Americas RIG
The purpose of this RIG is to strengthen the work of, and foster contact among, scholars interested in women in the Americas (that is, women in Latin America and Latinas in the U.S. and Canada) oin issues of gender, sexuality, and feminism. Our mission is to explore those topics from an interdisciplinary perspective and
look at how they intersect with key political processes, power structures, and cultural narratives. We are interested in diverse women's lives as shaped by the influence of gender, class, race, ethnicity, culture, nationhood projects, State policies, colonialism, and globalization. We hope to promote collaborative work and a stronger awareness and understanding of these themes within the university community.
The kind of activities this RIG would like to develop include the following:
-sharing members' writing and work-in progress
-reading selected authors' work
-watching and analyzing relevant films
-sponsoring brown bags
-inviting speakers or performers to campus
- developing one or more research centers abroad
Americas RIG Speaker:
June 1, 2007, 3:00 p.m., Knight Library Browsing Room
Priscilla Melendez, senior lecturer in Spanish at Yale University, will speak on De)Humanizing Humor: The Anthill of Life and Politics in the Theatre of Sabina Berman. Melendez has published widely on Latin American theater; her most recent book is "The Politics of Farce in Contemporary Spanish American Theatre," from North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures.
Sponsored by: CSWS (Americas RIG), Romance Languages, Latin American Studies Committee, and Theatre Arts.
Contacts for more information:
Analisa Taylor, Romance Languages, 541-346-5813
E-mail: analisa@uoregon.edu
or Stephanie Wood, CSWS,
Phone: (541) 346-5771
E-mail: swood@uoregon.edu
For info about special events associated with this RIG or information about other RIGs click on
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