Month: June 2019

Renisa Mawani: Across Oceans of Law

[ November 7, 2019; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Erb Memorial Union EMU 230, Swindells Room

Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium

Speaker: Renisa Mawani, Professor, Sociology Chair, Law and Society Minor Program, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

In 1914 the S.S. Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were […]

Welcome Reception for New Women Faculty

[ October 1, 2019; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ]
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall1468 University Street, UO campus

The Center for the Study of Women in Societyand the Office of the Provostinvite you to a reception to welcome new women faculty to campus.New and current faculty at the University of Oregon are invited to attend to welcome new women faculty to campus, to learn about […]

Irum Shiekh: CSWS Noon Talk

Pictured is Irum Shiekh.

[ November 6, 2019; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Hendricks Hall 330 Jane Grant Conference Room UO campus

CSWS Noon TalkSubject: Women’s Mosque Movement of the 21st Century Speaker: Dr. Irum Shiekh, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies; Clark Honors College, University of Oregon

Irum Shiekh

Dr. Irum Shiekh teaches in the UO Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and the Clark Honors College about […]

Priscilla Ovalle named 2019 President-Elect for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Pictured is Priscilla Ovalle.

CSWS joins the Department of Cinema Studies in congratulating Priscilla Peña Ovalle, Cinema Studies associate professor and department head, as the 2019 President-Elect for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the […]

2019 Faculty Promotions

Pictured is Kari Norgaard.

Congratulations to all faculty, and especially to our CSWS faculty affiliates and WOC affiliates who received promotions, with several earning tenure. They include:

Kari Norgaard

Yvonne Braun, Professor, International Studies Sharon Luk, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies Kari Norgaard, Professor, Sociology and Environmental Studies Stephanie Teves, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies and Women’s, Gender, […]

Mathematics professor emerita Marie Vitulli continues to distinguish herself

Pictured is Marie Vitulli.

Marie Vitulli, professor emerita of mathematics, was honored in January as a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics, during the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore. The AWM Fellows Program was established “to recognize individuals who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the support and advancement of women in the mathematical sciences, consistent with […]