Newsletter Archives

Currently available are Winter 2001 through Spring 2008.



    Spring 1997 

    Pg 1 CSWS Research Initiatives Launched

    Pg 6-7 Third Annual RIG-A-Fair: Engaging Feminisms

    Pg 8-9 Medieval Designs

    Pg 10 Sex Differences in Workplace Dispute Resolution

    Pg 10 The New Woman and the New Writing

    Pg 11 Exploring Scholarships and Activism

    Pg 16 (Book) Full Court Press

    Autumn 1997

    Pg 1 Girls, Generations, and Globalization

    Pg 6-7 Engendering Rationalities: Dialog Across the Disciplines

    Pg 8 Feminist Humanities Project

    Pg 10 Breaking Down Boundaries

    Pg 10 Representation as a Political Practice

    Pg 11 Research on Gender and Organizational Change

    Pg 16 (Book) Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation

    Winter 1998

    Pg 1 Girls at the Center: Creating a New Research Agenda

    Pg 6 Teaching the Past in the Present

    Pg 8-9 Women’s Health and Aging Research Initiative

    Pg 16 (Book) “13 to 30” Bridges Issued

    Spring 1998

    Pg 1 The Long Reach of Research

    Pg 3 Feminist Voices and Visions

    Pg 6-7 Girls, Generations, and Globalization

    Pg 8-9 Women in the Northwest Research Initiative

    Pg 10 Research Profile: Anna Dhu McLucas

    Pg 10 Research Profile: Julie Navkov

    Pg 11 Research Profile: Deborah Sang

    Pg 16 (Book) Between Jesus and the Market

    Autumn 1998

    Pg 1 CSWS Lands $250,000 Grant

    Pg 3 “Border Lies” to Look at the Future of Backlash

    Pg 8-9 New CSWS Publications Focus on Women, Families, and Communities
    Policy Matters: A New Series; Status of Women in Oregon: A Sourcebook

    Pg 10 Profile: Molly Johnson

    Pg 10 Profile: Anne Simons

    Pg 11 Profile: Lynn Stephen

    Pg 12 In Memoriam: Marsha Ritzdorf, 1946-98

    Pg 13 UO Hosts Trauma Meeting

    Pg 16 (Book) Gender and the Poetics of Excess: Moments of Brocade

    Winter 1999

    Pg 1 “Border Lies” Takes Center Stage

    Pg 8-9 CSWS Grants of Success

    Pg 10 Profile: Annette Bridges

    Pg 10 Profile: Alison Snyder

    Pg 11 Profile: Mia Tuan

    Pg 16 (Book) Witches and Witchcraft

    Spring 1999

    Pg 1 Low-Wage Work to Get High Profile

    Pg 3 Jane Grant Exhibit is the Talk of the Town

    Pg 7 The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion in the United States

    Pg 8-9 Border Lies Notebook

    Pg 10 Profile: Maram Epstein

    Pg 10 Profile: Patricia Halliday

    Pg 11 Profile: Jocelyn Hollander

    Pg 12 Remembering Izzie Harbaugh

    Pg 16 (Book) The Love Debate Poems of Christine de Pizan

    Autumn 1999

    Pg 3 The Politics of Work and Welfare Conference Attracts Scholars, Activists

    Pg 8-9 The Conversation Begins: Scholars to Share Perspectives on Gender and Ecology

    Pg 10 Profile: Patricia Penn Hilden

    Pg 10 Profile: Karen McPherson

    Pg 11 Profile: Ellen Riordan

    Pg 16 (Book) Passionate Journeys: Why Successful Women Joined a Cult

    Winter 2000

    Pg 4 Profile: Alison J. Ball

    Pg 4 Profile: Ellen Herman

    Pg 6-7 Listening to and Learning From Women About New Reproductive Technologies

    Pg 8 University Faculty Members to Join Conversation on Gender and Ecology

    Pg 11 Feminist Scholarship Crosses Borders

    Pg 12 (Book) A Law of Her Own

    Summer 2000

    Pg 1 More Work on Welfare Follows Conference

    Pg 2 Center View: S. Marie Harvey and Sheryl Thorburn Bird

    Pg 3 The Ecology of Dialogue

    Pg 6-7 Words on Work, Welfare, and Politics

    Pg 12 (Book) Wide Sargasso Sea

    Autumn 2000

    Pg 1 Taking Nature Seriously: Citizens, Science, and Environment

    Pg 2 Center View: Sandra Morgan

    Pg 6-7 Where There’s a Web, There’s a Way

    Pg 9 The Conversation Continues

    Pg 11 What’s love Got to Do With It? A Role of Men in Women’s Reproductive Health

