Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, Issue 6, Hacking the Black/White Binary
January 5, 2015—The Fembot Collective released the latest edition of its online open-access, peer-reviewed journal.
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Cuban science fiction scholar Yasmín S. Portales Machado to speak at CSWS
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall 1408 University St. printable flyer PDF
“To Gain Title to Our Bodies: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance in the Civil Rights Era,” a lecture by Danielle McGuire
375 McKenzie Hall
1101 Kincaid St.
UO campus
Free public lecture
“Internal or Transnational? Zapotec Women’s Migration Dilemmas,” a CSWS Noon Talk with Iván Sandoval Cervantes
For women of the Zapotec community of Santa Ana Zegache, discussing migration presents gender specific dilemmas. In this presentation, Iván Sandoval Cervantes provides an historical analysis of the different migration movements in which women from Santa Ana Zegache have participated: Zegacheñas have migrated to Mexico City, to the United States, and to Oaxaca City. He also explores how the constraints that women face before, during, and after migrating are different from those faced by men.
The Hunting Ground: a screening
The documentary The Hunting Ground will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the University of Oregon’s Global Scholars Hall, 1710 E. 15th Ave., Eugene. A discussion will follow the screening. The Hunting Ground is a startling exposé of rape crimes on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. Weaving together verité footage and first-person testimonies, the film follows survivors as they pursue their education while fighting for justice—despite harsh retaliation, harassment and pushback at every level.
Film Showing: “The Supreme Price”
The Supreme Price, directed and produced by Joanna Lipper, is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father’s victory in Nigeria’s presidential election and her mother’s assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria’s most marginalized population: women.
STAnDD is CSWS’s Newest Research Interest Group
December 1, 2014—Architecture graduate students Roxy Robles and Nicolette Stauffer are the coordinators of a new research interest group (RIG) at the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society.
CSWS Announces 2014-15 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellows
November 13, 2014—A classics professor and a PhD candidate in English, both from southeastern U.S. universities, have been named as recipients of the second annual Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship. Jennifer Rea is an associate professor of classics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Andrew Ferguson is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Virginia.
Fembot’s November 2014 BAD Interview: Asian American Women’s Popular Literature
November 15, 2014—Fembot’s Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) interview for November 2014 is now uploaded on the Fembot website.
Twenty Students Per Week: The Report of the University Senate Task Force to Address Sexual Violence and Survivor Support
November 6, 2014—The University of Oregon Senate task force charged with studying sexual assault prevention methods at UO has
Meeting Regulations for Human Subjects Research
Carolyn Craig, research compliance administrator with UO Research Compliance Services, will give a brief introduction on requirements for human subjects research, followed by a question-and-answer session. She will be joined by Mary Hanabury, Research Compliance Services’ assistant director.
Panel linked to CSWS-funded survey proposes UO sexual violence office
October 23, 2014
Eugene, OR—A task force charged with studying sexual assault prevention methods at the University of Oregon recommended the creation of a single office on campus for sexual and gender violence. This was among 23 recommendations presented on October 22 to the University of Oregon Senate by the task force co-chairwoman, Carol Stabile, former director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society and a professor in the UO School of Journalism and Communication and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.
Fembot BAD Interview: Gendering the Recession
Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) interview for October 2014 is now uploaded on the Fembot website.
Lorwin Lecture: James Braxton Peterson examines the triumphs and challenges of the Black Lives Matter movement
EMU Ballroom UO campus 1222 E. 13th Ave.
CSWS-Funded Survey Reveals High Level of Sexual Assault on Campus
October 1, 2014, Eugene, OR—A survey by UO professor Jennifer Freyd (Psychology) and graduate students Carly Smith and Marina Rosenthal reveals that 35 percent of female students at the University of Oregon have had sexual experiences without consent. The survey was funded by the Center for the Study of Women in Society along with private donors.
Read more: http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/campus/
Conference: Studying Sex in China
Seminar: Modernity and Sex in China followed by Panel Discussion: The Current State of Gender Studies in the People’s Republic of China with Cherie Barkey, Department of History, Global Studies Program, Cabrillo Community College, Santa Cruz; Jin Jiang, Department of History, East China Normal University, Shanghai; Yan Wang, Department of History, East China Normal University, Shanghai
Fembot’s September BAD Interview: Technomobility in China
September 5, 2014—Books Aren’t Dead: Technomobility in China: Young Migrant Women and Mobile Phones
Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship: An Interview with 2014 Fellow Kathryn Allan
CSWS interviewed Kathryn Allan, inaugural winner of the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship, during her May 2014 visit to do research at the UO Libraries Special Collections and University Archives. Allan immersed herself in the archives, reading the letters of Ursula K. Le Guin, Joanna Russ, and other feminist science fiction authors, seeking out conversations about disability and utopia, and delighting in her discoveries.
