1999 Fall From the Center and Margins

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1999 Fall Newsletter

Contents:

CSWS:

Pg 1 CSWS Offers Exciting Slate of Events

Pg 2 CSWS by Sandra Morgen, Director

Pg 2 CSWS Executive Committee, 1999-2000

Pg 3 The Politics of Work and Welfare Conference Attracts Scholars, Activists

Pg 3 Don't Miss the Fun! Reception for New Women Faculty and CSWS Affiliates

RIGS:

Pg 4-5 Our RIGs Will Take You Far 

  • Gender in Historical and TransNational China
  • Jewish Feminist Theory
  • Native American Communities
  • Rationality, Intuition and Gender
  • Reclaiming the Past
  • Sex, Gender, and the Law
  • Wired
  • Women and Gender in Vietnam
  • Women and Leadership in Education
  • Women and Media
  • Women and the Environment
  • Women, Work, and Economic Restructuring
  • Women's Health and Development

Program Updates:

Pg 6-7 Program Updates

  • Women in the Northwest, Sandra Morgen
  • Women's Health and Aging Research Initiative, SheryI Thorburn Bird
  • Feminist Humanities Project, Jan Emerson and Dan Gilfillan

Pg 7, 13 Kudos!

Creative Center:

Pg 8-9 The Conversation Begins: Scholars to Share Perspectives on Gender and Ecology by Lynne Fessenden

[The recording of Kamala Platt's Ecological Conversation "Redressing Environmental Racism" is available at the UO Library. The recording of Catriona Sandilands's Ecological Conversation "Raising Your Hand in the Council of All Beings: Ecofeminism and Citizenship" is available at the UO Library. The recording of Brinda Rao's Ecological Conversation "Remapping the Feminine Body: Vedic and Folkloric Conceptions of Divinity is available at the UO Library. The recording of Ohad Ezrahi's Ecological Conversation "Perspectives on the Myth of Lilith" is available in the UO Library. The recording of Saskia van Oosterhout's Ecological Conversation "A Tree Grows Only Where it Wants to = Muti moyo unomera paunod: A Spiritual Connection to Land in Rural Zimbabwe" is available at the UO Library.]

Research:

Pg 10-11 Research Profiles

  • Patricia Penn Hilden
  • Karen McPherson
  • Ellen Riordan

News:

Pg 12 CSWS Welcomes Finnish Researcher

Pg 12 Wednesdays at Noon

Pg 12 When Policy Matters...

Pg 13 IFU Wants You!

Awards:

Pg 14 Research Support Grants by Meredith Roberts Branch

Development:

Pg 15 From the Garden: Notes on Development by Judith Musick, Development Director

Author's Note:

Pg 16 Passionate Journeys: Why Successful Women Joined a Cult by Mimi Goldman

Publication Year
1999