    Pg 12 (Book) Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays

    Winter 2001 

    Pg 1 CSWS Researchers Receive $1 Million Grant

    Pg 2 Women of Excellence

    Pg 3 Transformations: Women in History 2001

    Pg 6-7 Creating Common Ground for Uncommon Dialogue

    Pg 8 CSWS Welcomes Resident Felows in the Ecological Conversations Program: Anne Carr; Giovanna Di Chiro; Joni Seager

    Pg. 9 Report from Vietnam

    Pg 12 (Book) Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West

    Spring 2001

    Pg 1 “Taking Nature Seriously” Proves Fertile Ground

    Pg 2 Policy Matters Preview

    Pg 3 CSWS Offers Perspectives on Welfare

    Pg 4 RIGs Sponsor Two Conferences: Feminism Unbound; Gender in Motion;

    pg 6-7 Summer Reading: New Books by CSWS Affiliates

    Pg 12 (Book) Playing It Safe: How the Supreme Court Sidesteps Hard Cases and Stunts the Development of Law

    Fall 2001

    Pg 1 A Crowning Year of Conversations

    Pg 2 An Ecological Conversation with Giovanna Di Chiro

    Pg 3 Do Conspiracy Beliefs Foster High-Risk Behaviors?

    Pg 6-7 Road Notes: The Feminist Humanities Project Does England

    Pg 9 Fall Fellows Hail from Pacific Nations: Imelda Bacado; Veronica Brady

    Pg 12 (Book) Constituting Workers, Protecting Women; Gender, Law, and Labor in the Progressive Era and New Deal Years

    Winter 2002

    Pg 1 No Longer WHARI

    Pg 2 An Ecological Conversation with Veronica Brady

    Pg 6-7 Getting Off Welfare is Only Half the Battle. The other Half is Living Off Welfare.

    Pg 8 FHP Bring “Humanities Computing” Scholar to the University of Oregon

    Pg 9 Sacred Conversations Continue: Edrie Sobstyl; Nimachia Hernandez

    Pg 11 War on Terrorism Should Not Attack AIDS Prevention

    Pg 12 (Book) Power and Civil Society in Pakistan

    Spring 2002

    Pg 1 Women in the Northwest Tackle Welfare “Reform”

    Pg 2 An Ecological Conversation with Nimachia Hernamdez

    Pg 6-7 Creating Common Ground for Uncommon Dialogue

    Pg 8 New $275,000 Grant From NIH to Fund Conspiracy Beliefs Study

    Pg 9 Researching Green Nuns

    Pg 12 (Book) Uncontained: Urban Fiction in Postwar America

    Fall 2002

    Pg 1 Creativity Collaboration, Communities- Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future

    Pg 4 Native American Communities RIG

    Pg 6 CSWS Launches New Community Partnership Program

    Pg 11 A Conversation with Jan Eliot- CSWS’s First Community Member

    Pg 12 (Book) Into Our own Hands: The Women’s Health Movement in the United States, 1969-1990

    Spring 2003

    Pg 1 Acting Director Praises Center’s Collaboration Model

    Pg 2 CSWS Publishes Third Policy Matters: Understanding Medical Abortion

    Pg 4 Social Sciences Feminist Network RIG

    Pg 6-7 CSWS and Knight Library- Collaborations Build Virtual Collections

    Pg 9 In the Wake of Welfare Reform: The Work Continues

    Pg 10 CSWS Support Makes a Difference!

    Pg 12 (Book) Trauma and Cognitive Science

    Fall-Winter 2003

    Pg 1 Interrogating Security: Campus Collaborations Promote Critical Inquiry

    Pg 4 Reclaiming the Past: the Best Research Interest Group in History

    Pg 6-7 Former CSWS Directors Stay Centered: Three Decades of Success

    Pg 8 Initiative Updates

    -Feminist Humanities Project

    -Women in the Northwest

    -Research Program on Women’s Health

    Pg 11 Lectureship Will Honor Oregon Ecologist Joy Belsky

    Pg 12 (Book) Philosophy of Science and Race

    Spring 2004

    Pg 1 The Borders of Human Security: Bringing Geopolitics Home

    Pg 2 CSWS Recieves National Award

    Pg 4 The Healing Arts

    Pg 6-7 Joy Belsky Lecture Unites Visionary Theorists and Activists

    Pg 9 First Adoption History Site Launched

    Pg 10 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship Winner Barbara Sutton Pursuing Research in Argentina

