CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY
For more than 45 years CSWS has funded feminist scholarship at the University of Oregon. Our mission is simple: we create, fund, share, and support research that addresses the complicated nature of gender identities and inequalities.
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Bovilsky publishes new edition of Webster’s devilish play
Lara Bovilsky, associate professor of English, has a edited a new edition of John Webster's 1612...
Freyd settles pay equity lawsuit with UO
After more than four years of litigation, Jennifer Freyd and the University of Oregon announced on...
Book: The Suicide of Miss Xi, by Bryna Goodman
Bryna Goodman, professor of history, has a new book out at Harvard University Press, The Suicide...
Rhaisa Williams featured in CSWS Kitchen Table podcast
Episode 3 of Kitchen Table, a feminist podcast that aims to nourish the soul in troubled times, is...
Women’s Innovation Network addresses gender barriers
From Around the O—When it comes to women entrepreneurs and innovators, the numbers speak for...
McKenna discusses animal rights, responsibilities in new book
Philosophy professor Erin McKenna has a new book out, Living with Animals: Rights,...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Save the date: Oct. 6 New Women Faculty Welcome event
Mark you calendars for the 2021 New Women Faculty Welcome, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 6, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Ford Lecture Hall and North Courtyard of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. This annual event is sponsored by CSWS and the Office of the Provost. We've...
WOC presents Tara Fickle May 7
The CSWS Women of Color Project presents a discussion of The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities (NYU Press, 2019) by Tara Fickle, 3-5 p.m. Friday, May 7, 2021. Fickle is an associate professor of English, affiliated with Asian & Pacific...
April 14 talk on Indigenous women and violence
UO Professor Lynn Stephen, anthropology, and Shannon Speed (Chickasaw Nation), professor of gender studies and anthropology and director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA, will discuss their new edited book, Indigenous Women and Violence: Feminist Activist...
WOC presents Leilani Sabzalian April 23
The CSWS Women of Color Project presents a discussion of Indigenous Children’s Survivance in Public Schools (Routledge, 2020) by Leilani Sabzalian, 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2021. Sabzalian is an assistant professor of Indigenous Studies in Education and...
Mar. 13 WMC event: A Democracy Worth Fighting For
On Tuesday, April 13, from 12-2 p.m., the Wayne Morse Center presents, "A Democracy Worth Fighting For: A Conversation with Erica Smiley, Lisa Hubbard, and Margaret Hallock." In this conversation, longtime social and economic justice organizer Erica Smiley will...
Erica Rand Book Release Celebration Tuesday, Mar. 30
Join Erica Rand for a reading from her new book at 4 p.m. (PST) Tuesday, March. 30 via Zoom. In 2014-15, Professor Rand, Bates College, spent a sabbatical year in Eugene during the early years of her work on what is now her new book: The Small Book of Hip Checks: On...
