Month: January 2016

Public Screening of film “Sista in the Brotherhood,” with Q&A discussion afterward by director and producer

Lawrence 177 UO campus free & open to the public The Center for the Study of Women in Society’s Social Sciences Feminist Network research interest group will offer a public screening of the film Sista in the Brotherhood on Friday,…

Asali Solomon: a reading with the author of Disgruntled

Chapman Hall Room 301 990 E. 13th Ave. UO campus Disgruntled, effortlessly funny and achingly poignant, follows eight-year-old Kenya from West Philadelphia to the suburbs, from public school to private, from childhood through adolescence, as she grows increasingly disgruntled by…

Working Futures: Perspectives on Labor from the Global South

Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus Economic globalization has fundamentally reshaped class and gender dynamics around the world. It has brought millions of young women to work in urban industrial and service sectors, introducing new social roles,…

Los amarres de la lengua: política, exilios y contiendas del idioma en Puerto Rico (1942-2016)

Pictured is Lena Burgos-Lafuente.

Pacific Hall, Rm 30 1025 University St. UO campus Lena Burgos-Lafuente, assistant professor of Spanish at SUNY Stony Brook, will lecture on the topic “Los amarres de la lengua: política, exilios y contiendas del idioma en Puerto Rico (1942-2016)” at Pacific…