February 16, 2023: Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America - 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. For more information.
March 8, 2023: "How to Cope with Climate Anxiety: Saving the Earth and Saving Ourselves" - Author and researcher Britt Wray will share practical tips and strategies for productively dealing with our emotions, living with climate trauma, and strengthening our communities so we can combat climate change together. For more information.
March 13, 2023: "The Right's Gender Wars and the Assault on Democracy" by Arlene Stein. For more information.
March 16, 2023: DISAPPOINTING beyond our ancestor's wildest dreams: Exhibit by The q[ch]Asm Collective. For more information.
April 14, 2023: Con Ganas: Latina Testimonios at an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution" by Bobbie Bermudez, Education. For more information.
April 18, 2023: 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. For more information.
April 24 - May 4, 2023: Ghost Forest, an exhibition by Eugene photographer Sarah Grew, featuring Jon Bellona’s sound installation Wildfire. For more information.
April 21, 2023: “Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Justice” Book talk by Crystal Littlejohn, Associate Professor, WGSS. For more information.
April 25, 2023: Native Ecologies, a panel discussion on Indigenous histories and approaches to fire management, knowledge production, and ecological stewardship with moderator Kirby Brown and panelists Kari Marie Norgaard, Joe Scott, and David G. Lewis. For more information.
May 2, 2023: Desire in the Aftermath of Environmental Violence, the 2023 CSWS Acker-Morgen Memorial Lecture with Professor Michelle Murphy (University of Toronto). For more information.
May 5, 2023: "'The Queen Who Will Reign': Chinese and Japanese American Beauty Pageants in 1950s Seattle" by Olivia Wing, Associate Professor, History. For more information.
May 12th-13th, 2023: Feminist Afterlives of Colonialism – an interdisciplinary conference on the topic of critical feminist approaches to the coloniality of gender. For more information.
May 12, 2023: “Can You See What I See? Affectively Gendered Bollywood Edition” by Murisha Habib, Comparative Literature. For more information.
May 16, 2023: Britney Wilson Lecture - Britney Wilson is a professor of Law and Director of The Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic at New York Law School. Born with Cerebral Palsy, Wilson has written and spoken extensively about disability and the intersection of race and disability. For more information.
June 1, 2023: Kitsch, Ornament, Allegory: Hello Kitty as Commonist Art” by Joyce Cheng, Associate Professor, Art. For more information.
June 2, 2023: Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots, by Monique Mojica. Using theatrical exploration as a way-of-knowing and learning, four actors enter into Mojica’s landmark play confronting the histories of Indigenous women of the Americas. For more information.