Lynn Stephen, professor of anthropology and codirector of the UO Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies, combines her research and refugees’ stories into a powerful petition for political asylum. Read about her work as an expert witness for more than two-dozen refugees from Mexico and Guatemala in: Freedom Fighter | Cascade: University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences.
Sarah HamidFeb. 29, 2016—Source: Research forum puts graduate students in the spotlight | Around the O
Alder Building Conference Rm (first floor)
818 E. 15th Ave.
UO campus
Knight Library Room 122
Come join the Fembot Collective for our Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to contribute figures, movements, organizations, and ideas historically marginalized because of gender, race, and sexuality into Wikipedia!
Lawrence Room 115
TALK DESCRIPTION:
In collaboration with Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Psi Chi will host , a Ford Fellow and doctoral candidate in Professor Jennifer Freyd's Dynamics Lab in the Department of Psychology at UO.
2016 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium
“Crossing Borders: What It Means in the Life of a Child,” with keynote author Reyna Grande, Browsing Room, Knight Library. This panel will focus on Reyna Grande’s memoir The Distance Between Us, featuring Reyna Grande reading sections from her work, with comments by community educators and University of Oregon faculty.
Downtown Eugene Public Library 10th and Olive 100 W. 10th St. Eugene, OR 97401 Takes place during First Friday Art Walk Full Schedule: 2016 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium
“From Iguala to El Otro Lado: A young girl's journey to the American Dream”
Keynote Reading & Talk with followed by Q & A and book signing
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
Dr. Angela Montague, University of Oregon, “Rites vs. Rights: Female Genital Cutting in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Dr. Montague is a postdoctoral teaching fellow, UO Department of Anthropology, and an adjunct instructor, Department of International Studies. This lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s Gender in Africa and the African Diaspora Research Interest Group and the African Studies Program.
Full Schedule: http://csws.uoregon.edu/events-2/2014-nwws/2016-csws-northwest-women-writers-symposium/
5th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium
Editor’s Note: Ada is a publication of the Fembot Collective. Fembot is a CSWS Special Project.
Call for papers: Open issue Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | adanewmedia.org Issue 10, forthcoming November 2016
http://fembotcollective.org/blog/2015/09/22/call-for-papers-issue-10-open-call/
Edited by Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University) and Carol Stabile (University of Oregon)
campus location: Knight Library, Browsing Rm community location: downtown Eugene Public Library #crossingborders for live tweeting at some events
5th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
Dr. Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Department of History, University of California-Davis, “The Ancient and The Modern Customary and Civil Marriage & Family Law in Gabon”
This lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s Gender in Africa and the African Diaspora Research Interest Group and the African Studies Program.
Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
A public talk by Stacy Alaimo
Stacy Alaimo is professor of English and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington. She is currently working on two books, Protest and Pleasure: The Strange Agencies of Bodies and Places, and Sea Creatures and the Limits of Animal Studies: Science, Aesthetics, Ethics.
Sponsored by the Department of English, Folklore Program, and the Center for the Study of Women in Society.
Hope Theatre 1109 Old Campus Lane University of Oregon campus FREE! Refreshments at 4:30pm https://blogs.uoregon.edu/feministlatinas/
Directed by Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon (Anthropology and Ethnic Studies) and codirector of the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS). Produced by Sonia De La Cruz and Lynn Stephen.
Sad Happiness: Cinthya’s Transborder Journey explores the differential rights that U.S. citizen children and their undocumented parents have through the story of one extended Zapotec family. Shot in Oregon and Oaxaca, Mexico, and narrated by 11-year old Cinthya, the film follows Cinthya’s trip to her parent’s home community of Teotitlán del Valle with her godmother, anthropologist Lynn Stephen. There she meets her extended family and discovers her indigenous Zapotec and Mexican roots.
Allen Hall 141
1020 University St.
UO campus
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
Yeti Campus Stories & Sexism in the Digital College Party Scene
Straub 156
1451 Onyx St.
UO campus
Documentary Screening: Keep Your Eyes on Guatemala, produced and directed by Gabriela Martínez Escobar
Unable to join us in LA? Remote Participation Welcome! We’re amplifying #msfembot2016: A Digital Initiative for Civic Engagement! To join us remotely, register to be added to the contact sheet. Sign and post suggestions for content.
More information about Remote Participation.
Registration is now open for our Fembot event in March, #msfembot2016: A Digital Initiative for Civic Engagement.
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
Grace Hyungwon Hong, Associate Professor of Women’s and Asian American Studies at UCLA
“Death Beyond Disavowal: Women of Color Feminism, Neoliberalism, and the Impossible Politics of Difference”
The UO Organization Against Sexual Assault (UO OASA) is bringing renowned sexual violence researcher and prevention advocate to the University of Oregon on May 26.
Lawrence 177
UO campus
free & open to the public
Chapman Hall Room 301 990 E. 13th Ave. UO campus
Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
Pacific Hall, Rm 30 1025 University St. UO campus
, assistant professor of Spanish at SUNY Stony Brook, will lecture on the topic “Los amarres de la lengua: política, exilios y contiendas del idioma en Puerto Rico (1942-2016)” at Pacific Hall, Rm 30, on May 12 at 4 p.m.
Eugene Location:
Monday, February 8, 2016
5:30 p.m.
206 Lawrence Hall
1190 Franklin Boulevard
Portland Location: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 5:00 p.m. White Stag Block 70 NW Couch Street, Rm 150
