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Upcoming Events

Nov 6

CSWS Fall Open House

Join us for our Fall Open House at the Center for the Study of Women in Society!

We’re excited to invite our affiliates, friends, and community members to a special gathering where we can share inspiration, celebrate our collective work, and renew our commitment to advancing feminist research and social change.

Come connect with others who are passionate about supporting CSWS’s mission and to learn more about the impact we are making in the community and beyond.

Nov 06 - 3:00pm

Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

Nov 13

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Feminist Futures Roundtable (PDX)

The 49th Annual Utopian Studies Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon on Nov. 12–14, 2026, with the Center for the Study of Women in Society as its local sponsor.

Nov 13 - 3:15pm

TBD

Nov 20

Info Session: Graduate Student Grants

On Friday, Nov. 20, Director Sangita Gopal will host a research grants information session for graduate students new to the CSWS grant funding process. In the session, Gopal will explain the grant funding cycle and what kinds of research and creative work related to gender qualify for CSWS funding.

The info session will be held 12–1 p.m. in the CSWS Jane Grant Room (Hendricks 330) and on Zoom.

Nov 20 - 12:00pm

Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

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Oct 30, 2026

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Nov. 20 info session for grad student felllowships

As the 2027–28 grant funding cycle rapidly approaches, CSWS will be hosting an information session and a grant writing workshop to support graduate students through the funding application process.

Oct 26, 2026

Calderwood Seminars to explore gender across society and genres

CSWS is in our final year of sponsoring undergraduate Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing on gender-related topics across several departments at the University of Oregon. The Center has collaborated on seminars with faculty from the departments of History, Comparative Literature, English, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Women’s, Sexuality, and Gender Studies.

Oct 19, 2026

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CSWS to host Fall Open House Nov. 6

The University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) invites students, faculty, staff, alumni, community partners, and friends to its Fall Open House from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in the CSWS Jane Grant Room, Hendricks Hall 330.

Oct 16, 2026

Faculty fellowship applications due Oct. 26 for AY 2027–28

Applications are now available for 2027–28 CSWS Faculty Research Fellowships, which provide University of Oregon faculty with one course release for a term of reduced or no teaching to pursue work on any aspect of the study of women and/or gender.

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Nov. 20 info session for grad student felllowships

Calderwood Seminars to explore gender across society and genres

CSWS to host Fall Open House Nov. 6

Faculty fellowship applications due Oct. 26 for AY 2027–28