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
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“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
photo by Iván Sandoval Cervantes
Science envoy Richmond now in Southeast Asia on official visit
January 7, 2015—Science envoy Richmond now in Southeast Asia on official visit | Around the O.
Geri Richmond is making stops in Thailand and Vietnam this month in her first official trip as a U.S. science envoy.
Film Showing: “The Supreme Price”
Knight Library
Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.
Free & open to the public
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.
Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles—a new book by Alaí Reyes-Santos
The research for this new book by Alaí Reyes-Santos, assistant professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, was supported in part by a CSWS Faculty Research Grant.
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
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.
Three CSWS affiliates receive UO Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards
Three CSWS faculty affiliates have been named recipients of the University of Oregon Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for AY 2014-15. They are among 13 UO faculty members chosen for this award.
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.
The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education, a new book coedited by Ernesto Martínez
The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education
coedited by Stephanie Fryberg and Ernesto Javier Martínez (Palgrave MacMillan, October 2014, 320 pp)
Fathers still face stigma on family leave, Coltrane tells NYT
“Fathers who take time off to bond with a new child face many of the same workplace repercussions as women, interim UO President Scott Coltrane told The New York Times for an article that appeared online Friday, Nov. 7, 2014.” See this story in its entirety at: Fathers still face stigma on family leave, Coltrane tells NYT | Around the O.
Professor Coltrane is a CSWS faculty affiliate.
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
Reception following the Oct. 6 panel discussion
Seminar: Modernity and Sex in China Oct. 5, 2015 | 4:00 P.M. 101 Peterson Hall 935 E. 13th
2014 CSWS Annual Review Now Available
If you are a CSWS faculty affiliate, research interest group member, supporter, contributor, or UO administrator, the 2014 CSWS Annual Review will be landing soon in your ma
President Coltrane moves ahead on senate recommendations
Interim UO President Scott ColtranePresident Coltrane moves ahead on senate recommendations | Around the O.
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”
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
Keynote Luncheon (must RSVP), held 11-1, Ford Alumni Center Community Conversation, 3-5 pm, Gerlinger Lounge Printable Flyer
Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans
Knight Library, Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.
Free & open to public
Mare Advertencia Lirika: Zapotec Hip Hop Artist to Perform
Beall Concert Hall
961 E. 18th Ave.
Eugene -- UO campus