Events

Highlights from our 50th Anniversary

In this recap, we invite you to celebrate some of our best events of the year, including Anita Hill and Tina Brown's visits to campus, as well as performances and exhibits that explore Feminist Futures at the University of Oregon.

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Co-sponsored Events

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Consortium of Oregon Diversity and Equity Scholars Conference

This mini-academic conference aims to bring together Diversity Science scholars from all disciplines, based in Oregon, to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, discuss strategies to reduce group-based discrimination, and promote the inclusion of marginalized groups. Event highlights include keynote speaker, networking sessions, short talks, poster sessions, and scholars from Univeristy of Oregon, Oregon State University, Portland State University, Reed College, and more. 

Sep 26 - 9:00am

Funding Info Session

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New CSWS fellowship offers a course release for research on gender

For AY 2026-27, the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) is launching a new research fellowship that provides University of Oregon faculty with one course release for a term of reduced or no teaching to pursue work on any aspect of the study of women and/or gender.

CSWS Speakers and Panels

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Gender as Target: US 2024 Elections and Aftermath

Graduate students reflect on a CSWS teach-in about gender and politics in the 2024 election cycle and how the new political landscape is shaping up for important feminist issues. 

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Moira Fradinger

CSWS Presents: Moira Fradinger

CSWS spoke with Moira Fradinger, associate professor of comparative literature at Yale University, on the occasion of her talk, "A Decolonial Reading: The Case of Latin American Antígonas," on October 18, 2024, at the University of Oregon. 
 

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Darshana Mini

CSWS Presents: Darshana Mini

Darshana Mini is an assistant professor in communications arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and recently published the book Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India (2024). She presented her talk "Madakarani as Screen Pleasure: Scandal and Soft-Porn Imaginary" on October 25, 2024, at the University of Oregon . 

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CSWS Event Highlights

Pirctured, from left, are Akiko Hatakeyama, Barbara Lima, and Shannon Mockli.

Feminist Futures: Moments from the CSWS 50th Anniversary

Right from the start, CSWS leaders, affiliates, and collaborators imagined our 50th anniversary as an opportunity to reach beyond the usual partnerships. From the UO Environmental Initiative to the School of Music and Dance, and from UO Common Reading to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, we built a program of events that speak to the ways that intersectional feminism informs research, scholarship, and creative production across the University of Oregon and shapes our collective visions of social justice. 
A clip of the poster for Arlene Stein's talk "The Right's Gender Wars and the Assault on Democracy"

Reflections on Gender, Sexuality, and Power

CSWS sponsored three talks during winter and spring 2023. We invited five of our graduate student affiliates below to share some thoughts on the talks’ themes.

February 16: “Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America”

March 13: “The Right’s Gender Wars and the Assault on Democracy”

April 21: “Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics”

Raka Ray / photo by Jack Liu

Reflecting on the 2022 Acker–Morgen Memorial Lecture

This spring, CSWS resumed the Acker–Morgen Memorial Lecture series after winter weather and pandemic conditions had thwarted the event for the last three years. On May 20, we were thrilled to welcome on campus Dr. Raka Ray, a professor of sociology and South and Southeast Asia studies and dean of social sciences at UC Berkeley. She specializes in gender and feminist theory, domination and inequality, the emerging middle classes, and social movements. Below, political science graduate student Olivia Atkinson offers a personal reflection on Ray’s talk:  

Coming Attractions: CSWS Events Calendar

UO Collaborations: Speaker Highlights

Interview with UO Common Reading Author, Dr. Diana Greene Foster
Tina Brown | 2024 Johnston Lecture Testimonials
Interview with Arlene Stein
Interview with Literary Agent, Anjali Singh, and Comic Artist, Shay Mirk