We are excited to share the NULab’s Fall 2026 calendar, featuring an exciting lineup of talks, panels, workshops, and other events. As always, these events are free and open to the public, but most require registration. More details and registration information are available at the NULab events page.
These events are free and open to the public, but registration is required in some cases. Registration links are coming soon for some events, so please save these dates and check the events page for updates. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
We hope to see you this semester!
NULab Fall 2026 Calendar of Events
October 22: 1–3pm Boston / 10–11:15am Oakland / 6–7:15pm London, hybrid in 350 Snell Library and on Zoom
Fall Scholarship Celebration
Lightning talks, followed by an in-person reception in the Centers for Digital Scholarship (360 Snell Library).
Featuring: Abbie DeCamp (English), Katherine Simmonds and Lauri Fennell (Bouvé College of Health Sciences), Mohit Singhal (Khoury College of Computer Sciences), Poppy Lambert (History), and Shireen Zaineb (Humanities Center)
Cohosted with the Digital Scholarship Group and the Centers for Digital Scholarship, and part of AHT Weeks 2026
November 4: 12–1pm Boston / 9–10am Oakland / 5–6pm London, virtual
DH Office Hours: Speed Data-ing
Lightning talks on research in progress, designed to spark conversation and new collaborations across digital humanities and computational social science.
Featuring: Halima Haruna (History), Sagar Kumar (Network Science), Ioannis Votsis (Philosophy), and Joy Zanghi (Northeastern University Library)
Cohosted with the Digital Scholarship Group
November 10: 12–1pm Boston / 9–10am Oakland / 5–6pm London, virtual
Critical Forum
Casual gatherings for conversation, brainstorming, and collegial feedback on research ideas, proposals, or emerging projects.
November 18: 10am–3pm Boston / 7am–12pm Oakland / 3–8pm London, hybrid in 160 Snell Library and on Zoom
GIS Day 2026
A StoryMap competition, GIS presentations, and demos from students and faculty.
Cosponsored with the Northeastern University Library
December 2: 11am–1pm Boston / 8–10am Oakland / 4–6pm London, virtual
Workshop: AI for Text Analysis with Python Using LLMs
A hands-on introduction to using LLMs, including Claude, for data transformation and text analysis in Python.
Led by: Sean P. Rogers, NULab Assistant Director
An optional pre-workshop, “Introduction to Python,” will be held December 1, 11am–12:30pm Boston / 8–9:30am Oakland / 4–5:30pm London.
Recurring Event Series
Community Pop-Ups
Collaborative sessions on a range of topics, including code and data work, research and grant writing, project development, interface testing, making, and targeted problem-solving.
- “Participatory Modeling,” led by Moira Zellner, December 10: 11am–12pm Boston / 8–9am Oakland / 4–5pm London
- “Code and Data Catch-Up,” led by Sarah Connell, December 16: 12–1pm Boston / 9–10am Oakland / 5–6pm London
CSS Office Hours
October 29, November 12, and December 10: 12–2pm Boston / 9–11am Oakland / 5–7pm London (4–6pm London on October 29), hybrid in the Centers for Digital Scholarship (360 Snell Library) and on Zoom
Drop-in help with computational social science and digital humanities research questions, data sources, methods, and coding in Python, R, or SQL.
Led by: Sean P. Rogers, NULab Assistant Director
