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Apr 30, 2009

Joan Acker—Capturing the Spirit of Oregon

Joan Acker

Joan Acker is one of eight people who will be honored during Lane County's Sixth Annual Older Americans Month celebration on May 6. The theme this year is “Lane County Honors Older Americans Who Capture the Spirit of Oregon.” Following is the nomination letter submitted by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

Mar 24, 2009

An Old Map, Little Black Fruits, and Female Spirits

From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group

by Gabriela Martínez, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication and Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS

Mar 23, 2009

Monoliths, Silk Worms, and Scholarships

From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group

by Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS

Mar 21, 2009

Reconstructing the Lives of Zapotec Women

Filmmaker Gabriela Martínez with Juana Vásquez Vásquez

From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group

by Gabriela Martínez, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication and Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS

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Jan 21

Wine Chat: “Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities” at Capitello Wines

Kristin Yarris, an associate professor of Global Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, will discuss her edited volume Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities: Engaged Ethnography.

This collection brings together the experiences and voices of anthropologists whose engaged work with im/migrant communities pushes the boundaries of ethnography toward a feminist, care-based, decolonial mode of ethnographic engagement called “accompaniment.”

Jan 21 - 5:30pm

Mar 4

O’Fallon Lecture: Candace Bond-Theriault at Knight Library Browsing Room

Candace Bond-Theriault, JD., LL.M. (she/her/hers) is a Black queer feminist lawyer, professor, writer, mother, and social justice advocate working at the intersections of law, policy, reproductive health rights, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ liberation, economic justice, and democracy reform. She is Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University, and Associate Director for Movement Building at Dēmos: a think tank for the Racial Justice Movement. Bond-Theriault sits on the SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!

Mar 04 - 4:00pm

May 14

Deepa Iyer: "Reimagining Ecosystems for Social Change" at Knight Library Browsing Room

Deepa Iyer is this year's Lorwin Lecturer. Over the course of two decades supporting social movements, Deepa Iyer has played many roles: weaver, frontline responder, storyteller, and guide. Currently, she is the Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Building Movement Project where she builds projects, resources, and narratives around transformative solidarity practices. Iyer’s primary areas of expertise include post September 11th policies, civil rights, and Asian American/South Asian histories of community building.

May 14 - 4:00pm

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Jan 6, 2025

CSWS research grant applications due Jan. 27

CSWS invites applications for all 2025-26 faculty, staff, and graduate student research grants to support research and/or creative work that addresses women and gender from a range of disciplines across UO colleges and schools. Applications are due 5 p.m.

Nov 8, 2024

CSWS grants info session set for Nov. 18

If your research, scholarship, or creative work engages with the complexities of women’s lives or the complicated nature of intersectional gender identities and inequalities, then you should apply for research funding from the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS).

As the 2025-26 grant funding cycle rapidly approaches, CSWS will be hosting an information session and a grant writing workshop to support graduate students, faculty, and staff through the funding application process.

Oct 9, 2024

In Malayalam soft-porn cinema of the 1990s, female leads were cast as madakarani (sex-siren), a label that symbolized both their narrative role and professional distinction as second-tier contract laborers.

Oct. 25 talk looks at soft-porn in South Asian cinema

Darshana Sreedhar Mini, assistant professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be giving a talk Friday, Oct. 25, on "Madakarani as Screen Pleasure: Scandal and Soft-porn Imaginary." The free lecture will be held 3–5 p.m. in 145 Straub Hall, 1451 Onyx St, at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

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An Old Map, Little Black Fruits, and Female Spirits

From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group

Monoliths, Silk Worms, and Scholarships

From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group

Reconstructing the Lives of Zapotec Women

From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group

Wine Chat: “Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities” at Capitello Wines

O’Fallon Lecture: Candace Bond-Theriault at Knight Library Browsing Room

Deepa Iyer: "Reimagining Ecosystems for Social Change" at Knight Library Browsing Room

CSWS research grant applications due Jan. 27

CSWS grants info session set for Nov. 18

Oct. 25 talk looks at soft-porn in South Asian cinema

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Wine Chat: “Accompaniment with Im/migrant Communities” at Capitello Wines

O’Fallon Lecture: Candace Bond-Theriault at Knight Library Browsing Room

Deepa Iyer: "Reimagining Ecosystems for Social Change" at Knight Library Browsing Room