Category: African Diasporas

CSWS Research Matters Spring 2017: Liz Bohls examines colonial women, slavery, and the politics of place

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2017, Spring: CSWS Research Matters “A Long Way from Home: Colonial Women, Slavery, and the Politics of Place,” by Elizabeth Bohls, Professor, Department of English Elizabeth Bohl’s recent book, Slavery and the Politics of Place, culminates with a section on…

Fractional Freedoms: CSWS to Celebrate Director Michelle McKinley’s New Book

On May 25, CSWS will celebrate the release of Director Michelle McKinley’s book, Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700 (Cambridge University Press, October 2016). The book explores domestic slavery and what Professor McKinley terms “fractional…

Afro-Aboriginal Women Healers in the Caribbean and its Diasporas

Cedar / Spruce Rooms Erb Memorial Union (EMU) 1222 E. 13th. Ave. UO campus A CLLAS Faculty Grantee presentation by Alai Reyes-Santos (Ethnic Studies) and Ana Lara (Anthropology) Professors Alai Reyes-Santos and Ana-Maurine Lara will discuss “Afro-Aboriginal Women Healers in…

“Gender, Sexuality, and Leisure in Africa” Symposium

Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus The symposium will bring together a group of multi-disciplinary scholars who work on different regions of Africa to present works-in-progress for an edited volume focused on issues of leisure and expressive…

“Love, Money, and HIV: Becoming a Modern African Woman in the Age of AIDS,” a lecture by Sanyu Mojola

Knight Library Studio A 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus A lecture sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s Gender in Africa and the African Diaspora Research Interest Group. Sanyu A. Mojola is an associate professor in…

CSWS Research Matters Spring 2015: Alaí Reyes-Santos, “Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles”

Spring 2015: CSWS Research Matters  “Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles,” by Alaí Reyes-Santos, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon 
Department of Ethnic Studies Our Caribbean Kin, published by Rutgers University Press in 2015, disentangles the affective component…