Alumni Lounge Gerlinger Hall 1468 University St. A free public lecture by Professor Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Loomba researches and teaches early modern literature, histories of race and colonialism, postcolonial studies, feminist theory, and contemporary Indian literature and…
Category: Lectures
Sheryl WuDunn: 2011 Lorwin Lecture
“Half the Sky: The Greatest Unexploited Resource in the World Today Isn’t Oil or Gold or Wind. It’s Women.” —Sheryl WuDunn 2011 Lorwin Lectureship on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Erb Memorial Union Ballroom University of Oregon…
Women’s advocate to speak | Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the book “Half the Sky,” will discuss civil rights and economic promise
Women’s advocate to speak | Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the book “Half the Sky,” will discuss civil rights and economic promise. May 10, 2011—From the Eugene Register-Guard
Fighting Impunity in National Courts: Human Rights & Transitional Justice in Latin America
Knight Library, Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus This talk addresses critical issues in the efforts to bring to court human rights violators in Latin America. It discusses two types of national courts litigation: first, when litigation is available…
Dealing Head-on with Issues of Environmental Racism
Introduction for Dr. Beverly Wright, Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice by Margaret L. Paris, Philip H. Knight Dean and Professor, University of Oregon School of Law Dr. Wright spoke on “The Perilous Consequences of Public Policy Decisions: Weathering…
Modern Girl Culture and Working-Class Women in Interwar Japan
Saturday McKenzie Hall, Room 375 UO campus A workshop talk by Barbara Sato, Professor of History at Seikei University in Japan This talk and open discussion is connected to the recent “Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor…
