Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

CSWS Research Interest Group Info Session

Graduate students and faculty are invited to apply for up to $1,000 in funding to organize CSWS Research Interest Groups (RIGs) for the 2025-26 academic year. An info session for prospective and returning RIG applicants will be held 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 9 in the CSWS Jane Grant Room (330 Hendricks Hall).

Apr 09 - 3:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Moe Gámez and Madison Fowler

"Remembering Queer and Trans of Color Resistance at Stonewall National Monument" — This project contends with the National Park Service’s investment in constructing a liberal, multicultural American national identity through the 2016 designation of Stonewall National Monument.

Apr 11 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Malvya Chintakindi

"In Pursuit of 'Good Life': Gender, Caste and Class in India's Shadow Economy" – This ethnographic inquiry investigates how class, caste and gender intersect in urban slums of Hyderabad, South India, to shape aspirations for “good life” for lower caste (Dalit, historically categorized as untouchables) women engaged in the informal labor sector which constitutes a whopping 80 percent of the Indian workforce.

Apr 16 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Spring Open House

Join us for a Spring Open House at the Center for the Study of Women in Society!

We’re excited to invite our affiliates, friends, and community members to a special gathering where we can share inspiration, celebrate our collective work, and renew our commitment to advancing feminist research and social change.

Come connect with others who are passionate about supporting CSWS’s mission and to learn more about the impact we are making in the community and beyond.

Apr 18 - 3:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Bex MacFife

"The Case of the Missing Clitoris: Dis/attending to Sex and Pleasure in Healthcare" — In US healthcare, discussing sex is a fraught endeavor; in many cases it’s easier to just avoid it entirely. Thus sex and pleasure are usually not considered on their own but for what they may say about reproduction, pain, or disease. Professional norms to avoid sex and pleasure ostensibly protect parties from sexual violence and undue discomfort, but people trying so hard not to be sexually inappropriate risk missing out on important information and possible solutions.

Apr 25 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Sammy Plezia

“‘Girls should be like this’: Impacts of Beauty Standards on Adolescent Girls in Goa, India” — Body dissatisfaction is a well-established risk factor for eating disorders, depression, and substance use, especially during adolescence. Body dissatisfaction is unusually prevalent among Indian adolescent girls—a high concern considering India is home to one-fifth of the world’s adolescent population (25 years or younger). Yet what we currently know about body dissatisfaction in India mainly comes from research with adults in urban areas using quantitative methods.

Apr 30 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Marjorie Celona

Save the date! CSWS research fellow Marjorie Celona discusses her latest work, "The Year of X: A Novel." Celona is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon.

12–1 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 12  |  330 Hendricks Hall |  1408 University Street, Eugene

May 09 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Gretchen Nihill

Save the date! CSWS research fellow Gretchen Nihill discusses her project, "Compounding Safety Cues for Women of Color." Nihill is a psychology doctoral student at the University of Oregon.

12–1 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 12  |  330 Hendricks Hall |  1408 University Street, Eugene

May 21 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Yuan Fang

Save the date! CSWS research fellow Yuan Fang discusses her project, "Bronze Mirrors: Serving the Beautiful or the Powerful? Viewing Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China from a Gender Archaeology Perspective." Fang is an anthropology graduate student at the University of Oregon.

12–1 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 12  |  330 Hendricks Hall |  1408 University Street, Eugene

May 30 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Noon Talk: Rhiannon Lindgren

Save the date! This year's CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow winner Rhiannon Lindgren discusses her project, "Revolutionary Love and Reproductive Struggles: Feminist Politics of Care for the Queer Future." Lindgren is a philosophy PhD candidate at the University of Oregon.

12–1 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 12  |  330 Hendricks Hall |  1408 University Street, Eugene

Jun 04 - 12:00pm
Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

CSWS Events

CSWS events include a Noon Talk series, special speakers, film series, colloquiums, conferences, and more.

  • Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of CSWS Research Grants. These scholarly topics span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender. These are usually held in our Jane Grant Conference Room in Hendricks Hall.
  • Research Interest Groups host many events during the year, usually special speakers or presentations, and occasionally a conference.
  • Special speakers and film screenings address CSWS's annual themes in the Lorwin Lecture series, the Acker-Morgen Lecture series, the Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium series, the Queer Studies Lecture series and other CSWS-sponsored events.
  • Co-sponsored Events highlights gender-related events on campus that we support.
  • See our archive of past events for more information.

For information on upcoming events or co-sponsorships, contact csws@uoregon.edu.