Due Date: November 30, 2017 by 5 p.m.

Applications for CSWS Travel Grants are due Nov. 30. These small grants (up to $300) are available only for UO graduate students, for travel expenses to be incurred during AY 2017 - 2018. These grants provide partial support for travel to present papers that relate to women and gender at a conference, or for a professional activity related to women and gender. Funding is contingent on the paper/panel acceptance at the conference or workshop. CSWS will prioritize requests from students with partial department support.

Alder 111 Alder Building 15th & Alder

The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity

A Book Symposium with Discussants:

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”

Video link for “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History” with Walidah Imarisha

Here is the link to the video on the UO Channel: https://media.uoregon.edu/channel/archives/12247

This lecture took place on October 12, 2017 at Lillis Hall on the University of Oregon campus to packed audience. 

From the Oregon Daily Emerald, our award-winning student newspaper, a report on the CSWS-sponsored talk by Walidah Imarisha: “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?”: Speech at UO explores topic

Students, faculty and alumni lined the walls and filled the aisles in Lillis 182 Thursday evening to hear speaker Walidah Imarisha’s talk titled “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History.” Many people were turned away due to lack of seating and encouraged to watch the live ...

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.

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.

CSWS Editor’s Note: is a CSWS faculty affiliate and an associate professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies.

Source: Why Oregon should care about Puerto Rico

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For The Register-Guard

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.

University of Oregon Poetry reading by Joy Harjo Straub Hall, Room 156 1451 Onyx St. Free & open to the public Printable Poster PDF

Publishing for the first time via Issuu.com, CSWS is proud to share with you our 2017 CSWS Annual Review, which includes an interview with the inimitable Cherríe Moraga, a review of last year’s main events, articles about CSWS-supported research written by faculty and graduate students, news of honors and awards among our faculty affiliates, and more. We are also delighted to unveil our new CSWS wordmark.

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.

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.

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.”

Global Scholars Hall 130 1710 E. 15th Ave. UO campus

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

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.

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

Operations Manager for the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS)

Source: Provost announces interim dean for Clark Honors College | Around the O

August 7, 2017—“Karen Ford, divisional dean for humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve in a dual role for the next year after accepting the interim deanship in the Clark Honors College.

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.

Condon Hall 260 1321 Kincaid St. UO campus

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.

Gerlinger 302 University of Oregon Morning Session: 9 am - 12:30 pm Afternoon Session: 2 pm - 5 pm

This event is free and open to the public. If you have questions about the event, please contact Kaley McCarty at kaleym@uoregon.edu for more details. For the detailed schedule, go to: https://mena.uoregon.edu/news-events/

Middle East and North Africa Studies Program Presents:

Islam, Feminism, and the Women’s Mosque Movement

Care Across Generations: Solidarity and Sacrifice in Transnational Families by CSWS faculty affiliate Kristin E. Yarris is due out in August from Stanford University Press. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Yarris has been an active member of the CSWS Narrative Health and Social Justice Research Interest Group.

Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Diamond Lake Room Room 119

Faculty Research Series: Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS)

“Cultural Adaptation of Career Development Intervention for Latina Immigrant Partner Violence Survivors”

Dr. Krista Chronister, Professor, Counseling Psychology, School of Education, and Yolanda Valenzuela, doctoral student, Counseling Psychology, will present on their research in their talk “Cultural Adaptation of Career Development Intervention for Latina Immigrant Partner Violence Survivors.”

June 6, 2017—Students, faculty, staff, and community members packed the UO Knight Library Browsing Room to hear Rinku Sen talk about “The Big Picture: Structural Racism, Equity & Intersectionality.” This was Professor Dan HoSang’s final event in the “Imagining Freedom Teach-In Series” not only for the year, but for good, as he heads off to the Ivy League to continue his career. A long-time CSWS faculty affiliate, Dr. HoSang served as head of the UO Department of Ethnic Studies during the 2016-17 AY.

Photographs by Jack Liu

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June 12, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliate Anita M. Weiss recently received a Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Award in the amount of $34,000 to support research for her book project Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices. The research will be conducted September 2017 - March 2018.

June 9, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliates Kari Norgaard (sociology), (philosophy), and Gyoung-Ah Lee (anthropology) are among 16 recipients of UO’s 2017-18 Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards, announced June 9 by Provost Scott Coltrane.

Editor’s Note: Monique Balbuena is a CSWS faculty affiliate.

Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus

Mary Kathryn Nagle: “Sovereignty in the Law, Sovereignty in Our Stories”

May 25, 2017—With panel discussions, a keynote, and a festive reception, CSWS celebrated the release of Director Michelle McKinley’s book, Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700, at the Knight Law School on the UO campus.

Editor’s Note: The Food Studies Program was incubated in part through the CSWS Food in the Field Research Interest Group.

Source: Table is set for the inaugural graduation of food studies minors | Around the O

June 9, 2017—“Eight undergraduate students will graduate this spring and summer with a minor in food studies, the first such degrees awarded in the program’s history.

Rm 110 Knight Law School UO campus

Professor Leigh Goodmark, University of Maryland, will speak at the UO School of Law’s Domestic Violence Clinic on November 10, 2017 at 12 pm in room 110. Her talk is titled, “Intimate Partner Violence, Transgender People, and the Legal System.”

She is one of several speakers invited this year by the Domestic Violence Clinic to address legal issues faced by LGBTQ survivors of domestic and sexual violence. 

Cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

June 6, 2017—In a ceremony on the UO campus on Tuesday, the UO Graduate School awarded its Excellence Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Graduate Studies. Herrmann, a CSWS faculty affiliate, is an associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages. This award goes to “honor faculty and staff who provide the strong mentorship that is essential to strong graduate programs.”