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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.
CSWS Research Matters Fall 2016: Sharon Luk’s “The Life of Paper, a Poetics”
2016, Fall: CSWS Research Matters
“The Life of Paper, a Poetics: Letters and Mass Incarceration in Global California,” by Sharon Luk, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Department of English
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.
Art And Activism With Cherríe Moraga | Jefferson Public Radio
To call Cherríe Moraga a writer understates the case. She is that, yes, but also an activist on behalf of people of color, particularly women. And sheSource: Art And Activism With Cherríe Moraga | Jefferson Public Radio
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.
Promising Practices
Promising practices for institutional support for families! CSWS was thrilled to see this memo from the Brown University Provost.
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.
Women in physics face big hurdles — still
Persistent biases continue to affect the numbers of female physicists.August 1, 2016: “There are more women in the sciences than ever before. They hold leading faculty and administrative positions while their representation in fields such as biology, sociology and psychology has increased. Yet the physical sciences are woefully behind when it comes to the number of women at all levels.
“‘Physics and engineering both have big gender divides,’ says Eric Brewe, a physics education researcher at Florida International University in Miami.
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.
Anya Kivarkis named 2016 Hallie Ford Fellow
Anya Kivarkis, a UO associate professor of art and a faculty affiliate of the CSWS Women of Color Project, is one of five Oregon artists named Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts for 2016. Presented by the Ford Family Foundation, this honor comes with an unrestricted award of $25,000.
Applications for CSWS Travel Grants due Nov. 7
Applications for CSWS Travel Grants are due Nov. 7. These small grants (up to $300) are available for UO faculty, staff (with the appropriate end degree), and graduate students for travel expenses to be incurred from January 1 – June 30, 2017. 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. See grant guidelines for more specifics.
Deadline: November 7, 2016, 5 p.m.
CSWS Noon Talk: Joan Haran, “Imaginactivism: Science Fiction and Social Justice Projects”
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall 1408 University St.
Imaginactivism: Science Fiction and Social Justice Projects
a CSWS Noon Talk presented by visiting scholar Joan Haran
Two long-time CSWS faculty affiliates receive Faculty Excellence Awards
June 10, 2016—Long-time CSWS faculty affiliates and Courtney Thorsson are among 15 recipients of the 2016-17 Faculty Excellence Award. The Faculty Excellence Award is granted through the UO Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs.
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:
CSWS Graduate Student Coffee Hour: Nov. 7
Jane Grant Conference Rm
330 Hendricks Hall
1408 University St.
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Alisa Freedman named an Outstanding Faculty Advisor
Long-time CSWS faculty affiliate Alisa Freedman, associate professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a winner of a 2016 University of Oregon Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award. Dr. Freedman has been named an Outstanding Faculty Advisor.
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. The interview can be accessed via this embedded link.
Illegal Immigration, First-Person | Jefferson Public Radio
Reyna Grande garnered critical acclaim and awards for her first two novels. Then she turned her focus on herself for a memoir about her illegalSource: Illegal Immigration, First-Person | Jefferson Public Radio
May 5, 2016—Jefferson Public Radio interviewed author Reyna Grande on the eve of her visit to the CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium.