CSWS director Michelle McKinley named Williams Fellow with two other faculty
Three University of Oregon faculty members have been awarded 2018-19 Williams Fellowships
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CSWS advisory board member Andrea Herrera interviewed for New York Magazine
April 3, 2018—CSWS advisory board member Andrea P. Herrera was interviewed as a sociologist and parent for one of New York Magazine's current cover stories: “It's a Theyby! Raising the Gender Creative Child.” Her comments appear toward the middle of the article and beyond.
Herrera is a doctoral candidate in the UO Department of Sociology and and an instructor in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Provost awards new Knight Chair to professor of anthropology Lynn Stephen
From Around the O
March 22, 2018—UO anthropology professor Lynn Stephen, a renowned scholar of Latin American studies, has been awarded a prestigious Philip H. Knight Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ana-Maurine Lara’s poetry book a finalist for Lambda Literary Award
March 6, 2018—Kohnjehr Woman, a book of poetry by , has been nominated as a finalist for the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards.
Lara, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon and a CSWS faculty affiliate, is an award-winning poet and fiction writer whose novels include Erzulie’s Skirt (RedBone Press 2006) and When the Sun Once Again Sang to the People (KRK Ediciones 2011).
In Memory: Ursula K. Le Guin
January 23, 2018—Like so many others, we are saddened to learn of the passing on Monday of the great writer Ursula K. Le Guin. The news came through a breaking news announcement in the New York Times.
7th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium
Laila Lalami, award-winning novelist and a columnist for The Nation, will read portions of her book The Moor’s Account, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
“Defective and Deficient: Thinking about ‘Bad’ Bodies” — Eli Clare
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. Free event Limited seating
“All too many people and communities are named defective and deficient in a thousand different ways. Those words are weapons used to create ‘bad’ and disposable body-minds. Through poetry, storytelling, and history, Eli Clare unpacks the power of ‘defective,’ exploring how it is rooted in ableism and wielded by white supremacy to strengthen racism.”
Queer History Lecture features Princeton scholar Regina Kunzel
Regina Kunzel holds the Doris Stevens Chair and is professor of History and Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University. Kunzel’s work focuses on histories of sexuality in carceral spaces, and on the twined histories of sexual deviance and normalcy. Kunzel’s most recent book, Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2008), received many awards including the Lambda Literary Award, the American Historical Association’s John Boswell Prize, and the MLA’s Alan Bray Memorial Book Award.
Priscilla Ovalle — “From Black Hair to Black Panther: Collaborative Scholarship and Thinking through Cinematic Blackness”
McKenzie Hall Room 375 1101 Kincaid St. UO Campus
Laila Lalami columnist for The Nation to headline CSWS NW Women Writers Symposium
Laila Lalami will be our keynote speaker for the 7th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium on April 25. Her keynote talk is titled “The Border and Its Meaning: Forgotten Stories.” In an addition to being an award-winning novelist and a Pulitzer finalist, Lalami writes the “Between the Lines” column for The Nation.
Celebrating Research: CSWS Faculty Affiliates
Erb Memorial Union Crater Lake North
CSWS Faculty Affiliates at the University of Oregon
Celebrating Research 2018
Alphabetical Listing of Faculty with Book & Documentary Film Publications 2014-2018
sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society in conjunction with the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs
On the Frontlines of the Gig Economy: Organizing Taxi Workers under Ubernomics
Portland 7 pm Wednesday, May 2 SEIU 503 Hall, 401 SE Foster Rd.
Eugene 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3 Ford Alumni Center 1720 E. 13th Ave.
Featuring , executive director and found member of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance
“Bourgeois Extreme: Genre and Global Flows,” a talk by Sangita Gopal
300 Villard Hall 1109 Old Campus Lane University of Oregon
Sangita Gopal, associate professor of cinema studies, will present a talk entitled “Bourgeois Extreme: Genre and Global Flows” as part of the Department of Comparative Literature’s “What Matters To Me” series on Friday, May 11, at 4:00 p.m.
