Category: People

Sharon Luk: Book Release for “The Life of Paper”

Alder 111 Alder Building 15th & Alder The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity Author: Sharon Luk, Assistant Professor, UO Department of Ethnic Studies A Book Symposium with Discussants: Professor Colleen Lye, UC Berkeley Professor…

TIME CHANGED TO 10 A.M. for Shoniqua Roach, “Unpacking Pariah(s): The Black Queer Feminist Liberation Plot and the Politics of Black (Sexual) Articulation”

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Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall UO campus Printable PDF CSWS Works-in-Progress Talk: NOTE THE TIME CHANGE TO 10 A.M. “Unpacking Pariah(s): The Black Queer Feminist Liberation Plot and the Politics of Black (Sexual) Articulation” Shoniqua Roach, assistant professor,…

Lamia Karim receives Wenner-Gren Foundation research grant

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CSWS faculty affiliate Lamia Karim, an associate professor in the University of Oregon Department of Anthropology, received a Post-Ph.D. Research Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research to conduct ethnographic research on post-industrial workers in the global apparel industry…

President Schill’s 2017 State of the University Address lifts up CSWS leaders & affiliates

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October 6, 2017—In his State of the University address, UO President Michael Schill talked about coming together in a shared sense of purpose. CSWS proudly notes President Schill’s generous remarks that highlighted the research, teaching, and creative work of many…

Why Oregon should care about Puerto Rico

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CSWS Editor’s Note: Alaí Reyes-Santos is a CSWS faculty affiliate and an associate professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies. Source: Why Oregon should care about Puerto Rico By Alaí Reyes-Santos For The Register-Guard SEPT. 28, 2017—Puerto Rico is…

Provost’s office announces two interim appointments

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Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Rebecca Flynn, a member of the CSWS Advisory Board, and to Ellen Herman, a CSWS faculty affiliate. From Around the O September 27, 2017—Scott Pratt, executive vice provost for academic affairs, announced that Ellen Herman, professor…