Month: July 2014

Ada Issue 5: Queer Feminist Media Praxis is now online

July 10, 2014—Fembot, a CSWS Special Project, announces the release of its latest edition of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. Issue 5: Queer Feminist Media Praxis, was edited by Aristea Fotoupolo, Kate O’Riordan, and Alexandra Juhasz.
Also: The Ada site has a new design. As always, the emphasis has been on accessibility. Fembot […]

“Scientific Failures and the Loss of Trust: International Attempts at Malaria Elimination in Zanzibar 1900-2014,” a research talk by Melissa Graboyes

[ November 11, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20516" align="alignright" width="200"] Melissa Graboyes[/caption]

Graduate School Student Lounge
Susan Campbell Hall
1431 Johnson Lane
UO campus

“Scientific Failures and the Loss of Trust: International Attempts at Malaria Elimination in Zanzibar 1900-2014”

Melissa Graboyes, assistant director of the UO Department of History and the African Studies Program, will give a talk about her research at Susan Campbell Hall in the […]

“‘Who is Marjorie Mensah?’ The Educated Woman and the Formation of a Modern West African Nation”

[ November 4, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm. ] Browsing Room, Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
UO campus
African Studies Lecture Series, Fall 2014: Women and Gender in Africa
“’Who is Marjorie Mensah?’ The Educated Woman and the Formation of a Modern West African Nation”

Dr. Prais is the assistant director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University.  She received her PhD in history and women’s studies […]

Michael Hames-García Assumes Post as Director of CSWS

Michael Hames-García / photo by Ernesto Javier Martínez
July 1, 2014—The Center for the Study of Women in Society welcomes Michael Hames-García as the new director of CSWS, effective July 1, 2014.
Professor Hames-García joined the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon in 2005. His research and teaching interests include Chicana/o, U.S. Latina/o, and […]

Carol Stabile Completes Her Term as Director, CSWS

Carol Stabile
July 1, 2014—Carol Stabile, professor, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, has completed her six-year term as director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society.
Now on sabbatical, she is working on her book project, “Pink Channels: Women and the Broadcast Blacklist.” Professor […]