Fembot’s September BAD Interview: Technomobility in China
September 5, 2014—Books Aren’t Dead: Technomobility in China: Young Migrant Women and Mobile Phones
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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”
Speakers urge UO to do more to prevent sexual assaults
Speakers urge UO to do more to prevent sexual assaults | Around the O.
August 27, 2015—A crowd of about 50 gathered for the first public forum at the University of Oregon by the President’s Review Panel, which heard thoughts and comments from a dozen people. Read more in this report from Around the O.
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.
CSWS Research Matters Spring 2014: Erin Beck
Spring 2014 CSWS Research Matters:
“In Guatemala: Everyday Practices and Experiences of Development through Women’s Eyes,” by Erin Beck, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon Department of Political Science
Running from Peril, Chasing Hope: Central American Children and the Refugee Crisis
Ford Alumni Center 1720 E. 13th Ave. UO campus
A symposium to start a dialogue, grow awareness, and plan for action
Visit our website: education.uoregon.edu/ceqp-info
“The Longest Unwritten Chapter”: Interrelated Histories of African and Native America
Knight Library
Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.
Department of Ethnic Studies presents
Brazilian Documentary: Two lectures by visiting scholar Gilberto Alexandre Sobrinho
221 Allen Hall
1020 University St.
UO campus
Michael Hames-García Edits Spring 2014 Aztlán Spotlight Dossier on Jotería Studies
Incoming CSWS director Michael Hames-García (professor, UO Department of Ethnic Studies) edited a special “Dossier” section on jotería studies for the journal Aztlán (Vol. 39, No. 1, Spring 2014).
“¡Santa!: Afro-Diasporic Ways of Being and Knowing,” with Ana-Maurine Lara
Ana-Maurine Lara204 Condon Hall 1321 Kincaid St. UO campus
Native Studies Research Colloquium — Lynn Stephen
Professor Lynn Stephen (photo by Michael McDermott)
Many Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia St. UO campus Free & open to the public (Bring Your Own Lunch)
Schools of Shame Map (SOS-Map) | Fembot Collective
Schools of Shame Map (SOS-Map) | Fembot Collective.
This map lists universities in the US that need help addressing sexual violence: all of them.
Now available: “Salmon Is Everything: Community-Based Theatre in the Klamath Watershed,” by Theresa May
Salmon Is Everything: Community-Based Theatre in the Klamath Watershed, by Theresa May with Suzanne Burcell, Kathleen McCovey, and Jean O'Hara. Foreword by Gordon Bettles. (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies, 2014), 208 pages. ISBN 978-0-87071-746-8.
Cecilia Enjuto Rangel Wins 2014 Excellence Award
Cecilia Enjuto RangelJune 4, 2014
Graduate School announces winners of 2014 Excellence Awards | Around the O.
Inaugural Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellow Visits UO Campus
Canadian scholar Kathryn Allan traveled to Eugene in late May to carry out her research project, “Locating Dis/Ability in Utopian Feminist Science Fiction.” Chosen as the inaugural Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction fellow, Allan spent 10 days in the University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives at Knight Library. Read more about her research plans on her blog.
Marie A. Vitulli named 2014 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecturer
Marie A. VitulliUniversity of Oregon professor emerita of mathematics and CSWS faculty affiliate will deliver the 2014 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture at MathFest 2014 during August 6 – 9 in Portland, OR.
Author of “Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism” Interviewed
Fembot’s Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) interview for May 2014 is now available on the Fembot website. In this BAD interview Magdalena Olszanowski (Ph.D.
Jennifer Freyd takes part in White House announcement
April 29, 2014—Jennifer Freyd, a CSWS faculty affiliate and University of Oregon psychology professor, “was part of a White House event Tuesday that included a major announcement on the effort to address sexual assaults on college campuses.” Read more at: Jennifer Freyd takes part in White House announcement | Around the O.