Lawrence 166 1190 Franklin Blvd UO campus Flyer PDF Waging war has historically been an almost exclusively male endeavor. Yet over the past several decades, women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers. Why do women become guerrilla…
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“Too Many P’s”? Personal, Political, Publics and Potatoes — a conversation about the politics of food and kinship with novelist Ruth Ozeki
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Fir Room, 1222 E. 13th Ave. UO campus FREE & open to the public “Too Many P’s”? Personal, Political, Publics and Potatoes Ruth Ozeki will read from her novel, All Over Creation, and will be joined…
NWWS Reading: 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award winner Karen Joy Fowler
Eugene Public Library 100 W. 10th St. (10th & Olive) Eugene, OR Full details Karen Joy Fowler —the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award winner for fiction—will read from her work at Eugene Downtown Public Library, which will be open for the first…
“Racial Representations” — Symposium Highlights
Students, faculty and community members enjoyed a full day of literary readings and commentary on race at the University of Oregon on April 26, 2013, when a group of innovative scholars who specialize in African American literature gathered to share…
Lorwin Lecture: “How Title IX Finally Won Its Rightful Seat at the Civil Rights Table of Justice — and Why the Legs Are Still So Wobbly,” with Wendy Murphy
Columbia 150, UO campus 1215 East 13th Ave. Eugene, OR 97403 Free & open to the public Lawyer Wendy Murphy, JD, delivers the 2014 Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This keynote lecture focuses on “civil rights violence”…
Race & Ethnicity | New Book by Naomi Zack Now in Print
In Print: Race & Ethnicity | AroundtheO. April 4, 2013 — “University of Oregon Philosophy Professor Naomi Zack’s newest publication, Race and Ethnicity (Bridgepoint Education, Inc., 2012), is a textbook that combines her earlier philosophical work examining the concept of…
