Month: December 2012

Upcoming Reading: “The Missing Italian Girl,” by Barbara Corrado Pope

Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. Now out in hardback and available in eBook Formats Online, The Missing Italian Girl (Pegasus Books, February 2013) is the third crime novel in the Bernard Martin mystery series of Barbara Corrado Pope,…

Racial Representations: African American Literature Since 1975

a a Gerlinger Hall Alumni Lounge 1468 University St. UO campus A group of innovative scholars who specialize in African American literature will gather at the University of Oregon to give talks about their research on April 26, 2013 from…

UO Today #526: Brenda Frink

UO Today #526: Brenda Frink | University of Oregon Video. Brenda Frink, research associate at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, talks about pioneer societies and Pioneer Mother monuments in the American West. Dr. Frink lectured…

The Hidden Ways Microfinance Hurts Women

The Hidden Ways Microfinance Hurts Women | Brandeis Magazine. Lamia Karim’s book, Microfinance and Its Discontents: Women in Debt in Bangladesh, (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) is featured in the Fall 2012/ Winter 2013 issue of Brandeis Magazine. An associate…

“Latinas and Citizenship in Oregon”: an essay by Marcela Mendoza

“Latinas and Citizenship in Oregon” Author(s): Marcela Mendoza Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 113, No. 3 (Fall 2012), pp. 444-451 Published by: Oregon Historical Society Abstract: Marcela Mendoza considers the relationship between family and citizenship in Oregon’s Latino community, particularly by…

CSWS Noon Talk: Karyn Lewis on Women in STEM

330 Hendricks Jane Grant Rm 1408 University UO campus Read the Around the O story “When Hard Work Doesn’t Pay Off: Exploring Self-Perceptions to Understand the Underrepresentation of Women in STEM” Karyn Lewis is a Ph.D. candidate in the UO…