Category: Lectures

CSWS Noon Talk, Kate Mondloch — Mind Over Matter: Mariko Mori and the Neuroscientific Turn

a a 330 Hendricks Hall Jane Grant Conference Room 1408 University St., UO campus Free & open to the public “This talk examines the neuroscientific turn across the humanities, and in relationship to art history in particular. I explore new media…

Brenda Frink—“Pioneer Mother: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Public Monuments in the U.S. West”

Many Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia Street UO campus Pioneer Mother: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Public Monuments in the U.S. West Dr. Brenda Frink, Research Associate, The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, will lecture…

The Taormino-OSU Case Study: a pedagogical tool

A Pedagogical Case Study of the Keynote-Speaker Controversy at Oregon State University’s Modern Sex Conference by Lacey Mamak, MLIS, February 2012 http://csws.uoregon.edu/wp-content/docs/Misc/TaorminoOSU_casestudydistro.pdf Abstract

“The S-Word: The Squaw Stereotype in American Popular Culture”— a Road Scholars lecture by Debra Merskin

Eugene Public Library 100 W. 10th Ave., Eugene, OR Free & open to the public A CSWS Road Scholars Lecture presented by Debra Merskin This presentation explores the term “squaw” as an element of discourse that frames a version of…

Madeleine Kunin to Speak on Sustaining a Balance in Work and Life

Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. “Finding a Work/Life Balance: How Can It Be Sustained?” Former Vermont governor and U.S. ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine Kunin will give a free public talk entitled “Finding a Work/Life Balance: How Can It…

UO Doctoral Student Offers PowerPoint Presentation on Educational Reform

Under the current austerity regime forced on school districts by lack of tax revenue, imagining a more equitable school system that respects individuals may seem out of step with the business oriented forces at work in U.S. education policy. But…