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DESCRIPTION:On April 9th\, the NULab will be hosting its fourth annual NULa
 b Spring Conference\, “Data and Social Justice\,” showcasing the work 
 of faculty\, graduate students\, and research collaborators.\n\nThe keynot
 e address will be delivered by Patricia Williams\, University Distinguishe
 d Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern University.\n\nThis even
 t is free and open to the public\, but registration is required\; please R
 SVP here. Zoom information will be emailed upon registration.\n\nSchedule\
 n\nWelcome: 10:45–11amPanel: Race\, Space\, Place: 11am–12pmModerator:
  David LazerOlly Ayers\, History\, New College of the Humanities\, London\
 , “Mapping Black London in World War II”Jessica Linker\, History\, and
  Angel David Nieves\, Africana Studies\, History\, and Digital Humanities\
 , “Building 3D Historical Black Boston”Matthew Simonson\, Network Scie
 nce\, “Black Networks Matter”Break: 12–12:15pmLunch: breakout sessio
 ns on research and teaching: 12:15–1:15pm Moderator\, breakout session o
 n research: Elizabeth Maddock Dillon\, English\, NULab Co-DirectorModerato
 r\, breakout session on teaching: David Lazer\, Political Science and Comp
 uter Sciences\, NULab Co-Director (please note that there is a separate Zo
 om link for this one session\; see RSVP response email for details)Keynote
 : 1:15–2pmPatricia Williams\, University Distinguished Professor of Law 
 and Humanities\, Northeastern UniversityPanel: Speculative Knowledge: 2–
 3pmModerator: Elizabeth Maddock DillonNicole Aljoe\, English and Africana 
 Studies\, and Avery Blankenship\, English\, “Remixing the Archive of the
  Fugitive Caribbean: Critical Fabulation as Decolonial Practice”K.J. Raw
 son\, English and Women’s\, Gender and Sexuality Studies\; Cailin Roles\
 , English\; and Eamon Schlotterback\, English\, “Uncertain Identities in
  the Digital Transgender Archive”David Smith\, Computer Science\, “Sil
 icon Valla and the Stochastic Parrot Critique”Break: 3–3:15pmPanel: Go
 od Data/Data for the [Public] Good: 3:15–4:15pmModerator: Brooke Foucaul
 t WellesRahul Bhargava\, Art + Design and Journalism\, and Angeles Martine
 z Cuba\, MIT\, Urban Studies and Planning\, “Data Against Femicide”Tie
 anna Graphenreed\, English\, “Playing Tag: (Meta)Data\, Child Authors\, 
 and Other Lessons from The Brownies’ Book”Meg Heckman\, Journalism\, 
 “Compensating for Qualitative Silences: The benefits (and risks) of usin
 g journalistic reconstruction to fill archival gaps”Thanks and closing: 
 4:15–4:30pm Dan Cohen\, Dean of Libraries\; Vice Provost for Information
  Collaboration\; Professor of HistoryTo make space for informal discussion
 s and community building\, this conference will not be recorded.\n\nKeynot
 e Speaker Biography\n\nProfessor Williams\, one of the most provocative in
 tellectuals in American law and a pioneer of both the law and literature a
 nd critical race theory movements in American legal theory\, holds a joint
  appointment between the School of Law and the Department of Philosophy an
 d Religion in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. She is also d
 irector of Law\, Technology and Ethics Initiatives in the School of Law an
 d the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.\n\nProfessor Williams has
  published widely in the areas of race\, gender\, literature and law. Her 
 books\, including The Alchemy of Race and Rights (Harvard University Press
 \, 1991)\, illustrate some of America’s most complex societal problems a
 nd challenge our ideas about socio-legal constructs of race and gender. He
 r work remains at the cutting edge of legal scholarship. Drawing on her pr
 ior interrogation of race\, gender and personhood\, Professor Williams’ 
 current research raises core questions of individual autonomy and identity
  in the context of legal and ethical debates on science and technology. He
 r work in the area of health and genetics\, for example\, questions how ra
 cial formation is shaped by the legal regulation of private industry and g
 overnment. Her work on algorithms grapples with the auditing function of t
 echnology in our everyday lives — shaping how we understand who we are. 
 \n\nProfessor Williams’ current research agenda includes three books in 
 progress: The Complete Mad Law Professor (compilation of The Nation column
 s)\; The Talking Helix (focused on bioethics and genetics)\; and Gathering
  the Ghosts (a literary and historical text based on Professor Williams’
  family archival materials). In addition\, she is working on a documentary
  film that knits together a narratively linked series of video images abou
 t the deaths of unarmed citizens beginning with Trayvon Martin.
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