Witch-Hunting in Colonial Assam
by Daizi Hazarika, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
CSWS Graduate Student Research Grant
Radical Korean Feminism: Women's Movement Seeks to #escapethecorset
by Jane Nam, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy
The Work of Black Feminist Liberation: Writing Erotic Freedom in Black Feminist Fiction and TV
by Carmel Ohman, PhD Candidate, Department of English
In the Name of Honor?: Evaluating the Impact of Weather Variability on “Honor” Killings in Pakistan
by Amna Javed, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics
Every year, approximately 5,000 women are murdered globally in the name of honor. These crimes, labeled as “honor” killings, are meant to punish transgressing individuals who are believed to have brought shame to their families by overstepping social boundaries regarding acceptable sexual freedoms. In Pakistan’s context, where the “purity” of a woman is crucial to ensuring a successful arranged marriage, dishonor might result from, among other reasons, coming home late, having an alleged affair, or eloping.
“Two Sides of the Same Story”: Colonial Violence and Erasure in the University of Oregon’s (Fallen) Pioneer Statues
by Marc J. Carpenter, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History
"The Struggle Continues": Gender-Based Violence and the Politics of Justice and Care in Brazil
by Emily Masucci, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
For many historically marginalized women, the state and its institutions are not perceived as reliable. State-sponsored violence against women—low-income, afro-descendant, and indigenous women in particular—is a weapon with which the Brazilian state was founded and has maintained power since. The fabric of Brazil is stained by histories of forced sterilization of indigenous and afro-descendant women, of brutal rapes of young women students by military officials during the dictatorship, and recently by the calculated political feminicide of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco. Given this legacy, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) are justifiably apprehensive of appealing to state institutions as they pursue safety and redress.
Urgent Pauses: A Reflection on My Renewed Commitment to Rigorous Research
By Katherine M. Huber , PhD Candidate, Department of English
El Noa Noa: Strategies of Love and Care at the U.S.–México Border
by Polet Campos-Melchor , PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
“Soy mujer, latina e inmigrante”: An Intersectional Study of Linguistic Capital among Latina Women Immigrants in Oregon
by Lara Boyero Agudo , PhD Candidate, Department of Romance Languages
“If you are white and speak Spanish, people say: ‘Wow, that’s awesome, you speak two languages’; but if you are Hispanic, speaking Spanish, it’s more like: ‘Oh, another wetback’... and people don’t recognize you as bilingual.” —Luz, Mexican woman resident in Springfield, OR
Breaking the Celluloid Frame: The Women at the Margins of Disney Animation
by Stephanie Mastrostefano, PhD Candidate, Department of English