Fall 2005

Gender, Race, and Militarization – Friday, October 28^th, EMU

10-11:30am – Panel Discussion: “Contesting Militarization: Global Perspectives” – Lakshmi Chaudhry, Lamia Karim, UO assistant professor of anthropology, Gwyn Kirk

12:30-1:45pm – Roundtable Discussions

• “Military Recruitment and Counter-Recruitment”: Carol Van Houten
  • “Militarization in the Classroom”: Simona Sharoni and Ron Smith
  • “Echoes from Latin America”: Lynn Stephen and Barbara Sutton
  • “Moral Vacuums: The Soldier-Citizen and the State”: Shaul Cohen and Leonard Feldman

2-3:30PM – Panel Discussion: “Homefronts and Homefires”, Cathrine Lutz, professor, Brown University, Karen Houppert, Bonnie Mann, UO assistant professor of philosophy

4-5:30pm – Keynote Address: US Congresswoman Barbara Lee: “Gender, Race, and Militarization: Toward a More Just and Effective Alternatives”

Reception to Follow

Brown Bag Lectures – Wednesdays, 12-1pm, Hendricks Hall 330

• October 19^th – “Hasta la Victoria: The Sandinista Revolution, Women, and Tourist Nicaragua”, Josh Fisher, graduate student, anthropology
• November 9^th – “The Hidden Baroque in Britain and the Gendering of Literary History”, Dianne Dugaw, professor, English
• November 30^th – “CSWS Grants: A Question and Answer Seminar,” Judith Musick, associate director, CSWS
• January 11^th, 2006 – “Underrepresented Perspectives on indigenous Cultural Survival in Southern Africa,” Holly Lemasurier, director, Africa and Oceania, Global Internships
• January 25^th, 2006 – “Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage in a Changing Papua New Guinea Society, Aletta Biersack, professor, anthropology

Women Without Borders: Stories of Resistance from around the World – A Film Series – Wednesdays at 7pm, 180 PLC Hall, starting September 28^th. Sponsored by the CSWS and the Sociology Film Collective. 

International Perspectives on Women, Gender, and Sexuality: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium – Wednesdays and Tuesdays, 12-1pm, starting October 5^th, Hendricks Hall 330.

Winter 2006

Brown Bag Lectures – Wednesdays 12-1pm, 330 Hendricks Hall

• January 11^th, 2006 – “Underrepresented Perspectives on Indigenous Cultural Survival in Southern Africa,” Holly Lemasurier, director, Africa and Oceania, Global Internships
• January 25^th, 2006 – “Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage in a Changing Papua New Guinea Society, Aletta Biersack, professor, anthropology
• February 8^th – “Diffusing Ideas: Intellectual Women in Paris since 1945”, Jennifer Duncan, graduate student, history, and instructor, Linn-Benton Community College
• February 22^nd – “Preventing Sexual Violence Against Women: The Role of Self-Defense Training” Jocelyn Hollander, assistant professor, sociology
• March 8^th – “Mysterious Women: Memory, Trauma, and Madness in the 19^th Century Sensation Narrative”, Katherine Brundan, graduate student, comparative literature

Class Questions: Feminist Answers with Joan Acker – Wednesday, January 18^th, 4-5:30pm, Knight Library Browsing Room

Road Scholars 

• January 18^th – Joan Acker, “Renewing Welfare Reform: Will Getting Tougher Reduce Poverty?”, noon at Linn-Benton Community College’s Multicultural Center
• January 31^st – Mary Anne Beecher, “Martha Stewart and the Tradition of Domestic Advice”, 1:30pm at OASIS, 100 Valley River Center, Eugene
• February 7^th – Dianne Dugaw: “As a Man She Persevered: Fighting & Sailing Women in Folksong”, noon at Linn-Benton Community College’s Multicultural Center
• February 9^th – Susan Hardwick, “Slavic Deams: The Russian and Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Oregon”, 1pm at Peterson Barn, 870 Berntzen Rd., Eugene
• February 14^th – Debra Gwartney, “In Their Own Words: Women Writing Memoir,” 1:30pm at OASIS, 100 Valley River Center, Eugene
• February 21^st - Susan Hardwick, “Slavic Deams: The Russian and Ukrainian Refugee Experience in Oregon”, 1:30pm at OASIS, 100 Valley River Center, Eugene
• February 24^th – Ellen Scott, “Up Against the World: Caring for Children with Disabilities”, noon at Linn-Benton Community College’s Multicultural Center
• February 28^th - Debra Gwartney, “In Their Own Words: Women Writing Memoir,” 1:30pm at River Road Park District, 100 Lake Dr., Eugene
• March 1^st – Mary Anne Beecher, “Martha Stewart and the Tradition of Domestic Advice”, Deschutes Public Library
• March 9^th – Regina Psaki, “Praise and Blame of Women in the Middle Ages,” 1:30pm at River Road Park District, 100 Lake Dr., Eugene

Spring 2006

“A Limit to Martha Nussbaum’s Universalist Ethics” – S. Charusheela, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa, April 13^th, 12pm, 330 Hendricks Hall

Noon Colloquium, “Resisting Racist and Gendered Exclusions: Crafting New Notions of Citizenship” – May 3^rd, Patricia McFadden, Cosby Endowed Chair in the Social Science and Women’s Research and Resource Center, Spelman College with Public Talk: “Plunder as State-craft: Militarism and Resistance in the Restructuring of the Neo-colonial African State in the Age of Neo-imperialism”, Browsing Room, Knight Library, 7pm

Road Scholars

• April 8^th – Stephanie Wood, “La Malinche”, Deschutes Public Library
• April 21^st - Mary Anne Beecher, “Martha Stewart and the Tradition of Domestic Advice”, Peterson Barn, Eugene
• April 28^th - Stephanie Wood, “Frida Kahlo”, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Chandler Building, Bend

Wednesdays at Noon, 12-1pm, 330 Hendricks Hall

• April 18^th – “River in the Sea: A Novel,” Tina Boscha, MFA, ’02 in creative writing, intoCareers research analyst, and LCC instructor of composition
• April 26^th – “Taxes are a Woman’s Issue: Reframing Public Discourse and Research Agendas,” Sandra Morgen, CSWS director and anthropology professor
• May 17^th – “Bias in Believing Accounts of Child Abuse: The Role of Participant Gender, Media, and Characteristics of Reported Abuse,” Lisa DeMarni Cromer, psychology graduate student

Farewell Party for Sandra Morgen, CSWS Director – May 10^th, 2006, 4:30-6:30pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art