Category: Events

Feb. 17: Tina Campt, “The New Black Gaze”

[ February 17, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Ford Lecture Hall, JSMA

Lorwin Lectureship Series

Tina M. Campt is Owen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University. She is a founding member of the Practicing Refusal Collective, and the author of three books: Other Germans: Black Germans and the Politics of Race, Gender and Memory […]

Javed to talk about honor killings in Pakistan March 9

Pictured is Amna Javed.

[ March 9, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]

“In the Name of Honor: Evaluating the Impact of Weather Variability on Honor Killings in Pakistan”Monday, March 9, 12-1:30 p.m.Center for the Study of Women in Society Jane Grant Room (Hendricks 330)

In Pakistan, approximately 500 men and women are killed every year in the name of “honor.” In this talk, economics PhD student Amna Javed […]

Jane Nam to discuss Radical Korean Feminism at Jan. 30 noon talk

Pictured is Jane Nam.

[ January 30, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Jane Nam

On Jan.
30, Philosophy graduate student Jane Nam will present a noon talk entitled, “Escape
the Corset: Radical Korean Feminism.” Nam received a 2019-20 graduate student
research award for her work from the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

South
Korea is often deemed the beauty capital of the world, as the cosmetic surgery
hub and home to […]

Women Voters: Race, Gender, and Dynamism in U.S. Presidential Elections

[ February 5, 2020; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Jane Junn, University of Southern California, will be giving a talk on “Women Voters: Race, Gender, and Dynamism in U.S. Presidential Elections” from 6:30–8 p.m. in the William W. Knight Law Center, Room 175, 1515 Agate Street, Eugene.

Jane Junn is a professor of political science and gender and sexuality studies at […]

Moans, Groans, Slurping: The Politics of Captioning Pornography

Pictured is Celest Reeb.

[ February 26, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Noon talk, Jane Grant Room, Hendricks 330Celeste Reeb, English, 2019-20 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow

On June 27th, 2018 Pornhub announced
it was launching a closed caption (CC) category on its website which would help
serve its d/Deaf and hard of hearing viewers. In 2020, Pornhub is being sued
for a lack of closed captioning by a deaf user. Most […]

Sylvanna M. Falcón, “Finding ‘Light born in darkness:’ The Urgency of Feminist Activism in These Times”

Pictured is Sylvanna Falcon.

[ February 6, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Knight Library, Browsing Room1501 Kincaid St., UO campus

Lorwin Lectureship Series 

“Finding ‘Light born in darkness:’ The Urgency of Feminist Activism in These Times”

Sylvanna M. Falcón, University of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Sylvanna M. Falcón is an associate professor in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) and the director of the Research Center for the Americas at […]