Month: January 2016

NWWS: Saturday afternoon readings & talks

Pictured is Ariel Gore.

Full Schedule: http://csws.uoregon.edu/events-2/2014-nwws/2016-csws-northwest-women-writers-symposium/ 5th annual CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium “Crossing Borders: Women’s Stories of Immigration, Migration, and Transition,” May 6 – 8, 2016 The symposium includes panel discussions, writing workshops, a keynote talk, author conversations & readings, book signings,…

NWWS: Zapotec hip-hop artist Mare Advertencia Lirika in performance

Sunday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.  Musical performance by Mare Advertencia Lirika. Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Mare, a Zapotec hip-hop artist from Oaxaca, Mexico, and founder of Advertencia Lirika, will appear on tour for her new CD, SiempreViva.…

Irma Velásquez, “Activism and Social Change in Postwar Guatemala”

Pictured is Irma Velasquez.

Global Scholars Hall Room 123 (Great Room) Poster PDF Irma Velásquez, “Activism and Social Change in Postwar Guatemala.” Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj will speak about activism and social change in postwar Guatemala in a talk at the Global Scholars Hall…

Lidia Yuknavitch wins two 2016 Oregon Book Awards

Pictured is Lidia Yuknavitch.

Congratulations are due UO graduate Lidia Yuknavitch, who helped inaugurate the CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium in May 2012 as a featured author at MemoirFest. Lidia, who earned her PhD in English at the University of Oregon, is the winner…

Combining Activism and Research: Synergies and Obstacles

Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus Poster PDF Panel: Combining Activism and Research: Synergies and Obstacles Presentations by: Daniel HoSang, UO Department of Political Science Lynn Stephen, UO Department of Anthropology Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj Irma Alicia…

Four CSWS faculty affiliates among UO’s 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Award winners

See story in Around the O Four CSWS faculty affiliates are among the recipients of the University of Oregon’s 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Award. They are: Lara Bovilsky, associate professor in the Department of English. Gabriela Martínez, associate…