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Feb 16

Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America at William W. Knight Law Center

Princeton historian Margot Canaday will discuss her book, Queer Career, which explores the experiences of sexual minorities in the American workforce during the second half of the twentieth century. Canaday shows how LGBT history helps us understand the recent history of capitalism and labor and rewrites our understanding of the queer past.

Livestreaming is available for this event.

4:30pm

William W. Knight Law Center, 110

Mar 8

“How to Cope with Climate Anxiety: Saving the Earth and Saving Ourselves” at Erb Memorial Union (EMU)

Britt Wray’s fascinating and hopeful talk demonstrates the emotional and existential effects of living in a warming world—and how we can get through them together. Although anxieties surrounding the climate crisis can cause us to burn out, give up, and question deeply personal decisions like whether to have children, working through these anxieties can unlock a deep capacity to care for and act on climate issues. We need to look at the climate crisis as a whole—not just the political or technological issues, but the mental health consequences as well.

5:30pm

Erb Memorial Union (EMU)

Apr 18

Natalia Molina lecture

Natalia Molina is a professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California. Her research explores the intertwined histories of race, place, gender, culture, and citizenship. She is the author of How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts (UC Press, 2014) and Fit to Be Citizens?: Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879–1940 (UC Press, 2006).

7:00pm

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Margot Canaday to discuss sexual minorities and work Feb. 16

Pictured are Margot Canaday and her book

On February 16, Princeton historian Margot Canaday will discuss her book, Queer Career, which explores the experiences of sexual minorities in the American workforce during the second half of the twentieth century. Canaday shows how LGBT history helps us understand the recent history of capitalism and labor and rewrites our understanding of the queer past. The talk will be held 4:30–6 p.m. in the Knight Law Center, room 110, 1515 Agate St., Eugene. The event also will be livestreamed.

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For five decades we have funded feminist scholarship at the University of Oregon. Read about our present opportunities and past awards.

Research Matters looks at Antonina Raisanovsky's The Family

Tannaz Farsi wins 2022 Presidential Fellowship

Margot Canaday to discuss sexual minorities and work Feb. 16