2018-19 Events

Fall 2018

Events:

  • September 24th - 2:00PM, Lewis Lounge, Knight Law Center, Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium: “The Invisible #MeToos: The fight to end sexual violence against America’s most vulnerable workers,” with investigative reporter Bernice Yeung.
  • October 3rd - 12:00PM, Room 110, Knight Law Center, Panel Discussion: “Trans* Law: Opportunities and Futures,” with Paisley Currah, Professor, Brooklyn College & CUNY and Asaf Orr, Attorney, National Center for Lesbian Rights. Moderator: Beatrice Dohrn, Director, Nonprofit Clinic, UO School of Law.
  • October 9th - 4-5:30PM, Gerlinger Lounge, Welcome Reception New Women Faculty
  • October 17th - 3:30PM, EMU 230, Swindells Room, “Written/Unwritten: On the Promise and Limits of Diversity and Inclusion,” Patricia Matthew, Montclair State University.
  • October 25th - 12:30PM, Gerlinger Lounge, “Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina.” Barbara Sutton, University at Albany, SUNY.
  • November 30th - 12:00PM, Knight Law School, Room 175, “Gender and Climate Change,” Joane Nagel, University of Kansas. 

Winter 2019

Common Reading Program: 

Author Thi Bui, “The Best We Could Do”

  •  January 30th - 5:30-8:00PM, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Artist Reception and Book Signing featuring Thi Bui
  • January 31st - Ford Alumni Center Guistina Ballroom, Thi Bui Public Conversation with Dr. Tuong Vu, Political Science, and Dr. Lynn Fujiwara, Ethnic Studies
  • February 1st - 11:00AM-12:00PM, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Ford Lecture Hall, Live reading of The Best We Could Do with Thi Bui, followed by Q&A.
  • February 1st - Teaching Engagement Program: Faculty Workshop on Engaging Comics in the Classroom, facilitated by Thi Bui.

Events:

  • February 11–12 Allyship Trainings: Attorney Janée Woods Many Nations Longhouse. 1630 Columbia St. 8:30 am – 1 pm on 2/11/19. 9 am – 3 pm on 2/12/19. Must pre-register.
  • February 27th - 4-5:30PM, Straub Hall, Room 156, “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History,” with author Walidah Imarisha.
  • March 7th - 2:30-4:30PM, Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium: “Facing the Dragon,” Christen Smith, University Texas, Austin. 

Spring 2019

Events:

  • April 25th - Ford Lecture Hall, JSMA, Acker-Morgen Lecture: “Masculinity and Capitalism: A Brief History of the Rise and Fall of a Foundational Relationship,” Raka Ray, University of California, Berkeley.
  • May 9th - Queer Studies Lecture: “Convergence, Dissymmetry, Duplicity: Enactments of Queer of Color Critique in the Era of Administrative Violence,” Chandan Reddy, University of Washington.