Category: Events

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 […]

Beverly Stoeltje lecture: “Queen Mothers in Contemporary Asante in Ghana: Authority or Decorative Symbol?”

[ October 15, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm. ] Browsing Room
Knight Library
1501 Kincaid St.
Fall African Studies Lecture Series: Women and Gender in Africa
Dr. Stoeltje is Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. Over her long career, she has researched and published on topics such as performance, ritual, nationalism, gender, and anthropology of law. Geographically her research focuses […]

“Scientific Failures and the Loss of Trust: International Attempts at Malaria Elimination in Zanzibar 1900-2014,” a research talk by Melissa Graboyes

[ November 11, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20516" align="alignright" width="200"] Melissa Graboyes[/caption]

Graduate School Student Lounge
Susan Campbell Hall
1431 Johnson Lane
UO campus

“Scientific Failures and the Loss of Trust: International Attempts at Malaria Elimination in Zanzibar 1900-2014”

Melissa Graboyes, assistant director of the UO Department of History and the African Studies Program, will give a talk about her research at Susan Campbell Hall in 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 […]

“Whiteness and the Literary Construction of Homosexuality,” a CSWS Noon Talk by Michael Hames-García

[ December 3, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_17249" align="alignright" width="270"] Michael Hames-García / photo by Ernesto Javier Martínez[/caption]

 

 

Jane Grant Conference Room
330 Hendricks Hall
1408 University St.
UO campus
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Whiteness and the Literary Construction of Homosexuality
CSWS director Michael Hames-García will talk about a new book project that focuses on whiteness and the literary construction of homosexuality in the period between World War II and […]

Running from Peril, Chasing Hope: Central American Children and the Refugee Crisis

[ December 3, 2014; 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Ford Alumni Center
1720 E. 13th Ave.
UO campus

A symposium to start a dialogue, grow awareness, and plan for action

Visit our website: education.uoregon.edu/ceqp-info
Agenda

2:00–4:00 P.M. Plenary Session featuring local experts and faculty members who will lead a discussion of the complex issues surrounding immigration policy and its impact on children and families
4:30–6:30 P.M. Featured Speakers: Julie Lopez, journalist […]