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2018-19 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship winner Laura Strait to talk about her research

330 Hendricks Hall, 1408 University St., UO campus

Laura Strait, a Ph.D. candidate in Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication, will give a talk about her dissertation research, “Occupying a Third Place: Pro-Life Feminism, Legible Politics, and the Edge of Women’s Liberation,” on May 30, 2019, in the Jane Grant Conference Room at CSWS, 330 Hendricks Hall. Strait is the recipient of CSWS’s 2018-19 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship.

International Conference on Feminism/Theory/Film

For full information, go to: https://gerscan.uoregon.edu/conferences/film-conference-2019/

Critical Intersections in the Practice and Theorization of Experimental Filmmaking since the 1970s

Author Sohaila Abdulali at Eugene Public Library

Downtown Eugene Public Library
100 W. 10th (10th & Olive)
Eugene, OR 97401
Free & open to the public

A talk by the author of the acclaimed book What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape, examining sexual assault and the global discourse on rape from the perspective of a survivor, former counselor, and activist.

CSWS End-of-Year Celebration

Redwood Room
Erb Memorial Union
1222 E. 13th Ave.
UO campus

The Center for the Study of Women in Society
invites you to an end-of-year celebration.

Sharon Luk: OHC Books-in-Print Talk

Sharon Luk, an assistant professor of ethnic studies, will present “The Life of Paper: Letters and Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity” on May 10 at noon, in Room 159, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. Luk’s talk explores the “evolution of racism and confinement in California history,” including the early detention of Chinese migrants, the internment of Japanese Americans and the mass incarceration of African Americans.

Sponsored by the Oregon Humanities Center.

“The Home Planet," a play directed by Theresa May

Robinson Theatre, University of Oregon
May 24, 25, 31. June 1, 7, 8 @ 7:30 p.m. June 2 @ 2:00 pm.
General Admission: $10 Adult | $8 Seniors 65+ | $8 UO Faculty/Staff | $8 Non-UO Students Free for University of Oregon students

Queer Studies Lecture: Chandan Reddy

Knight Library
Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.

“Convergence, Dissymmetry, Duplicity: Enactments of Queer of Color Critique in the Era of Administrative Violence”

Queer Studies Lecture: Chandan Reddy

A Feminist Reading of Debt

CSWS Jane Grant Conference Room (330)
Hendricks Hall
Free & open to the public
Registration required: zambrana@uoregon.edu
Limited capacity: 15 people

“Anticapitalist Feminisms” Workshop
A Feminist Reading of Debt: A conversation with
Verónica Gago and Luci Cavallero

Jennifer C. Nash: New Directions in Black Feminist Studies Speaker Series

ROOM CHANGE -- EMU 023 (Lease Crutcher Lewis Room), 12pm

Join us on Monday, May 20th for a much-anticipated talk by Dr. Jennifer C. Nash of Northwestern University! Dr. Nash's talk is the next installment in the 2018-2019 New Directions in Black Feminist Studies Speaker Series, organized by Dr. Shoniqua Roach.

Dr. Jennifer C. Nash (Northwestern)

CSWS Research Grant applications due January 28

Research Grants

Please be sure to download guidelines and read them before filling out your application.

The deadline for application for all 2019-20 faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate research grants is January 28, 2019, by 5 p.m.

Research Grants for Faculty and Staff

Available to UO faculty and staff, these grants support research and/or creative work on women and gender from a range of disciplines (to $6,000).

Faculty/staff Research Grant Guidelines

Sohaila Abdulali: What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape

Talk: What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
Author: Sohaila Abdulali, writer/activist
Date and Time: Thursday, April 18 from 4-6 PM, Straub Hall 156, 1451 Onyx St., UO campus
SASS: a confidential advocate from Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) will be present and the confidential/decompress room will be available in Straub Rm 231.

CSWS Allyship Trainings

Must pre-register for these workshops. For full details, see also: https://csws.uoregon.edu/ally/

Trainer, Dena Zaldúa
CSWS Operations Manager

Feb. 11    10 am - 12:30 pm       Allyship 101

Feb. 12     9:30 am - 12 pm        Allyship 101

Feb. 12    12:30 pm - 3 pm         Allyship 201

Scholar V Varun Chaudhry joins the CSWS staff as research assistant

CSWS welcomes scholar to the staff as pro tem research assistant.

Chaudhry is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. His work focuses on the institutionalization of “transgender” in nonprofit and funding agencies through ethnographic research in Philadelphia, PA.

Queering Teacher Education Curriculum authors win an article of the year award

Nov. 9 – Three University of Oregon faculty members in the College of Education’s education studies earned the 2018 Francis P. Hunkins Article of the Year Award from the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum. Jerry Rosiek, Alison Schmitke and Julie Heffeman wrote “Queering Teacher Education Curriculum: A Case Study of Lessons Learned in the Transformation of a Teacher Education Program.”

Sharon Luk wins a book prize from ASA

Annual Awards Ceremony / American Studies Association

October 23, 2018—“The American Studies Association has awarded the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize to Sharon LukThe Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity (University of California Press). 

CSWS Research Grant Workshop

330 Hendricks Hall Jane Grant Conference Rm 1408 University St.

Join CSWS director Michelle McKinley and operations manager Dena Zaldua as they discuss the grant application process for CSWS faculty and graduate student research grants, including the Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Inclusive Pedagogies Research Interest Group: invitation from a new CSWS RIG

Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall

We are pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the year of the Inclusive Pedagogies Research Interest Group supported by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

Our first meeting will be Friday, Oct. 12, from 11-1 in the Jane Grant Conference Room at CSWS (Hendricks Hall Rm. 330).