Recent blog entries on the websites for Inside Higher Ed and the American Historical Association provide details of an amicus brief filed March 1 in US v. Windsor, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court contesting the validity of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The brief, signed by the American Historical Association and a […]
Month: March 2013
WikiWomen Event Media Archives | Fembot Collective
WikiWomen Event Media Archives | Fembot Collective
Fembot WikiWomen Event
Fembot coordinated an effort to write women into Wikipedia. Archived live streams are available on http://fembotcollective.org
The CSWS Fembot Project produces the Fembot website.
“Modern Girls on the Go” — new book edited by Alisa Freedman now available
Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan, Edited by Alisa Freedman, Laura Miller, and Christine R. Yano (Stanford University Press, March 2013)
This book comes out of a conference held at the University of Oregon in 2010 and organized by Alisa Freedman, UO associate professor of Japanese Literature & Film in the […]
Institutional betrayal magnifies post-trauma effects of unwanted sexual activity
Institutional betrayal magnifies post-trauma effects of unwanted sexual activity | UO Communications
EUGENE, Ore. — (March 8, 2013) — A study of 345 female university students found that 233 of them had experienced at least one unwanted sexual experience in their lifetime, and 46 percent of those victims also experienced betrayal by the institution where incidents […]
Writing Women into Wikipedia
[ March 7, 2014; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. March 8, 2014; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Allen Hall
Room 221
1020 University St.
UO campus
Eugene, OR
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month
Fembot, in collaboration with the ASUO Women’s Center, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the School of Journalism and Communication and the UO Libraries is hosting events in Eugene, Oregon and online to write women into Wikipedia.
Friday, […]
Dr. Cheryl Mattingly — “Hope, Suffering and the Play of Possible Selves: A Narrative Perspective on the Good Life”
[ March 6, 2014; 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Gerlinger Lounge
1468 University St.
UO campus
Dr. Cheryl Mattingly is a professor of anthropology in the Division of Occupational Science and Therapy at the University of Southern California. Her talk will draw on a 15-year research study with African-American families in Los Angeles. This study explores the experiences of parents of children with chronic illness, and formed […]
