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Kristin Yarris Publishes “Care Across Generations Solidarity and Sacrifice in Transnational Families”

Assistant Professor of International Studies Kristin E. Yarris has just published her book, Care Across Generations, with Stanford University Press. Global inequalities make it difficult for parents in developing nations to provide for their children. Some determine that migration in…

Reflecting on Charlottesville

  The University of Oregon and the University of Virginia are not as far away, both geographically and politically, as one might think. Both are liberal campuses within liberal, democratic, Bernie-voting enclaves. We have every reason to believe that white…

A DAY WITHOUT A WOMAN

Today, March 8, 2017 – International Women’s Day – the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon stands in solidarity with women across the United States and the globe to illustrate the indispensable role…

Fractional Freedoms: CSWS to Celebrate Director Michelle McKinley’s New Book

On May 25, CSWS will celebrate the release of Director Michelle McKinley’s book, Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700 (Cambridge University Press, October 2016). The book explores domestic slavery and what Professor McKinley terms “fractional…

CSWS Honored by UO MLK Awards

Pictured are Sangita Gopal and Michelle McKinley.

We could not be more proud of Director Michelle McKinley and Associate Director Sangita Gopal for their awards from the MLK Awards this past week. photos by Mickey Stellavato

Bridge of Cries?

A hand-written sign for a lactation room points to an exit door and path leading outdoors and across a roof to another building.

We were walking through McKenzie Hall yesterday and came across this sign on the 4th floor. What is going on here? Is this sign real? If so, what on earth are they thinking? Does anyone have more info on this? Lactation…