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Queens and Amazons in Renaissance Art and History
This CSWS Road Scholars presentation offers 16th- and 17th-century literature and music—together with visual images of paintings, engravings, and sculptures —that portray women forcefully as queens and Amazons. he women in these roles display a confident assumption of equivalence with men, strong agency, and loyal friendship and, at […]
Category: Lectures
Yvonne Braun lecture: “Networking for Women’s Rights: Transnational Organizing in Southern Africa”
[ November 17, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20237" align="alignright" width="147"] Yvonne Braun[/caption]
Browsing Rm, Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
UO campus
Fall African Studies Lecture Series: Women and Gender in Africa
“Networking for Women’s Rights: Transnational Organizing in Southern Africa”
Dr. Braun is an associate professor in the Departments of Women’s and Gender Studies and International Studies at the University of Oregon. She also serves as the […]
“‘Who is Marjorie Mensah?’ The Educated Woman and the Formation of a Modern West African Nation”
[ November 4, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm. ] Browsing Room, Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
UO campus
African Studies Lecture Series, Fall 2014: Women and Gender in Africa
“’Who is Marjorie Mensah?’ The Educated Woman and the Formation of a Modern West African Nation”
Dr. Prais is the assistant director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University. She received her PhD in history and women’s studies […]
“The Longest Unwritten Chapter”: Interrelated Histories of African and Native America
[ November 21, 2014; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Knight Library
Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.
Department of Ethnic Studies presents
Peggy Pascoe Memorial Lecture
Professor Tiya Miles—“The Longest Unwritten Chapter”: Interrelated Histories of African and Native America
Professor Tiya Miles is the Elsa Barkley Brown Collegiate Professor of African American Women’s History in the Department of American Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research and creative […]
Brazilian Documentary: Two lectures by visiting scholar Gilberto Alexandre Sobrinho
[ November 17, 2014; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. November 19, 2014; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] 221 Allen Hall
1020 University St.
UO campus
Brazilian Video Documentary
The Latin American Studies program is bringing Brazilian scholar Gilberto Alexandre Sobrinho to give two lectures on November 17 and November 19, both at 6PM at 221 Allen Hall. The talks are titled “National Identity during the Military Dictatorship in Brazil: Documentaries and Travels,” and “Women, Videos and […]
“¡Santa!: Afro-Diasporic Ways of Being and Knowing,” with Ana-Maurine Lara
[ November 21, 2014; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20646" align="alignright" width="166"] Ana-Maurine Lara[/caption]
204 Condon Hall
1321 Kincaid St.
UO campus
CLLAS Visiting Scholar Ana-Maurine Lara to deliver lecture about her research
Ana-Maurine Lara is the first ever Visiting Scholar with the UO Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies. She recently completed her PhD in African American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University. Her first academic […]
