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Six CSWS Faculty Affiliates among Those Chosen to Receive the Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards
Six CSWS faculty affiliates were among 14 UO faculty chosen to receive the Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for AY 2013-14. Each recipient will be awarded $20,000 in recognition for his or her research, teaching and leadership. They are:
Publishing Roundtable in Latino/a, Latin American Studies, and Gender
Hendricks 330 Jane Grant Room 1408 University St.
For junior faculty associated with the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS), Latin American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group
Janis Weeks Brings a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant to UO
Janis Weeks, a CSWS faculty affiliate and professor in the UO Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, and African Studies Program, is the first UO researcher to be awarde
Stephanie Jed: ‘Firmar la Mano’: Embodiment and Movement in the Work of Humanist Scholarship
Paulson Reading Room Knight Library, 2nd Floor North 15th & Kincaid Street University of Oregon
“Women in War: The Case of El Salvador,” with Jocelyn Viterna
Lawrence 166 1190 Franklin Blvd UO campus Flyer PDF
Conference: “Alternative Sovereignties: Decolonization Through Indigenous Vision and Struggle”
University of Oregon May 8 - 10
The Alternative Sovereignties: Decolonization through Indigenous Vision and Struggle conference will be held May 8 – 10 at the Many Nations Longhouse and the EMU.
Kimberly Theidon — “Speaking of Silences: Gender, Violence and Reparations in Peru”
204 Condon Hall 1321 Kincaid University of Oregon
“Too Many P’s”? Personal, Political, Publics and Potatoes — a conversation about the politics of food and kinship with novelist Ruth Ozeki
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Fir Room, 1222 E. 13th Ave. UO campus FREE & open to the public
“Botanical Interventions: Rebuilding Landscapes, Reshaping Communities” — Oliver Kellhammer & Jennifer Burns Levin
Hendricks Hall Hearth Rm (1st floor) 1408 University St., UO campus
2014 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “Family, Animal, Story”
Eugene Public Library
100 W. 10th St.
(10th & Olive)
Full details
NWWS Reading: 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award winner Karen Joy Fowler
Eugene Public Library 100 W. 10th St. (10th & Olive) Eugene, OR Full details
Kerns awarded grant examining architecture of women’s health centers | Department of Architecture
Source: Kerns awarded grant examining architecture of women’s health centers | Department of Architecture
Wednesday, May 1, 2013—Architecture Adjunct Instructor Jolie Kerns has been awarded a $6,000 research grant from the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society for her project "Interrogating Public Space: Architecture of Women's Health Centers."
NWWS Panel “Cheek by Jowl: Re-Writing the Human-Animal Relationship”
Gerlinger Lounge
1468 University St.
UO campus
Full Schedule
Free & open to the public
Juan Carlos Areán: “Transforming Men to End Violence Against Women”
Lane Community College Downtown Center 101 W. 10th Ave., Eugene, OR
Prominent UO historian among those who filed an amicus brief in US Supreme Court case that contests the validity of the Defense of Marriage Act
Recent blog entries on the websites for Inside Higher Ed and the American Historical Association provide details of an
WikiWomen Event Media Archives | Fembot Collective
WikiWomen Event Media Archives | Fembot Collective
Fembot WikiWomen Event
Fembot coordinated an effort to write women into Wikipedia. Archived live streams are available on http://fembotcollective.orgThe CSWS Fembot Project produces the Fembot website.