Dear all,

 

With our apologies, we wanted to let you know that we have canceled the NULab spring conference, scheduled for March 27. We’re very disappointed about this, and sorry for the inconvenience it might cause, but, given the status of COVID-19 responses, it is becoming clear that cancellation of non-essential large public gatherings is rapidly emerging as best practice.

 

We’re now in discussions with the NULab community concerning the possibility of a smaller virtual “unconference” event and are also looking into publishing some of the conference materials on the NULab website. We’ll make sure to send around updates on those possibilities as soon as we have more information. But, we wanted to announce this cancellation as soon as possible, so that people can adjust their planning.

 

Please just let me know if you have questions on this!

 

All my best,

 

Sarah

 

Sarah Connell

Assistant Director
NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks

Northeastern University

 

Dear all,

 

Please join us on Friday, March 27th at 90 Snell Library, Northeastern University, for the fourth annual NULab Spring Conference, “Technologies of Democracy,” with talks by NULab faculty and graduate students, and a keynote address by Professor Patricia J. Williams.

 

Space is limited and registration is required: please RSVP here. This is a free event and breakfast & lunch will be provided.

 

This all-day conference (9:30am–5pm) will feature a keynote address by Patricia J. Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern University, a pioneer of both the law and literature and critical race theory movements in American legal theory. We will also have three sessions of presentations by Northeastern faculty and graduate students whose research relates to the technologies of democracy:

• Nicole Aljoe: English; Director of Africana Studies Program
• Moya Bailey: Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Nicholas Beauchamp: Political Science
• Myojung Chung: Journalism
• Hanyu Chwe: Network Science
• Brooke Foucault Welles: Communication Studies
• Sarah Shugars: Network Science
• Amanda Rust: Digital Scholarship Group
• Ronald Robertson: Network Science
• Jessica Silbey: Law; Faculty Director, Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity
• John Wihbey: Journalism

 

Please see the attached flyer and event page for details:

https://web.northeastern.edu/nulab/event/spring-conference-2020/

 

Kind regards,

 

Sarah

 

Sarah Connell

Assistant Director

NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks

Northeastern University