    Pg 12 (Book) Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature

    Fall-Winter 2004-5

    Pg 1 Interrogating Race, Gender, and Militarization: Grant Supports New Collaboration between Women’s and Gender Studies and CSWS

    Pg 4 The Feminist Philosophy RIG

    Pg 6-7 The Borders of Human Security: Geopolitics Comes Home

    Pg 12 (Book) The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China

    Winter-Spring 2005

    Pg 1-2 Vigilant Attention to Race, Gender, Ethnicity and Higher Education: A March Panel Discussion Features Three Dynamic Speakers: Gertrude Fraser; Yolanda Moses; Norma Cantu

    Pg 3 It’s Time for a Pro-Woman Tax System

    Pg 4 Violence, Gender, and Society RIG: Celebrating a Successful November Forum

    Pg 6 Feminist Scholar M. Jacqui Alexander to Speak on Transnational Feminism

    Pg 7 Rethinking Security: Gender, Race, and Militarization Colloquium

    Pg 9 Chandra Mohanty to Speak on Global Feminism and Third-World Women

    Pg 10 Finding Treasures Online: The Virtual Mesoamerican Archive

    Pg 11 A Road Scholar’s Story: Presenting Frida Kahlo at Womenspace

    Pg 12 (Book) Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You

    Fall 2005

    Pg 3 Professor Calls for New Focus on Child Abuse

    Pg 3 Marie Harvey Named One of Oregon’s women of Achievement

    Pg 4 The National Psyche and War: An Examination of Gender, Race, and Militarization

    Pg 5 Military by the Numbers

    Winter 2006

    Pg 2 On race and Militarization

    Pg 4-5 Class, Race, Gender, and The History of the West

    Pg 8 (Book) Gender in Motion

    Spring 2006

    Pg 4-5 The Political Force in Africa

    Pg 6 Historian Solinger to Speak at Symposium

    Pg 8 (Book) Class Questions: Feminist Answers

    Fall 2006

    Pg 2 A Conversation wit the UO’s First Woman Provost

    Pg 4-5 Gender, Race, and Militarization in the Pacific Islands

    Pg 8 (Book) Zapotec Women: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Globalized Oaxaca

    Winter 2007

    Pg 2 In Memoriam: Rob Proudfoot and Steve Swenson

    Pg 4-5 Women’s Voices and the Collective Declaration of Protest in Oaxaca

    Pg 8 (Book) Thresholds of Belonging

    Spring 2007

    Pg 2 New Society for Feminist Phenomenology in Formation

    Pg 3 CSWS Spotlight: Hannah Goldrich

    Pg 4-5 Empire in the Twenty-First Century: Emergence, Contestation, and Gender

    Pg 7 Intimate Partner Violence, Gender and Methamphetamine Conference

    Pg 8 (Book) Women’s Liberation and the Sublime: Feminism, Postmodernism, and Environment

    Fall 2007

    Pg 3 CSWS Spotlight: Margaret Lehrman

    Pg 4-5 Planting the Seeds of Excellence: CSWS Awards $2 Million in Research Funding

    Pg 8 (Book) Composer Libby Larsen’s Women of the Wild West

    Winter 2008

    Pg 2 In Memoriam – Miriam M. Johnson

    Pg 3 Title IX Turns Thirty-Five

    Pg 4-5 The Virgin, The “Concubine,” and the Computer: CSWS Hosts National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institution for Teachers

    Pg 7 Taking it on the Road: CSWS Road Scholars Program

    Pg 8 (Book) Women Defending the Plaza: Gender, Citizenship, and the Politics of Place

    Spring 2008

    Pg 2 CSWS Receives Grant From the National Council for Research on Women for Mentoring Junior Faculty Women of Color

    Pg 3 Barbara Corrado Pope Launches New Career as a Novelist

    Pg 4-6 Conference on Gender, Families, and Latino Immigration on Oregon

    Pg 7 First UO Society for Interdisciplinary Feminst Phenomenology Institute on May 28-30

    Pg 8 (Book) Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States