Northeastern University
NULab Fall 2019 Calendar of Events
Series on Technologies of Democracy
Every Wednesday, 12–1pm, Digital Scholarship Commons (Snell Library, 2nd Floor)DH Open Office Hours
Co-sponsored with the Digital Scholarship Group (DSG) in the Northeastern University LibraryEvery Thursday, 1–2pm, NULab Commons (409 Nightingale Hall)Feminist Coding Collective
October 2, 12–1:30pm, 177 Huntington Ave., 11th FloorMisinformation Speaker Series: Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary
“Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America”
Co-sponsored with the Shorenstein Center and the Department of Political Sciencehttps://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/jaime-settle/October 15, 10am–12pm, Digital Scholarship Commons“Introduction to GitHub” Workshop
Presented by: Cara Marta Messina
https://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/github-2019/October 22, 12–2pm, Alumni CenterA discussion and book signing with Jen Schradie, author of
The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives and Brooke Foucault Welles, co-author of
#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice, with Sarah J. Jackson and Moya Bailey
Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociologyhttps://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/schradie-welles/October 30, 3–5pm, 90 Snell LibraryNULab/DSG Fall Welcome
Keynote Speaker: Laura Nelson, Northeastern University, “Machine Learning is Feminist”
Co-sponsored with the DSG
https://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/fall-welcome-2019/November 5, 1–2:30pm, 177 Huntington Ave., 11th FloorMisinformation Speaker Series: Miriam Metzger, UC Santa Barbara
Co-sponsored with Shorenstein Center and the Department of Communication Studieshttps://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/miriam-metzger/November 13GIS Day (event details coming soon)
Co-sponsored with the DSG and Research Data Services in the Northeastern University Libraryhttps://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/gis-day-2019/November 19, 4:30–6pm, Alumni CenterNU Books from the NULab
A discussion and reception with NULab faculty members who have recently published books
Featuring: Moya Bailey, Julia Flanders, David Lazer, Dan O’Brien, and John Wihbey
https://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/nu-books/November 20, 12–1pm, Digital Scholarship CommonsNULab Seedling Research Presentation: Briony Swire-Thompson, Network Science Institute
Co-sponsored with the DSGhttps://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/briony-swire-thompson/