Month: July 2016

Breathtaking History

  Last night, on July 28, 2016, history was made when Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first woman to be nominated by one of the two major political parties in the United States. What’s more, her nomination comes as we…

Memorial set for revolutionary UO sociology professor Joan Acker

Source: Memorial set for revolutionary UO sociology professor Joan Acker | Around the O http://around.uoregon.edu/content/memorial-set-revolutionary-uo-sociology-professor-joan-acker See also: http://csws.uoregon.edu/memory-joan-acker-1924-2016/

Fantasmas de la historia: Racismo y Violencia Policial en los Estados Unidos

Pictured is Alaí Reyes-Santos.

Following the events in Dallas, CSWS faculty affiliate Alaí Reyes-Santos was asked to submit a short piece about racism and racial profiling by the Spanish newspaper La Razon. Dr. Reyes-Santos, an associate professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies,…

Black Lives Matter

A demonstrator protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 9, 2016.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society affirms that Black Lives Matter and condemns the recent murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, as well as the five Dallas police officers. We continue to stand for and work…

Jane Grant Fellow publishes article on internal migration of Oaxacan indigenous women

Pictured is Ivan Sandoval Cervantes.

July 12, 2016—Iván Sandoval-Cervantes, the 2015-16 CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship recipient, completed his PhD in anthropology at the University of Oregon in 2016 and is now a visiting assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, at the University of…