2016-17 Events

Fall 2016

Lorwin Lectureship Series Events:

  • October 13th-14th - Cherrie Moraga, “The Last Exhale of Our Mother’s Breath”, The ‘Work’ of the First Generation Writer
    • Keynote for the Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and an activist methods workshop for faculty and graduate students.
  • November 9th - “Transformative Philanthropy,” a forum on the unique and particular ways in which social justice philanthropy - both fundraising and grantmaking - can bring, and has brought about, social change for women, LGBTQ people, and people of color.
    • Featuring Gabriel Foster, co-founder and Executive Director, Trans Justice Funding Project; Kris Hermanns, CEO, Pride Foundation; and Carol Tatch, Major Giving Director, MRG Foundation.

Noon Talks:

Jane Grant Conference Room, Hendricks Hall 330

  • October 26th - Joan Haran, “Imaginactivism: Science Fiction and Social Justice Projects.”
  • November 7th - CSWS Graduate Coffee Hour & Grants Information Session with Q&A

Events:

  • October 4th - 4-5:30PM, Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, Welcome Reception for New Women Faculty 

Winter 2017

Lorwin Lectureship Series Events:

  • Janurary 23rd - Saru Jayaraman, “Food First: Justice, Security, and Sovereignty”, a keynote lecture and panel discussion focused on food justice issues.

Events:

  • March 3rd - 6th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “Women and Work: Stories of the Great Migration,” featuring Ayana Mathis
    • Talk with Ayana Mathis, Downtown Eugene Public Library
    • Light reception, JSMA Ford Lecture Hall
    • Panel with Ayana Mathis, JSMA Ford Lecture Hall
    • Keynote talk with Ayana Mathis, Downtown Eugene Public Library

Spring 2017

Lorwin Lectureship Series Events:

  • May 25th - Michelle McKinley, “Fractional Freedoms” Book Celebration
    • Keynote talk and panel discussions to celebrate CSWS director Michelle McKinley’s new book, Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700.

Events:

  • April 13th - JSMA Ford Lecture Hall, Américas Research Interest Group Roundtable, “Achieving Justice: Gendered Violence, Displacement, and Legal Access in Guatemala and Oregon.”
  • April 24th - 3:30PM, Knight Library, Browsing Roomm Evelyn Nakano Glenn, inaugural CSWS Acker-Morgen Memorial Lecture: “Settler Colonial Legacies: Racialized and Gendered U.S. Citizenship.” 

  • June 6th - Knight Library Browsing Room, Imagining Freedom Teach-In Series, "The Big Picture: Structural Racism, Equity & Intersectionality,” with Rinku Sen. Sponsored by Ethnic Studies & cosponsored by CSWS.