January 2011—Michael Hames-Garcia, professor and head of the Ethnic Studies Department; Janis Weeks, professor of biology; and Tina Gutierez-Schmich, a professional development specialist in the Center on Diversity and Community, are among the winners of the 2011 Martin Luther King,…
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“Revisiting The Stranger Next Door: Reflections on Sexual Politics and Human Dignity in the New Millennium”—Arlene Stein
Knight Law Center Room 110 UO campus A Talk by Arlene Stein This talk celebrates the 10th anniversary of the publication of The Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community’s Battle Over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights (which…
CSWS Noon Talk: “Sentence and Silence in Lorine Niedecker’s Poetry”—Maggie Evans
330 Hendricks Hall Jane Grant Room UO campus Maggie Evans is a graduate student in the UO Department of English. This presentation will focus on gendered ideas about speech and silence in the compressed, evasive poetry of Lorine Niedecker, a…
CSWS Chooses Two Winners For Jane Higdon Senior Thesis Scholarship
Shelley Annette Grosjean (History) and Sara S. Quinn (Anthropology) are co-winners of the 2010-11 Jane Higdon Senior Thesis Scholarship. Following an open competition among University of Oregon undergraduates working on a senior thesis on issues related to women and/or gender,…
Lamia Karim’s New Book about Microfinance on Huffington Post’s “Most Anticipated” List
CSWS Associate Director Lamia Karim’s upcoming book has made it to the Huffington Post’s Most Anticipated List of Books for 2011. Microfinance and Its Discontents: Women in Debt in Bangladesh is due out from University of Minnesota Press the end…
CSWS Blog: Women’s Rights in a Global World
Have you seen our new CSWS blog, Women’s Rights in a Global World? This blog accompanies our year-long series of symposia, lectures, and workshops related to the Lorwin Lectureship on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and was specifically inspired by…
