Imaginactivism: Author & Activist Starhawk on Social and Environmental Justice
Two appearances in two different locations.
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Saru Jayaraman—Food First: Justice, Security, and Sovereignty
Lorwin Lecture Series: Keynote: (3:30–5 pm). “Forked: A New Standard for American Dining”
Saru Jayaraman is the cofounder and codirector of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley.
The third in the series of our Lorwin endowed lectures invites reflections and debate around the themes of food justice, food sovereignty, and food security. More broadly, the conversation will explore the nuances of each of these aspects of food studies and how they either engage with each other or fail to do so.
UO advisor Alisa Freedman receives one of her profession’s high honors
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to long-time CSWS faculty affiliate Alisa Freedman, who has served on CSWS’s advisory board as well as the CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium advisory group over the years.
December 19, 2016—Source: UO advisor receives one of her profession’s high honors | Around the O
“Gender Justice in Guatemala: Advances and Challenges,” with Erin Beck and Lynn Stephen
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Room 119 UO campus
UO professors Erin Beck and Lynn Stephen will discuss their research in a CLLAS Faculty Collaborative Research talk titled “Gender Justice in Guatemala: Advances and Challenges.” The talk will take place in Room 119 in the Erb Memorial Union on January 19, 2017, at 3:30 p.m.
Bridge of Cries?
We were walking through McKenzie Hall yesterday and came across this sign on the 4th floor.
What is going on here? Is this sign real? If so, what on earth are they thinking? Does anyone have more info on this?
Lactation rooms do not belong across a fourth-floor outdoor bridge!
Alexis Lothian: Sally Miller Gearhart Lecture in Lesbian Studies
Title: Queer Longings in Straight Futures: Notes Toward a Prehistory for Lesbian Speculation Speaker: Dr. Alexis Lothian December 1, 2016, 4 – 5:30 pm Knight Library Browsing Room
2016 James Tiptree, Jr. Symposium: A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin | UO Libraries
Welcoming scholars, luminaries, and fans of speculative fiction to Eugene, the University of Oregon will host a two-day symposium dedicated to the life and work of Ursula K. Le Guin on December 2-3, 2016. Co-sponsors include the UO Libraries and Oregon Humanities Center.Source: 2016 James Tiptree, Jr. Symposium: A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin | UO Libraries
Remembering Sandra Morgen
A celebration of life for anthropology professor Sandra Morgen will be held Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Morgen died Sept. 27 of ovarian cancer, at age 66. The celebration takes place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Ford Alumni Center’s Giustina Ballroom.
Transformative Times
Dear Friends, Champions, Supporters, and Colleagues of the Center for the Study of Women in Society,
We have tried to write this statement countless times over the past two weeks since a law professor wore blackface at her Halloween party.
First, there were no words. How could we even respond to that? Then, there were too many words – words that were inappropriate for public dissemination.
Celebration of Life: Sandi Morgen
Guistina Ballroom
Ford Alumni Center
1720 E. 13th Ave.
Eugene OR 97403
Bring your dancing shoes!
Campus Celebration of Life set for Sandra Morgen, for November 29, 4 - 6 p.m.
Sandi was a beloved member of our feminist community and served as director of CSWS for many productive years.
Winona LaDuke: “Rights of Nature”
Erb Memorial Union EMU Ballroom 1222 E. 13th Ave. UO campus
is a celebrated Native American activist and leader, environmentalist, speaker, and author. Residing on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, Ms. LaDuke is the Executive Director of Honor the Earth, where she works on the national level to advance Native environmental issues and sustainable Native communities.
In loving memory: Sandi Morgen 1950-2016
Sandra Lynn Morgen
March 31, 1950 - September 27, 2016
"Let me live lovingly, generously, courageously..."
CSWS table at New Graduate Student Resource Fair and Orientation
2016-2017 New Graduate Student Resource Fair and Orientation on Tuesday, September 20th on the EMU green between the EMU and Straub Hall.
In Memory of Joan Acker: 1924 - 2016
Memorial Service: Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27, Gerlinger Lounge, UO campus
June 22, 2016—CSWS received word of the passing of feminist scholar , a leader of the original group that established a center to study women at the University of Oregon. Born in 1924, she joined the UO faculty in 1967 after earning her PhD in sociology at this institution.
disjecta - Disjecta Dialogues: Charlene Liu and Wendy Red Star in Conversation
The Cleaners, Ace Hotel Portland, OR 403 SW 10th Avenue at Stark St
Please join us for a conversation on art, family, and culture with Charlene Liu and Wendy Red Star. Presented By Ace Hotel Portland
Charlene Liu is an associate professor and the printmaking coordinator in the UO Department of Art and a member of the CSWS Women of Color Project. For images of her work: http://charlene-liu.com/
Memorial set for revolutionary UO sociology professor Joan Acker
Source: Memorial set for revolutionary UO sociology professor Joan Acker | Around the O
http://around.uoregon.edu/content/memorial-set-revolutionary-uo-sociology-professor-joan-acker
See also: http://csws.uoregon.edu/memory-joan-acker-1924-2016/
Fantasmas de la historia: Racismo y Violencia Policial en los Estados Unidos
Following the events in Dallas, CSWS faculty affiliate was asked to submit a short piece about racism and racial profiling by the Spanish newspaper La Razon. Dr. Reyes-Santos, an associate professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies, said that she is “trying to make sense of all we have been living as much as one can in a few words. And to foster bilingual, transnational conversations.”
