By The Numbers
- 2023-24 Events: 1,678 total attendance
- DuckFunder Campaign: $50,035 raised with 69 donors
- $97,000 Calderwood Foundation Grant
Highlights
- National and international speakers including Anita Hill, 2024 Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Tina Brown, acclaimed former editor of the New Yorker; and Diana Greene Foster, author of The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion
- Campus-wide collaborations with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Wayne Morse Center, School of Music and Dance, School of Journalism and Communication, UO Common Reading, Cinema Studies, Comics Studies, and UO Environment Initiative
- Concerts, art exhibits, film screenings, symposia, and more
Major Events
- “Haunting Ecologies: The Past, Present, and Future of Feminist and Indigenous Approaches to Forest Fire” panel, lecture, and art installation
- “Feminist Futures: An Evening of Song, Music, & Dance” performance
- “Artists, Constellations, and Connections: Feminist Futures” exhibit
- “Desire in the Aftermath of Environmental Violence” Acker-Morgen Memorial Lecture
- “CSWS Alumni Symposium: Celebrating Feminist Futures”
Fundraising Impact: New Undergraduate Initiatives
Initiative 1: CSWS Calderwood Undergraduate Seminars in Public Writing
The CSWS Calderwood seminars are designed to teach undergraduate students how to deeply listen to conflicting points of view so they can translate complex, specialized knowledge on women and intersectional gender issues for broad audiences across ideological divides. Launched in Spring 2025, CSWS will offer five seminars over three years with support from CSWS donors and the Calderwood Foundation.
Initiative 2: CSWS Undergraduate STEAM Summer Research Fellowships
Our undergraduate fellowship will create opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations among science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) fields on campus and to enhance pathways for underrepresented students in STEAM to succeed. CSWS provides grant funding for STEAM-field undergraduates and faculty mentors to partner on cross-disciplinary summer projects that support our mission. Launched in 2025, STEAM fellowships are possible through support from CSWS donors and the UO Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
50th Anniversary on YouTube
Reflections on Anita Hill: 2023-24 Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Tina Brown: 2024 Johnston Lecture Testimonials
Feminist Futures: An Evening of Song and Dance with SOMD Faculty
Feminist Futures at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
50th Anniversary End of Year Celebration
Check out the CSWS YouTube channel for more event highlights and amazing reflections on our 50 years of supporting feminist research and scholarship at the University of Oregon.
50th Events
Celebrating “Feminist Futures”
During 2023-24, the Center for the Study of Women and Society celebrated 50 years of enriching the University of Oregon community. In collaboration with departments and units across campus, we developed a year-long program of speakers, symposia, exhibits, performances, and more that speak to intersectional feminist research and our visions of social justice.
50th Information
Founded in 1973, CSWS celebrates 50 years of enriching the University of Oregon community with a year-long celebration themed “Feminist Futures” that includes invited speakers, exhibits, performances, and events.