Changing Images of Japanese Workingwomen
Actress Amami Yuki (left) accepts an award for helping to popularize “Ara-fo.” by Alisa Freedman, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Film
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Actress Amami Yuki (left) accepts an award for helping to popularize “Ara-fo.” Michelle McKinley Wins Newberry Fellowship
UO law professor Michelle McKinleyUniversity of Oregon law professor Michelle McKinley has been awarded a Newberry Library Short-Term Resident Fellowship for Individual Research for her work-in-progress titled “Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Legal Activism, and Ecclesiastical Courts in Colonial Lima, 1593-1700.”
Women, Media, and Rebellion in Oaxaca
This documentary by Gabriela Martínez, University of Oregon assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, tells the story of a media takeover that changed the nature of politics, and how we understand media, social movements, and in particular the role of women in both media and social movements.
Joan Acker—Capturing the Spirit of Oregon
Joan AckerJoan 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.
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, CSWSMonoliths, Silk Worms, and Scholarships
From the Field: Americas Research Interest Group
by Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS
Reconstructing the Lives of Zapotec Women
Filmmaker Gabriela Martínez with Juana Vásquez VásquezFrom the Field: Americas Research Interest Group
by Gabriela Martínez, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication and Stephanie Wood, Senior Research Associate, CSWS