana Studies program hosts its annual summer Black Feminist Book Club. This year's book is Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler and will feature guest speaker and moderator Susana Morris, Georgia Institute of Technology.