Category: Faculty affiliates

Exchange Students as Cultural Ambassadors: Knight Library Exhibit

[ November 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. ] “Between 1949 and 1966, at least 4,713 Japanese students studied at American universities with the best-known fellowships at the time—GARIOA (Government Account for Relief in Occupied Areas [1949 through 1951]) and Fulbright (established in 1952)—along with a few private scholarships. This group included 651 women. Among them were future leaders in fields as diverse as […]

2016 CSWS Annual Review now available

2016 CSWS Annual Review
CSWS is pleased to announce that the 2016 CSWS Annual Review is now available for your reading pleasure. If you are on our mailing list as a CSWS faculty affiliate, supporter, contributor, or UO administrator, the 2016 CSWS Annual Review should soon be arriving in your mailbox. You can also access this […]

In loving memory: Sandi Morgen 1950-2016

Pictured is former CSWS Director Sandi Morgen.

Sandra Lynn Morgen

March 31, 1950 – September 27, 2016
“Let me live lovingly, generously, courageously…”

Friday, September 30, 2016: 11:30 am: funeral service at Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave., Eugene, OR (corner of E. 29th Ave. & University St.)
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to either or both of these organizations:
Community Alliance of […]

In Memory of Joan Acker: 1924 – 2016

Pictured is Joan Acker.

[ August 27, 2016; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Memorial Service: Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27, Gerlinger Lounge, UO campus

June 22, 2016—CSWS received word of the passing of feminist scholar Joan Acker, a leader of the original group that established a center to study women at the University of Oregon. Born in 1924, she joined the UO faculty in 1967 after earning her PhD in […]

Memorial set for revolutionary UO sociology professor Joan Acker

Source: Memorial set for revolutionary UO sociology professor Joan Acker | Around the O
http://around.uoregon.edu/content/memorial-set-revolutionary-uo-sociology-professor-joan-acker
See also: http://csws.uoregon.edu/memory-joan-acker-1924-2016/

Fantasmas de la historia: Racismo y Violencia Policial en los Estados Unidos

Pictured is Alaí Reyes-Santos.

Following the events in Dallas, CSWS faculty affiliate Alaí Reyes-Santos was asked to submit a short piece about racism and racial profiling by the Spanish newspaper La Razon. Dr. Reyes-Santos, an associate professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies, said that she is “trying to make sense of all we have been living as […]