Archive for the ‘Research’ Category
Researcher Claudia Holguín Mendoza studies ‘narco narratives’ in Juárez
Researcher studies ‘narco narratives’ in Juárez | AroundtheO
This story features the research of Claudia Holguín Mendoza, an assistant professor of romance languages (Spanish) and a CSWS faculty affiliate.
Development Challenges Confronting Pakistan — a new book by Anita Weiss
Development Challenges Confronting Pakistan
edited by Anita M. Weiss and Saba Gul Khattak
Kumarian Press
(2013)
280 pages
Anita Weiss is professor and head, UO Department of International Studies, and is a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate. She held a month-long Residency at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy, in February 2013 and was recently named a winner of a 2013-14 UO Fund for Faculty Excellence Award.
Janis Weeks Brings a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant to UO
Janis Weeks, a CSWS faculty affiliate and professor in the UO Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, and African Studies Program, is the first UO researcher to be awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. UO was named a winner of a Grand Challenges Explorations grant for a project proposed by Weeks that “involves the implementation of a neurophysiology-based technology to accelerate discovery of drugs to eliminate intestinal worm infections, specifically human soil-transmitted helminthic infections,” which are carried by two to three billion of the world’s poorest people. For more about this story, go to UO receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant.
UO Abroad: International Studies’ Anita Weiss reconnects with writing in Italy
UO Abroad: International Studies’ Anita Weiss reconnects with writing in Italy | AroundtheO.
1. Where in the world were you?
I was at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy, on Lake Como, from Feb. 21 to March 21.
2. What work were you doing there?
I went there to write a book, “Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan.” I brought a suitcase of clothes for the month, and another suitcase of books and notes. Plus, of course, my laptop for access to the Internet.
Anita Weiss is a CSWS faculty affiliate. Read more in AroundtheO
“Racial Representations” — Symposium Highlights
Racial Representations panelists / photo by Chelsea Bullock.
Students, faculty and community members enjoyed a full day of literary readings and commentary on race at the University of Oregon on April 26, 2013, when a group of innovative scholars who specialize in African American literature gathered to share and discuss their research. “Racial Representations: African American Literature since 1975,” was organized by Courtney Thorsson, UO assistant professor of English.
CSWS Noon Talk: Q & A Session to Learn how to Apply for CSWS Research Grants
| November 13, 2013 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 1:00 pm |
330 Hendricks Hall
Jane Grant Conference Rm
CSWS Noon Talk: Question and Answer Session to Apply for CSWS Research Grants
Carol Stabile, Director, Center for the Study of Women in Society, will answer questions about how to apply for grants through the Center.
Read more about CSWS grants on our Funding page. Find out about previous grant winners.
The Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship
As part of the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, and as a way of honoring the role that Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) played in the founding of CSWS, we are collaborating with the University of Oregon Knight Library and the Robert D. Clark Honors College (CHC) to create the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship. (Guidelines PDF)
Purpose: The intention of the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship is to encourage research within collections in the area of feminist science fiction.