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Durba Mitra: What If Gathering Together Liberated Us? Nov 4, 2026

CSWS Spotlight: Erica Bornstein Nov 4, 2026

2025 Research Fellows: Joyce Chen Oct 19, 2026

CSWS Spotlight: Katya Hokanson Oct 12, 2026

2025 Research Fellows: Audrey Lucero Jun 25, 2026

2025 Research Fellows: Precious Adejumobi Jun 25, 2026

2025 Research Fellows: Ogbonnaya Okoro Jun 25, 2026

CSWS Spotlight: Eleanor Paynter May 11, 2026

2025 STEAM Fellows: Anisha Srinivasan May 11, 2026

2026 CSWS Research Interest Groups May 11, 2026

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Upcoming Events

Nov 13

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Feminist Futures Roundtable (PDX)

The 49th Annual Utopian Studies Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon on Nov. 12–14, 2026, with the Center for the Study of Women in Society as its local sponsor.

Nov 13 - 3:15pm

TBD

Nov 20

Info Session: Graduate Student Grants

On Friday, Nov. 20, Director Sangita Gopal will host a research grants information session for graduate students new to the CSWS grant funding process. In the session, Gopal will explain the grant funding cycle and what kinds of research and creative work related to gender qualify for CSWS funding.

NOTE TIME CHANGE: The info session will be held 2–3 p.m. in the CSWS Jane Grant Room (Hendricks 330) and on Zoom.

Nov 20 - 2:00pm

Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

Dec 4

2026 CSWS Community Holiday Party

The Center for the Study of Women in Society invite you to our annual Community Holiday Party for women, feminist-identified, and allied faculty of all genders. Come to the reception to meet new and current faculty, to learn about one another’s research and work, and to inspire collaboration, community, and support across campus.

Please RSVP by Nov. 20.

Dec 04 - 4:00pm

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Oct 30, 2026

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Nov. 20 info session for grad student fellowships

As the 2027–28 grant funding cycle rapidly approaches, CSWS will be hosting an information session and a grant writing workshop to support graduate students through the funding application process.

Oct 26, 2026

Calderwood Seminars to explore gender across society and genres

CSWS is in our final year of sponsoring undergraduate Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing on gender-related topics across several departments at the University of Oregon. The Center has collaborated on seminars with faculty from the departments of History, Comparative Literature, English, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Women’s, Sexuality, and Gender Studies.

Oct 19, 2026

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CSWS to host Fall Open House Nov. 6

The University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) invites students, faculty, staff, alumni, community partners, and friends to its Fall Open House from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in the CSWS Jane Grant Room, Hendricks Hall 330.

Oct 16, 2026

Faculty fellowship applications due Oct. 26 for AY 2027–28

Applications are now available for 2027–28 CSWS Faculty Research Fellowships, which provide University of Oregon faculty with one course release for a term of reduced or no teaching to pursue work on any aspect of the study of women and/or gender.

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