Professor Gopal teaches in the Department of Cinema Studies, the Department of English, and the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon.
Workshop: Get a Life, PhD — led by Tanya Golash-Boza
Jane Grant Conference Room Hendricks Hall 330 1408 University St. By invitation only RSVP: cswsevents@uoregon.edu
2018 CSWS Acker-Morgen Lecture: Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California, will deliver the 2018 CSWS Acker-Morgen Lecture. Dr. Parreñas "is an ethnographer whose research examines experiences of migrant workers from the Philippines. Her earlier works examined the constitution of gender in women’s migration. Her more recent works focus on the construction of migrant workers as ‘unfree laborers.’
Professors Kristin Yarris & Rhacel Parrenas to discuss Yarris's recent book
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall 1408 University St. UO campus
CLLAS Symposium “Justice Across Borders: Gender, Race and Migration in the Americas”
Events take place at: Knight Library, Browsing Room and Gerlinger Lounge Time: 9 am to 7:30 pm Free & open to the public
For the full schedule, go to: “Justice Across Borders: Gender, Race and Migration in the Americas”
Sarah Seo: “Policing Everyman: How Cars Transformed American Freedom”
Knight Law Center Lewis Lounge, 1515 Agate St. UO campus Printable poster PDF
Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium
“Policing Everyman: How Cars Transformed American Freedom”Speaker: Sarah A. Seo, Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Law
Khiara Bridges: The Poverty of Privacy Rights
Join us for the Inaugural Lecture: Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium. Khiara Bridges teaches at Boston University with a joint appointment in the School of Law and the Anthropology Department.
Eileen Otis: Labor Research Colloquium Speaker Series
Miller Room
Erb Memorial Union
1222 E. 13th Ave.
“Walmart in China: How are Chinese workers confronting the world’s largest company?”
A Lecture Series Sponsored by the UO Labor Education & Research Center Spring 2018
Sharon Luk: Book Release for “The Life of Paper”
Alder 111 Alder Building 15th & Alder
The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity
Author: Sharon Luk, Assistant Professor, UO Department of Ethnic StudiesA Book Symposium with Discussants:
TIME CHANGED TO 10 A.M. for Shoniqua Roach, “Unpacking Pariah(s): The Black Queer Feminist Liberation Plot and the Politics of Black (Sexual) Articulation”
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall UO campus Printable PDF
CSWS Works-in-Progress Talk: NOTE THE TIME CHANGE TO 10 A.M.
“Unpacking Pariah(s): The Black Queer Feminist Liberation Plot and the Politics of Black (Sexual) Articulation”
Lamia Karim receives Wenner-Gren Foundation research grant
CSWS faculty affiliate Lamia Karim, an associate professor in the University of Oregon Department of Anthropology, received a Post-Ph.D. Research Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research to conduct ethnographic research on post-industrial workers in the global apparel industry in Bangladesh.
"Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History" with Walidah Imarisha
Walidah Imarisha, "Why Aren't There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History,", a talk followed by Q&A. Walidah Imarisha describes herself as an historian at heart, reporter by (w)right, and rebel by reason. Winner of a 2017 Oregon Book Award for creative nonfiction for Angels with Dirty Faces: Three Stories of Crime, Prison, and Redemption, she also has edited two anthologies, authored a poetry collection, and is currently working on an Oregon Black history book, forthcoming from AK Press.
President Schill’s 2017 State of the University Address lifts up CSWS leaders & affiliates
October 6, 2017—In his State of the University address, UO President Michael Schill talked about coming together in a shared sense of purpose.
CSWS proudly notes President Schill’s generous remarks that highlighted the research, teaching, and creative work of many CSWS leaders and faculty affiliates. These include CSWS director Michelle McKinley, CSWS Advisory Board member Gabriela Martínez, and faculty affiliates Marsha Weisiger, Karen Guillemin, Tannaz Farsi, and Joanna Goode, among many other UO faculty.
