Month: January 2016

NWWS: Saturday afternoon readings & talks

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Pictured is Ariel Gore.

[ May 7, 2016; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] 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, and discussion. Our theme is “Crossing Borders: Women’s Stories of Immigration, Migration, and Transition.” How have our migrations […]

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

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[ May 8, 2016; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] 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. Mare uses her rap as a tool to develop consciousness and to build networks within social […]

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

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[ May 11, 2016; 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ] 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 at 5 pm on May 11.

Irma Velásquez is a journalist, social anthropologist, and international spokeswoman who has been at […]

Lidia Yuknavitch wins two 2016 Oregon Book Awards

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Lidia Yuknavitch at the 2012 CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium / photo by Robert Hill Long.
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

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[ May 10, 2016; 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] 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 Velásquez Nimatuj is a journalist, social anthropologist, and international spokeswoman who has been at the forefront in struggles for respect for indigenous […]

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

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Gabriela Martinez
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 professor in the School of Journalism and Communication and who served the past three academic years as […]