Le Guin Science Fiction Fellowship

Disability in Science Fiction: Representations of Technology as Cure, published by Palgrave Macmillan

Discovering the Other Lives: Researching in the Feminist Science Fiction Archives

by Kathryn Allan, PhD, 2013 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship awardee

Kathryn Allan (l) chats with Jenée Wilde, then-CSWS development GTF, at the CSWS 40th Anniversary Celebration in Nov. 2013

“The Other Lives”—Locating Dis/Ability in Utopian Feminist Science Fiction

by Alice Evans, CSWS Dissemination Specialist

CSWS interviewed Kathryn Allan, inaugural winner of the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship, during her CSWS-supported visit to do research at the UO Libraries Special Collections and University Archives. Allan immersed herself in the archives, reading the letters of Ursula K. Le Guin, Joanna Russ, and other feminist science fiction authors, seeking out conversations about disability and utopia, and delighting in her discoveries.

Subscribe to Le Guin Science Fiction Fellowship

Give to CSWS

Upcoming Events

Oct 31

CSWS Open House & Dark Academia Party

Join CSWS for a Halloween Open House! 3–5 PM Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 in 330 Hendricks Hall.
Come dressed in your best Dark Academia outfit. (Think Hogwarts or Wednesday Adams)
Treats are on us!

Oct 31 - 3:00pm

Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

Latest News

Sep 25, 2025

Worried About Graduate-level Writing? You’re Not Alone

Writing is a foundational skill for success in graduate school. Unlike undergraduate writing, which often focuses on summarizing research, graduate-level writing asks students to develop and articulate new knowledge, adding to scholarship and inspiring change. Many incoming graduate students, even at top institutions, are not prepared for this level of academic writing. Innovative and accessible writing resources address this disconnect, strengthening essential writing skills and expanding meaningful mentorship opportunities.

Sep 25, 2025

Affiliates win Trustee Excellence Fund awards

Three CSWS faculty affiliates have received the University of Oregon Foundation’s Trustee Excellence Fund awards that support high-impact research, scholarship, and creative activity by UO faculty. The awards were selected for their potential to generate meaningful societal outcomes and their commitment to student engagement.

Sep 25, 2025

Professional development grants support career research faculty across the UO

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation invites applications to the Career Research Faculty Professional Development program, which helps career research faculty access professional development opportunities aligned with the individual’s research position and promotion trajectory.

Jul 7, 2025

Picgtured from left: Data management librarian Erin Winter, research assistant Michele Pflug, and principal investigator Mattie Burkert. Photo by Nate Kersey.

Burkert's London Stage Datatbase project featured in CAS Connection

Excerpted from June 9 CAS Connection, story by Jenny Brooks — Going to the theater in London in the 18th century was a good time—and a transformative time. Playhouses across the city were bursting with activity as crowd-pleasing favorites from the heyday of Shakespeare mixed with slapstick entertainments and boundary-pushing artistic experimentation. These shows drew lively, often raucous audiences from a mix of social and economic classes that seldom crossed paths elsewhere.

Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) Menu

Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS)

Le Guin Science Fiction Fellowship

Discovering the Other Lives: Researching in the Feminist Science Fiction Archives

“The Other Lives”—Locating Dis/Ability in Utopian Feminist Science Fiction

CSWS Open House & Dark Academia Party

Worried About Graduate-level Writing? You’re Not Alone

Affiliates win Trustee Excellence Fund awards

Professional development grants support career research faculty across the UO

Burkert's London Stage Datatbase project featured in CAS Connection