Provost’s office announces two interim appointments
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Rebecca Flynn, a member of the CSWS Advisory Board, and to Ellen Herman, a CSWS faculty affiliate.
From Around the O
September 27, 2017—Scott Pratt, executive vice provost for academic affairs, announced that Ellen Herman, professor of history and faculty co-director of University of Oregon’s Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, and Rebecca Flynn, managing co-director of the Wayne Morse Center, will be joining the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs in interim roles.
Joy Harjo: Poetry Reading
The UO campus will host renowned author Joy Harjo for a poetry reading and other activities on the UO campus on Friday, February 2, 2018, in cooperation with the Eugene Public Library (EPL). Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Joy Harjo is an internationally known poet, writer, performer, and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. Her eight books of poetry include Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. Harjo’s memoir Crazy Brave won several awards, including the PEN USA Literary Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the American Book Award.
CSWS graduate research grant recipient Erin Gallo publishes in Hispanic Review
Congratulations to PhD candidate Erin Gallo (Department of Romance Languages), whose article, just published in the prestigious Hispanic Review, was researched and completed with the help of a CSWS graduate student grant.
Welcome Reception for New Women Faculty on October 9
The Center for the Study of Women in Society and the Office of the Provost invite you to a reception to welcome new women faculty to campus.
New and current faculty at the University of Oregon are invited to attend this event to welcome new women faculty to campus, which will be an opportunity for participants to learn about one another’s research and work, and to inspire collaboration, community, and support across campus.
CSWS Noon Talk: Eileen Otis CANCELED
This talk has been canceled.
CSWS awarded Eileen Otis a 2017 CSWS Faculty Research Grant in support of her research on “Women, Wal-Mart and Labor Resistance in China.”
Spirits’ Homecoming: a film about sex slaves from Korea and Asia
Global Scholars Hall 130
1710 E. 15th Ave.
UO campus
Reflecting on Charlottesville
The University of Oregon and the University of Virginia are not as far away, both geographically and politically, as one might think. Both are liberal campuses within liberal, democratic, Bernie-voting enclaves. We have every reason to believe that white supremacists are gearing up for more campus demonstrations.
Study finds microfinance can help, even if goals aren’t met
Editor’s Note: Erin Beck is a long-time CSWS affiliate and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group.
Source: Study finds microfinance can help, even if goals aren't met | Around the O
Writing space for CSWS faculty affiliates now available
Don’t forget! CSWS has air-conditioned space to offer our faculty affiliates for their writing projects on these hot summer days. Pictured here, Kemi Balogun (WGS / Sociology) and Habib Iddrisu (Ethnomusicology and Dance) hard at work on their book projects in one of our CSWS meeting rooms.
Dena Zaldúa Frazier | Equity and Inclusion
CSWS operations manager Dena Zaldúa Frazier is one of about two dozen campus figures featured in a continuing online photography exhibit, “Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity,” a project of the Division of Equity and Inclusion.
Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity
Source: Dena Zaldúa Frazier | Equity and InclusionOperations Manager for the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS)
Tenure & promotion news
Congratulations to members of the CSWS community who earned promotions effective 2017-18 AY.
Among those moving into full professor status are Krista Chronister in counseling psychology, CSWS director Michelle McKinley in law, Kate Mondloch in the history of art and architecture, and Erin McKenna in philosophy.
in education studies, Michael Najjar in theatre arts, Atika Khurana in family and human services, and Daisy-O’lice Williams in architecture and interior architecture are now associate professors, with tenure.
Easther Chigumira, 2012 CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow to speak at UO
Condon Hall 260 1321 Kincaid St. UO campus
“Our Stories, Our Communities” puts UO’s diversity on display
Source: 'Our Stories, Our Communities' puts UO's diversity on display | Around the O
July 26, 2017—“A continuing online photography exhibit, ‘Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity,’ is giving the campus community an opportunity to reflect on the powerful and unique stories of UO members who come from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences.