Category: Books

Lynn Stephen to Launch New Book: “We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements”

[ November 12, 2013; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Knight Library
Browsing Rm
1501 Kincaid St.

We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements
by Lynn Stephen, Director, CLLAS, Distinguished Professor, UO Department of Anthropology

The launch of UO anthropology professor Lynn Stephen’s book We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements, published by Duke University Press, is free and open to the public.  The […]

Publishing Roundtable in Latino/a, Latin American Studies, and Gender

[ June 5, 2014; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Hendricks 330
Jane Grant Room
1408 University St.

For junior faculty associated with the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS), Latin American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group

CLLAS will host a publishing roundtable where junior faculty can hear from senior faculty on their publishing experience and gain advice in Latino/Latin American Studies and […]

Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels—Courtney Thorsson

Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels
a new book by Courtney Thorsson
Courtney Thorsson is an assistant professor of English at the University of Oregon and a CSWS faculty affiliate. Her book, published by the University of Virginia Press in June 2013, is now available from the publisher and other outlets. The publisher is offering […]

Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering—a new book edited by Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist

Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering
edited by Sarah LaChance Adams and Caroline Lundquist
Fordham University Press
November 2012
424 pages
A book that grew out of a 2009 conference that received substantial support from CSWS has been published by Fordham University Press. Coming to Life: Philosophies of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering, was edited by Sarah LaChance […]

UO Today #545: Evie Shockley | University of Oregon Video

UO Today #545: Evie Shockley | University of Oregon Video
This interview with poet and scholar Evie Shockley took place during her visit to UO to participate in the April 2013 symposium “Racial Representations: African American Literature since 1975,” organized by Courtney Thorsson, UO assistant professor of English.

CSWS Women of Color Project Writing Workshop

[ May 23, 2014; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_19315" align="alignright" width="120"] Kerry Ann Rockquemore[/caption]

Jane Grant Conference Room
330 Hendricks Hall
1408 University St.
Writing, Procrastination, and Resistance: How to Identify Your Funk and Move Through It
All CSWS affiliates are invited to the workshop lead by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, President and CEO, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity. The workshop is Writing, Procrastination, and Resistance: […]