Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

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: 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, May 21, 2025  |  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. Friday, May 30, 2025  |  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, June 4, 2025  |  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.