We are excited to share the NULab’s Spring 2025 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 nulab.info@gmail.com with any questions.
We hope to see you this semester!
NULab Spring 2025 Calendar of Events
February 14: 12-1pm Boston / 9-10am Oakland / 5-6pm London; hybrid Centers for Digital Scholarship (360 Snell Library) and Zoom
Douglass Day 2025
A transcribe-a-thon, an event honoring the life and birthday of Frederick Douglass.
This event is co-hosted with the Digital Scholarship Group, the Archives and Special Collections, and the Women Writers Project. This event is part of Black History Month and Love Data week.
February 26: 12–1pm Boston / 9–10am Oakland / 5–6pm London; hybrid Centers for Digital Scholarship (360 Snell Library) and Zoom
Grounding Archival Knowledge: Maawn Doobiigeng in the Library
Panelists: Dr. Gordon Henry, Anne Heidemann, and Melissa Isaac
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries worked with community members to create a new classification system, Maawn Doobiigeng (Gather Together). Attendees will learn about the process of creating this new system, how it is being implemented, and how it is being used by staff and patrons. There will be a breakfast viewing of this event at a location to be determined on campus in Oakland, CA.
March 4: 3-4pm Boston / 12-1pm Oakland / 8-9pm London, virtual
Workshop: Digital Storytelling with StoryMap
Led by: Claire Lavarreda, DITI Assistant Director and World History Ph.D student
March 12: 6-7pm Oakland; Danforth Lecture Hall
Revealing the Unseen: How Art and Augmented Reality Expose Hidden Histories
Featuring: Discussion between Kija Lucas and augmented reality creator Damien McDuffie, moderated by Oakland Museum of California Deputy Director Makeda Best. Event will be followed by a catered reception.
This is a Jane Green Endowed Lecture in Visual Culture, in conjunction with the Mills College Art Museum exhibition, Kija Lucas: Hidden Histories.
March 18: 3-4pm Boston / 12-1pm Oakland / 8-9pm London; virtual
Workshop: Data Visualization with Tableau
Led by: Sean P. Rogers, NULab Assistant Director
March 27: 2:30-4pm Boston / 11:30am-1pm Oakland / 7:30-9pm London; hybrid Centers for Digital Scholarship (360 Snell Library) and Zoom
Expressive Art Therapy Workshop
Led by: Marina Strauss, LMHC, Expressive Art Therapist and adjunct Human Services Faculty
Take time in community to draw upon your creativity with prompts and guidance. Art supplies and light refreshments provided. There will be a co-event led by Suzanne Schmidt held at the Makerspace on Campus in Oakland, CA.
April 25: 9:30am-3:30pm Boston / 6:30am-12:30pm Oakland / 2:30-8:30pm London, hybrid 350a/b Snell Library and Zoom
NULab 2025 Spring Conference
Theme: Social Justice
Keynote: Catherine Knight Steele, an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland – College Park where she directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT).
