NEWS

Diane Arnson Svarlien :
June 5, 2012

Renowned verse translator and classicist will visit NU

For more information about Diane Arnson Svarlien, including a schedule of events and bio please click here.

Kathleen Norris:
June 18 - 19, 2012

Bestselling Essayist on the Spiritual Life: Dakota, The Cloister Walk, Amazing Grace, and Acedia & Me

For more information about Kathleen Norris, including a schedule of events and bio, please click here.

Facing Our Future Today

Northeastern University launches series of public forums to address issues of the day

For additional information on the "Facing Our Future Today" public forum series, please click here.

Recent Events

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:
April 12, 2012

The 8th annual Peter Burton Hanson Memorial Lecture featured Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of "The Thing Around Your Neck"

For more details on the reading and conversation with Adichie please click here.

Michael Chabon: April 4, 2012

The 20th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture: Imaginary Homelands

Michael Chabon delivered the 20th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture, "Imaginary Homelands" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University. A book signing and reception followed the event. This event was a part of Holocaust Awareness Week 2012.

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Susan Shaw:
March 26 - 30, 2012

Marine toxicologist, author, explorer, ocean advocate, and director/founder of the Marine Environmental Research Institute

Susan Shaw visited campus this spring semester for a five day residency of exciting events for the entire NU community.

For more details on the Susan Shaw Residency, including a biography of Susan Shaw and a listing of events free and open to the public, please click here.

Art Spiegelman: March 27, 2012

“What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?” A Lecture with Images by Art Spiegelman

Spiegelman delivered the Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture, "What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?" at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University.

For more details please click here.

Barbara Gottschalk:
October 24 - 28, 2011

Internationally renowned peace activist and co-founder of "Seeds of Peace"

For more details on the Gottschalk Residency, including a detailed schedule of all events that were open to the community, please click here.

An Evening with Maxine Hong Kingston

October 20, 2011 5:30PM - 7:00PM Location: The Amilcar Cabral Memorial Student Center

Maxine Hong Kingston is author of The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book and other major works, including most recently, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life. For more information, please click here.

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Welcome Back: Fall 2011

Welcome to the Northeastern Humanities Center. As we begin a new academic year, I wanted to make you aware of a number of opportunities and events sponsored by the Center with the aim of promoting humanistic research and collaboration. Starting Monday, September 12 and every Monday afterwards, the Center in conjunction with the Dean’s Office for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, is holding a faculty works-in-progress colloquium from 12 to 1 PM in 162 Meserve. Come join us for lunch and inspirational discussions with Northeastern’s leading scholars. A full schedule will be listed here.

We are also pleased to announce, as part of the APRP program, a campus visit this October 24-28 by Barbara Gottschalk, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of the internationally renowned “Seeds of Peace” organization. “Seeds of Peace” brings together young people from Israel, Palestine, and other areas of conflict to empower and cultivate the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. For more information, please see our APRP information page.

I also want to reiterate two opportunities from the Center: First, we are seeking proposals for Collaborative Research Clusters (formerly Working Groups), intended to bring together scholars and practitioners from different disciplines, both within and beyond the university community, around a common issue of humanistic import. Second, we are seeking graduate students to participate in our Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Forum and Humanities Center Best Graduate Research Award, focused on bringing together graduate students from all academic disciplines at Northeastern University to create a collaborative and interdisciplinary intellectual community. Information on both these opportunities is available on our web site. Deadlines have been extended through September 19.

A number of other events and opportunities will be announced soon, as we continue to serve the Northeastern community and look forward to a terrific year going forward.

Yours,

Interim Director
Georges Van Den Abbeele
Founding Dean, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Northeastern University
Member, European Academy of Sciences

Fox25 News Interviews Stephen Lang at the Humanities Center

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