Gabriela Martinez, “Collective Memory: The Role of Media Makers”
Gabriela Martinez141 Allen Hall 1020 University St. UO campus
“Collective Memory: The Role of Media Makers”
Scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson Headlines UO Disability Studies Forum
Professor Rosemarie Garland-Thomson of Emory University, one of the most influential and respected figures in disability studies, will present her current research on the bioethics of technology at the second annual UO Disability Studies Forum.
Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans
“Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans,” with Leisy J. Abrego, Assistant Professor, UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies. Trained as a sociologist, Abrego studies families, Central American migration, and Latino immigrants’ lived experiences of U.S. immigration laws. She will be discussing insights from her book, Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders.
Mare Advertencia Lirika: Zapotec Hip Hop Artist to Perform
Mare, a Zapotec rapper from Oaxaca and founder of Advertencia Lirika, will perform at Beall Concert Hall on the University of Oregon campus at 4 p.m. October 16. Mare uses her rap as a tool to develop consciousness and to build networks within social movements in Oaxaca and elsewhere. Always looking to expose the gender inequality that exists in society, she has worked with a wide range of groups and organizations within Mexico and throughout the world.
Fembot’s August 2014 Books Aren't Dead Interview: Monster Culture in the 21st Century
Fembot’s Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) interview for August 2014 is now uploaded on the Fembot website.
Native Studies Research Colloquium: Theresa May, “Native Theater/Drama and Environmental Justice”
Theresa MayMany Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia St. UO campus Free & open to the public (Bring Your Own Lunch)
New Women Faculty Reception
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 1430 Johnson Lane UO campus
Sponsored by the UO Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for the Study of Women in Society
"Nature in Doubt: Intersex in a Chemical Era,” with Tyrone Hayes, Elizabeth Reis, and Kari Norgaard
Professor Tyrone Hayes will participate on a panel with CSWS advisory board member Elizabeth Reis, professor and head, UO Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, concerning the implications of his work in the field of gender studies. Kari Norgaard, professor, UO Department of Sociology, will respond to the panel as they consider the notion and rhetoric of “natural” in an environment exposed to hormone-altering herbicides.
Globalization, Gender, and Development Conference
Keynote address with Irene Tinker and Jane Jaquette: Women, Gender and Development: Past Insights, Future Possibilities. Closing keynote address with Kimberly Hoang: Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline and the Hidden Currencies in Global Sex Work.
Yvonne Braun lecture: “Networking for Women’s Rights: Transnational Organizing in Southern Africa”
Dr. Braun is an associate professor in the Departments of Women’s and Gender Studies and International Studies at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, environment, development, and globalization, with a specific focus on the social and socio-environmental consequences of a large-scale dam development project in Lesotho, Southern Africa.
Beverly Stoeltje lecture: “Queen Mothers in Contemporary Asante in Ghana: Authority or Decorative Symbol?”
Dr. Stoeltje is Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Over her long career, she has researched and published on topics such as performance, ritual, nationalism, gender, and anthropology of law. Geographically her research focuses on Ghana, West Africa and American West.
Ada Issue 5: Queer Feminist Media Praxis is now online
July 10, 2014—Fembot, a CSWS Special Project, announces the release of its latest edition of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology.
“Scientific Failures and the Loss of Trust: International Attempts at Malaria Elimination in Zanzibar 1900-2014,” a research talk by Melissa Graboyes
Melissa GraboyesGraduate School Student Lounge Susan Campbell Hall 1431 Johnson Lane UO campus
“‘Who is Marjorie Mensah?’ The Educated Woman and the Formation of a Modern West African Nation”
Dr. Prais is the assistant director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University. She received her PhD in history and women’s studies from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include citizenship and social movements and colonial and gender identity formation in twentieth-century West Africa. She has received research funding from Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the University of Michigan.
“Whiteness and the Literary Construction of Homosexuality,” a CSWS Noon Talk by Michael Hames-García
Michael Hames-García / photo by Ernesto Javier Martínez
FEMBOT: Ada, Issue 7, Open Call CFP
Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | adanewmedia.org Issue 7, February 2015
Ada is a publication of Fembot, which is a special project of the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society.