Category: People

Sharon Luk honored with book prize for “The Life of Paper”

Pictured is Sharon Luk.

Luk Receives Matei Calinescu Prize from the Modern Language Association

Sharon Luk, assistant professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies, has been awarded the Matei Calinescu Prize for her book, The Life of Paper: Letters and Poetics of Living Beyond Capacity. The award is given by the Modern Language Association, which works […]

Miriam Abelson: Book Colloquium

[ May 10, 2019; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Location: Browsing Room, Knight Library

Miriam Abelson returns to the University of Oregon for a colloquium, with a panel of commentators, to discuss her forthcoming book, Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America, due out in March from the University of Minnesota Press. This book is based on her PhD research.

Miriam […]

2018-19 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship winner Laura Strait to talk about her research

Pictured is Laura Strait.

[ May 30, 2019; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
330 Hendricks Hall, 1408 University St., UO campus

Laura Strait, a Ph.D. candidate in Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication, will give a talk about her dissertation research, “Occupying a Third Place: Pro-Life Feminism, Legible Politics, and the Edge of Women’s Liberation,” on May 30, 2019, in the Jane Grant Conference Room at CSWS, 330 […]

CSWS End-of-Year Celebration

CSWS affiliates chat at the end of year celebration.

[ May 28, 2019; 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. ]
Redwood RoomErb Memorial Union1222 E. 13th Ave.UO campus

The Center for the Study of Women in Society invites you to an end-of-year celebration.

Come to close out the academic year, congratulate our newly promoted colleagues, new books and prizes, and wish bon voyage to those departing for other shores.

Light refreshments will be served

Sharon Luk: OHC Books-in-Print Talk

[ May 10, 2019; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]
Sharon Luk, an assistant professor of ethnic studies, will present “The Life of Paper: Letters and Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity” on May 10 at noon, in Room 159, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. Luk’s talk explores the “evolution of racism and confinement in California history,” including the early detention of Chinese migrants, the internment of […]

“The Home Planet,” a play directed by Theresa May

Robinson Theatre, University of Oregon May 24, 25, 31. June 1, 7, 8 @ 7:30 p.m. June 2 @ 2:00 pm.General Admission: $10 Adult | $8 Seniors 65+ | $8 UO Faculty/Staff | $8 Non-UO Students Free for University of Oregon students

It has been 50 years since humans landed on the Moon. Maybe you […]