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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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Noon Talk: Joyce Wei-Jo Chen

Joyce Wei-Jo Chen, Assistant Professor, School of Music and Dance, “Cherchez la femme: Music by Baroque Women Composers.”

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Noon Talk: Sanjula Rajat

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The 2026 Acker-Morgen speaker Durba Mitra will present a talk titled, "What If Gathering Together Liberated Us?"

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Apr 27, 2026

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CSWS wants to celebrate your book/film June 8

Have you recently (2023-2026) published a single-authored monograph or produced a film on a topic related to the CSWS mission? We want to celebrate you at our annual end-of-year party on June 8!

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Durba Mitra to give May 13 Acker-Morgen lecture

On May 13, Harvard scholar Durba Mitra will be presenting the 2026 Acker-Morgen Lecture, "What if Gathering Together Liberated Us?" Mitra is the Richard B. Wolf Associate Professor in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.

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RIG applications due May 1

Graduate students and faculty are invited to apply for up to $1,000 in funding to organize CSWS Research Interest Groups (RIGs) for the 2026-27 academic year.

RIGs provide participants the opportunity to discuss readings of emerging and established feminist scholars and share their research. Funding may be used to pay for reading materials, catering, visits by scholars, on-campus symposia and conferences, and similar campus events. Groups are encouraged to use RIGs as the foundation for future conferences and symposia, course development, and publications.

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CSWS seeks panelists for Utopian Studies conference

For the Nov. 5–7 Portland conference, CSWS is organizing a panel that engages with gender and utopia, and we are seeking graduate student and faculty participants who can address the topic of "feminist futures" through their research across disciplines at the University of Oregon.

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Reconstructing the Lives of Zapotec Women

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Noon Talk: Joyce Wei-Jo Chen

Noon Talk: Sanjula Rajat

Acker-Morgen Lecture: Durba Mitra

CSWS wants to celebrate your book/film June 8

Durba Mitra to give May 13 Acker-Morgen lecture

RIG applications due May 1

CSWS seeks panelists for Utopian Studies conference