Events

Wednesday, September 18th, 2024 | 5pm – 6:30pm | 909 Renaissance Park | Visiting Lecturer Rima Farah will speak about the minorities of the Middle East and their role in the formation of the cultural fabric of the region. View flyer for details.

Thursday, September 26th, 2024 | 6pm-7:15pm | 310 Renaissance Park | As part of the Global Spotlight project by the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, you are invited to a discussion featuring Professor Denise Garcia and esteemed guest Professor Patrícia Nogueira Rinaldi. an Associate Professor of International Relations at Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP) in Brazil. The discussion will offer deep insights into cutting-edge issues at the intersection of environmental rights and international law. More information and the RSVP at link.

Thursday, October 10th, 2024 | 425 Shillman Hall | 5pm-6:30pm Department of History Series honors Professor Jeffrey Burds. Features Natia Chankvetadze, Program on Georgian Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; from Northeastern’s International Affairs and Department of Sociology Professors Valentine Moghadam and Jelena Golubovic.

Thursday, October 17th, 2024 | 3pm-5pm | Cabral Center | John D. O’Bryant African American Institute | 40 Leon Street. Join International Affairs to celebrate the creation of the Dialogues of Civilizations and to kick off the semester with faculty, staff, and students

Thursday, October 24th, 2024 | 11:30am – 1:30pm | Alumni Center. Join the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures for an engaging discussion featuring renowned author Denise Garcia as she presents her latest book, “The AI Military Race: Common Good Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” This thought-provoking work promises to reshape the discourse surrounding AI and its impact on international relations. See link for full description.

Thursday, October 24th, 2024 | 3pm – 5pm | 909 Renaissance Park. Join us to hear from award winning photojournalist Francesco Bellina, as he discusses the complex web of factors that shape human mobility along African territories. The result of extensive fieldwork starting with migrant communities, from the first landings of sub-Saharan refugees, to the relationship between communities and Sicilian neighborhoods, Francesco Bellina’s photographs tell us about the “humanity” behind each subject, with stories that are more or less well-known.

Monday, October 28th, 2024 | 5pm – 6:15pm | Curry Student Center, 2nd Floor Suites, CSC 228. Leading experts will delve into the critical challenges facing global politics in the coming year.

Thursday, October 31st, 2024 | 5pm – 6:15pm | Cargill Hall 097. Join CIAWC for an insightful session with Maisam Alahmed, CSSH International Affairs Alumna and a professional in international development and post-crisis initiatives. With experience at UNESCO and as a research consultant for UN agencies, Maisam Alahmed will share her journey from academia to impactful fieldwork, offering valuable advice for students interested in the field. Maisam’s story will inspire you to pursue your passions and make a difference. 

Saturday and Sunday November 2-3, 2024. See website for Agenda and Speakers. Northeastern University will host the 2024 convening of The North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference, a major forum in development economics that welcomes academics from around the world. The NEUDC has been held annually since 1967.

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 2:50pm – 4:45pm | 160 Dockser Hall Northeastern University School of Law | Northeastern Law’s Center for Global Law and Justice 2024 Speaker Series, Issues in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Featuring: Tom Dannenbaum Associate Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts.

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | 2:50pm – 4:45pm | Northeastern Law’s Center for Global Law and Justice 2024 Speaker Series, Issues in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Featuring: Karen Engle Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair, Professor of Law, Founder and Co-director of the Bernard and Audre Rapport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 2:50pm – 4:45pm | Northeastern Law’s Center for Global Law and Justice 2024 Speaker Series, Issues in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | 12:45pm – 2pm | Northeastern Law’s Center for Global Law and Justice 2024 Speaker Series, Issues in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony. Ticket policy: up to 6 tickets per graduate.

2024 College of Social Sciences and Humanities Celebration. Information will be emailed to graduating students. Ticket policy: 3 guest tickets per graduate.

International Affairs/CSGS Senior Celebration. Hybrid event for IAF majors. Check out photos from event!

Refugees and Migrants at the EU’s Securitized External Borders with Lydia Emmanouilidou, Journalist | Join us to hear about Lydia’s coverage of the investigation into the deadliest shipwreck that cost the lives of hundreds of refugees, and about conditions and surveillance at the borders and at refugees camps.