Jane Grant Fellow publishes article on internal migration of Oaxacan indigenous women
July 12, 2016—Iván Sandoval-Cervantes, the 2015-16 CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship recipient, completed his PhD in anthropology at the University of Oregon in 2016 and is now a visiting assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, at the University of Texas at El Paso.
His article, “Navigating the City: Internal Migration of Oaxacan Indigenous Women,” derived from his doctoral dissertation that was in part funded by the CSWS fellowship, has been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
CSWS Welcomes New Director & New Operations Manager
Michelle McKinley (left) & Dena Zaldúa / photo by Alice EvansJune 27, 2016—The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon welcomes two new leaders to its staff effective July 1, 2016.
Cherríe Moraga: Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
CSWS is honored and thrilled to announce that esteemed and iconic Chicana writer, feminist activist, poet, essayist, and playwright Cherríe Moraga will deliver our keynote Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 13 at the Erb Memorial Union on the UO campus.
CSWS Noon Talk: Joan Haran, “Imaginactivism: Science Fiction and Social Justice Projects”
Join us for "Imaginactivism: Science Fiction and Social Justice Projects," a CSWS Noon Talk presented by visiting scholar Joan Haran.
Four selected to receive CSWS Travel Grants
June 9, 2016 — CSWS took in a record number of travel grant applications during the spring-term 2016 submission period.
“The Literature of Location: Readings by Shibasaki Tomoka”
10/13 Bilingual Reading: 2 PM Crater Lake Room North, 146 Erb Memorial Union 10/11 Film Screening: 7:30 PM, Global Scholars Hall 132
CSWS’s Fembot Project revivifies Books Aren’t Dead
Fembot’s Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) is back and we’re kicking it off with Mara Williams’s (Doctoral Candidate, University of Oregon) interview with Lisa Henderson (Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst) on her book, Love and Money: Queers, Class, and Cultural Production (New York University Press, 2013). You can listen to this interview at:
http://fembotcollective.org/blog/2016/06/06/books-arent-dead-bad-interview-lisa-henderson/
About Love and Money:
Lorwin Series: “Transformative Philanthropy” forum
The Center for the Study of Women in Society will hold two events on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, as part of the 2016-17 Lorwin Lectureship Series. “Transformative Philanthropy” is a forum focused on the unique and particular ways in which social justice philanthropy—both fundraising and grantmaking—can bring, and has brought about, social change for women, LGBTQ people, and people of color.
A Public Lecture by Gisèle Pineau with Professor Florence Ramond Jurney as moderator
Straub Hall Room 245 1451 Onyx St. UO campus
Public Lecture: Le sens de l’écriture de Gisèle Pineau dans le contexte post-colonial français / The Meaning of Gisèle Pineau’s Writing in the French Postcolonial Context
(in French, with simultaneous translation)
CSWS Graduate Student Coffee Hour: Nov. 7
Jane Grant Conference Rm
330 Hendricks Hall
1408 University St.
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A report from Andrew Ferguson, 2014-15 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellow
Andrew Ferguson, Le Guin FellowHow to Apply for Le Guin Funding 2016-17 Due 9/2/2016
UO Today interview with author Ariel Gore
UO Today interviews Ariel Gore, editor & publisher of the Alternative Press Award-winning magazine Hip Mama and the author of eight books. Gore appeared at the 5th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium, held May 6 - 8, 2016, on the UO campus and at downtown Eugene Public Library. She was interviewed for UO Today by Paul Peppis, director of the Oregon Humanities Center.
UO psychologist honored for her work on betrayal trauma | Around the O
Editor’s Note: Professor is a CSWS faculty affiliate. CSWS has supported Freyd’s work through faculty research grants.
April 8, 2016—“UO psychologist , who pioneered the study of betrayal trauma, was honored April 2 in San Francisco with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
2016-17 CSWS Jane Grant Fellowship and Graduate and Faculty Grant Awardees
The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon recently awarded more than $66,000 in graduate student and faculty research grants to support research on women and gender during the 2016-17 Academic Year. The research being funded includes projects focused all over the globe. Graduate teaching fellow was chosen from a strong pool of applicants to receive the prestigious Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship.
CSWS faculty affiliate Gina Herrmann’s research gives voice to women activists jailed in wartime
Years ago, when began her decades-long oral history project examining the accounts of Spanish Civil War-era women activists, she had a somewhat romanticized notion of what her research would reveal.
“When I started the project, I was interested in this ideal of these women. I saw them picking up rifles and going to the front lines ... it was glamorous,” said Herrmann, an associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages. “I was very quickly disabused of this notion. The oral history I was collecting were stories of imprisonment, torture, the loss of comrades, destroyed families.”
Fembot Collective holds successful Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the Ms. Magazine offices
In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the CSWS-initiated Fembot Collective had a busy and productive time at its second annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon held in the Ms. Magazine offices in Beverly Hills on March 11, 2016.