Month: February 2014

Faculty Workshop: “Researching Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges, Resources, and Strategies”

[ February 24, 2015; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Metolius Room
UO campus

Rebecca Atencio, assistant professor of Spanish & Portuguese in the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University,  will offer a faculty workshop titled “Researching Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges, Resources, and Strategies” on February 24, 2015, from noon to 1:30 pm. EMU Metolius Room. Professor […]

Margaret Jacobs, “Remembering the Forgotten Child: the Indigenous Welfare Crisis of the 1960s-1970s”

[ February 24, 2015; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_21456" align="alignright" width="150"] Margaret Jacobs[/caption]

Knight Library
Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.

Margaret Jacobs, Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, will present a public lecture at the University of Oregon on Tuesday, February 24, from 3-5 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room. It will be titled: “Remembering the Forgotten Child: the Indigenous Welfare Crisis […]

Michael Messner: “Male Allies, and the Politics of Feminist Accountability”

[ February 23, 2015; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Prince Lucien Campbell Hall
(PLC), Rm 714
UO campus

Michael Messner, professor of sociology, University of Southern California, will be the featured speaker for the UO Department of Sociology’s Winter Colloquium #6. He will speak on the subject of “Male Allies, and the Politics of Feminist Accountability.” Messner published most recently Some men: Feminist allies and the movement to […]

Official and Other Truths: Memories of Dictatorship in the Wake of Brazil’s National Truth Commission

[ February 23, 2015; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Gerlinger Hall
Alumni Lounge
1468 University St.

Rebecca Atencio, assistant professor of Spanish & Portuguese in the Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies at Tulane University, will give a public lecture titled “Official and Other Truths: Memories of Dictatorship in the Wake of Brazil’s National Truth Commission.” Professor Atencio is the author of Memory’s Turn: Reckoning […]

Reading and book signing with acclaimed Canadian writer Louise Dupré

[ February 20, 2015; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Museum of Natural and Cultural History
1680 E 15th Ave.
Eugene, OR

The UO Department of Romance Languages and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History invite you to a reading and book signing by acclaimed Canadian writer Louise Dupré. A major figure in contemporary Quebec literature, Dupré is the author of Plus haut que les flammes, a […]

“Habits of Leaking: Of Sluts and Network Cards,” a seminar with Wayne Morse Chair Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

RSVP required*
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Wayne Morse Chair visitor during winter term, will offer a lunchtime seminar at the Center for the Study of Women in Society. The date has been changed to February 19, 2015, at noon. Dr. Chun’s forthcoming article “Habits of Leaking: Of Sluts and Network Cards” will form the basis of […]