Security and Resilience Speaker Series: Professor Laura Kuhl “Climate Finance to Promote Resilience and Climate Justice”. Laura Kuhl’s scholarship examines climate adaptation and sustainable transitions internationally and in the United States, and a key motivation across her research is climate justice. She has conducted fieldwork in Latin American, the Caribbean, and East Africa, and has published in leading climate and development policy journals, including Nature, Climate Policy, Nature Climate Change, Climate and Development, World Development and Environmental Science and Policy. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in climate, environment, and international affairs and in 2023 received Northeastern’s University Excellence in Teaching Award.

Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies: Gender, Sexuality, and Putin’s Evolving Authoritarian Rule. With Julie Cassidy of Williams College, Elizabeth Wood of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Moderated by Khasan Redjaboev of Harvard University.

Feminist Foundations, Feminist Futures: Celebrating Signs at 50, the annual WGSS Women’s History Month Symposium. The annual Women’s and Gender Studies (WGSS) Symposium at Northeastern University 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 on the occasion of the anniversary of its founding half a century ago.

Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies: Reimagining the Cold War. With Rachel Applebaum, Associate Professor of History at Tufts University, Alexis Peri, Associate Professor of History at Boston University. Moderated by Heather Streets-Salter, Professor of History, Northeastern University.

Recent Scholarship in Soviet/Post-Soviet Studies: Reimagining the World War II Experience on the Eastern Front. With Nicole Eaton, Associate Professor of History at Boston College; and from Northeastern University Erina Megowan, Lecturer in History, and Moderator Jelena Golubović, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and International Affairs

Studying and Teaching Academic Communication: After the Decolonial Turn with Professor Suresh Canagarajah, Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Asian Studies; and International Affairs.

Gaza in Context. A conversation with Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, moderated by Valentine Moghadam, Professor of International Affairs and Sociology. RSVP at link. Part of the series of conversations on the events in Israel and Gaza offered by the Center of International Affairs and World Cultures.

The Peril and Promise of AI in World Politics. AI experts will convene to discuss AI’s impact on world politics and global governance, algorthmic bias, ethics, ML, LLM, disinformation, and related themes. With International Affairs Professor Denise Garcia and others!

Issues of International Law and Human Rights for Palestinians and Israelis. A conversation with Zinaida Miller, Professor of Law and International Affairs, moderated by Gretchen Heefner. RSVP at link. Part of the series of conversations on the events in Israel and Gaza offered by the Center of International Affairs and World Cultures.

Is there an Ibrahim Behind the Abraham Accords?: Morocco, Jews, Israel and America. International Fulbright scholar from Morocco, Professor Mohsine El Ahmadi of Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, will be speaking on Morocco-Israel relations and their impact on U.S. foreign policy.

Celebrate the launch of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures (CIAWC). Join CIAWC to learn about upcoming events, program announcements featuring faculty book publications, and opportunities to mingle with the community.

Conversation with Professor Amílcar about the “state” of Puerto Rico.

This series, 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. See Website for full schedule of events and speaker bios. Events and RSVP links listed below.

“De/Militarized Ecologies: Making Peace with Nature Along the Korean DMZ.” Speaker: Dr. Eleana Kim, Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at University of California, Irvine.

“Empathy at War: The Korean War and Sino-North Korean Relations.” Speaker: Dr. Gregg Brazinsky, Professor of History and International Affairs at The George Washington University.

“Problem Kin: Ritual Reform and Wartime Mobilization in Colonial Korea.” Speaker: Dr. Hajin Jun, James B. Palais Assistant Professor of Korean History in the Department of History and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

“Minor Cosmopolitanism: Korean-Language Transpacific Genre Fiction During the Interwar Period.” Speaker: Dr Yoon Sun Yang, Associate Professor of Korean & Comparative Literature and of Womens’ Gender & Sexuality Studies at Boston University.

The Center for International Affairs and World Cultures (CIAWC) is convening an international symposium on space diplomacy in the Hague with the University of Leiden. Hosted by Mai’a Cross and Jan Melissen, the symposium features interdisciplinary experts from the US, Asia, and Europe on the future challenges and opportunities of outer space exploration and cooperation.

