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Publishing Roundtable in Latino/a, Latin American Studies, and Gender

Hendricks 330 Jane Grant Room 1408 University St. For junior faculty associated with the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS), Latin American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group CLLAS will host a publishing roundtable where…

Now Out! The Fembot Collective Focuses on Feminist Game Studies in Ada, Issue No. 2

June 1, 2013—The Fembot Collective is delighted to announce the second issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology! This issue, “Feminist Game Studies,” is edited by Nina Huntemann (Suffolk University) and features articles by Audrey Anable…

Janis Weeks Brings a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant to UO

Janis Weeks, a CSWS faculty affiliate and  professor in the UO Department of Biology, Institute of Neuroscience, and African Studies Program, is the first UO researcher to be awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. UO was named…

Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels—Courtney Thorsson

Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels a new book by Courtney Thorsson Courtney Thorsson is an assistant professor of English at the University of Oregon and a CSWS faculty affiliate. Her book, published by the University of Virginia…

From home to the museum—CSWS transfers McCosh painting

a JSMA UO campus Tuesday – Sunday For Hours May 30, 2013 From home to the museum | Arts | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon This painting by Anne McCosh, now featured at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on…

Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering—a new book edited by Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist

Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering edited by Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist Fordham University Press November 2012 424 pages A book that grew out of a 2009 conference that received substantial support from CSWS has…