Co-sponsored Events
updated March 12, 2008
All events are free and open to the public
Currents in Women's and Gender Studies
April 18, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - Lecture Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Art Museum
This year, please join us in welcoming Laura Perez, author of Chicana Art (Duke University Press, 2007), to campus on April 18, 2008, in the Jordan Schnitzer Art Museum, 11:00-1:30 (lunch provided to those who register in advance). Contact: monica@uoregon.edu, 346-55529.
Dr. Pérez, is associate professor of Ethnic Studies and, Spanish and Portugese at UC Berkley. Her teaching and research are in contemporary US Latina and Latin American women's writing; Chicana/o literature and visual arts; and contemporary cultural theory. Some of her published or forthcoming publications include:
- "Reconfiguring Nation and Identity: US Latin and Latin American Women's Oppositional Writings"
- "Reflections and Confessions on the 'Minority' and Post-Colonial Immigrant ID Tour"
- "For Love and Theory: An Ofrenda"
- "El desorden, Nationalism, and Chicana/o Aesthetics"
See the CSWS spring newsletter "CSWS Review" which will be on-line the 2nd week of April.
Margaret Randall - Reading and Booksigning: STONES WITNESS
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 4:00 p.m., Fir Room, Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Reception following at 5:30 p.m. in the Ben Linder Room (EMU)
Highly acclaimed poet, writer and activist, Margaret Randall will read from her recent book Stones Witness which explores connections to place. Her presentation will honor the life and spirit of Benjamin Linder.
Indigenous Literatures and Other Arts: A Symposium and Workshop
Friday-Saturday, May 2-3, 2008
Many Nations Longhouse
University of Oregon campus (behind the Law School)
This two-day symposium will bring together a diverse group of scholars, artists, and community members to investigate the potential relationships among Indigenous literatures, other arts practices, and arts and media scholarship.
For more information and to sign up go to: http://www.uoregon.edu/~engl/news/ and scroll down the page to the event information.
Sponsored by the English Department and co-sponsored by other UO departments including CSWS and the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
If you would like us to consider cosponsoring an event, please click here for the application form and directions.
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