Category: Latino/a and Latin American Studies

Irma Velásquez, “Activism and Social Change in Postwar Guatemala”

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Global Scholars Hall Room 123 (Great Room) Poster PDF Irma Velásquez, “Activism and Social Change in Postwar Guatemala.” Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj will speak about activism and social change in postwar Guatemala in a talk at the Global Scholars Hall…

Latina Feminists of the Latina/o Theatre Commons

Hope Theatre 1109 Old Campus Lane University of Oregon campus FREE! Refreshments at 4:30pm https://blogs.uoregon.edu/feministlatinas/ Latina / Latinx leadership in the arts has transformed since the days of el movimiento! The powerful art, music & teatro of the Chicano Rights…

UO Law Professor Michelle McKinley Awarded a 2015 Fulbright Fellowship

March 31, 2015—Michelle McKinley, an associate professor in the University of Oregon School of Law and a long-time faculty affiliate and board member of the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society, has been named a 2015 Fulbright…

Anthropology Professor Lynn Stephen Receives Two Significant Professional Awards

February 4, 2015—UO anthropologist Lynn Stephen has received two significant professional national and international awards. In March of 2015 she will give the Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture at the meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Pittsburgh. The award…

Jessaca Leinaweaver: “Collaborative Research on Children, Caregiving, and Migration in Peru”

Graduate Student Lounge Susan Campbell Hall 1431 Johnson Lane A Public Talk Jessaca Leinaweaver conducts research in cultural anthropology and anthropological demography within Peru and the Peruvian diaspora. She has published on informal child fostering in the urban Andes, aging…