International Affairs Majors & Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies Majors: You are kindly invited to join Faculty and Staff to a Senior Celebration as we celebrate your accomplishments.

Panelists: Colonel Rachel Sullivan, US Army Civil Affairs; Colonel Eric Landry, Canadian Army; Lt Colonel Chris Powers, MO National Guard. Moderated by Professor Risa Kitagawa, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Colonel Leon Perkowski, Director, Eisenhower Series College Program

Panelists: Professors Mai’a Cross, Stephen Flynn and Julie Garey from Northeastern will be joined by Guest Panelist Oley Kotsyuba from the Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University. Moderated by Professor Gretchen Heefner. See flyer for more information and to RSVP.

Conversation with former Puerto Rico Senator Juan Dalmau. Puerto Rico is facing its worse social, economic and political crisis since the Commonwealth government was founded in 1952. Juan Dalmau will discuss what he considers to be a path out of that morass. See flyer for RSVP.

Russia’s brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim.

Putting Social Impact Lab Principles and Practices into Action The Social Impact Lab is proud to welcome Lynn Zovighian to Northeastern University as our inaugural Zameli Family Fellow. As a social investor, human rights advocate, and managing director of The Zovighian Partnership, Lynn integrates Social Impact Lab principles and practices into projects across the Middle East. Please join Lynn and Northeastern faculty members for a week of conversations and workshops about doing the work of social change at the intersection of systems thinking, ethical practice, and social justice.

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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for Global Politics with Denise Garcia and Mai’a Cross. Panel discussion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its potential outcome, and the implications for Ukrainian citizens.

2022 Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture with Tiffany Joseph. Displacement, Citizenship and Human Rights: Challenges for the 21st Century. The lecture features outstanding lawyers, judges, scholars and advocates who share their experiences in advancing human rights. This year’s speaker is Tiffany Joseph, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs and Graduate Program Director for Sociology.

Why does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? Sahar Aziz’s groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Comparing discrimination against immigrant Muslims with the prejudicial treatment of Jews, Catholics, Mormons, and African American Muslims during the twentieth century, Aziz explores the gap between America’s aspiration for and fulfillment of religious freedom. With America’s demographics rapidly changing from a majority white Protestant nation to a multiracial, multi-religious society, this book is an in dispensable read for understanding how our past continues to shape our present—to the detriment of our nation’s future.

A webinar with Francesca Batault, SSH’19 and Charles Allen, Director of Partnerships at The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), one of the leading international think tanks. Click here

HOW I LIVE. 4 Families. 5 Countries.  And the global fight to cure childhood cancer. Follow the incredible journeys of four children with cancer and the healthcare teams working to cure them. Filmed on the front lines of global pediatric oncology. An inspiring film about the global fight to cure childhood cancer.

“The Toughest Citizenship and Statehood Challenge in the Middle East” Webinar The Toughest Citizenship and Statehood Challenge in the Middle East: Ideas to transcend Palestine-Israel failed non-diplomacy and ignite genuine peace negotiations.Four seasoned analysts, scholars and practitioners from Israel and Palestine suggest pathways to meaningful negotiations for a permanent peace that transforms refugees into citizens and foes into peaceful neighbors.

“Promoting Democracy: The Force of Political Settlements in Uncertain Times” .Dr. Jamal’s book examined the impact of the political settlements and the mediating role of Western donor assistance on political movements and emergent civil society groups in the Palestinian territories and El Salvador, culminating in Hamas’ election victory in 2006 and the political aftermath that transpired. The book draws from research for which she won the best fieldwork award of the Comparative Democratization section of the American Political Science Association. Recordings:https://vimeo.com/472599135 andhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0YKl0nnXU

“How to End a Failing War” with Dominic Tierney, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Swarthmore College. On Zoom. RSVP for link.

“Disasters as Suffering Out of Place” with Jacob Remes, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University. In 909 Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont St., Boston. RSVP required.

“The Problems and Failures of Civilian Cyber Defense” with Lior Tabansky of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, Tel Aviv Univeristy. In 909 Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont St., Boston. RSVP required.

“Exploring Resilience and Equity Through the Prism of a Pandemic: Perspectives from the field” in 909 Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont St., Boston. RSVP required.