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Prominent UO historian among those who filed an amicus brief in US Supreme Court case that contests the validity of the Defense of Marriage Act

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Recent blog entries on the websites for Inside Higher Ed and the American Historical Association provide details of an amicus brief filed March 1 in US v. Windsor, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court contesting the validity of the…

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Charise Cheney: CSWS Research Matters | Winter 2013

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“Brown v. Board of Education,” by Charise Cheney, Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Department of Ethnic Studies By complicating the story of the Topeka lawsuit, Cheney’s study engages and expands current historical debates over the modern Civil Rights movement. Charise…

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CSWS-funded project takes a close look at traditional Western discourse surrounding female genital cutting

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Who Defines “Mutilation”? Challenging Imperialism in the Discourse of Female Genital Cutting by Courtney Smith / From: Feminist Formations / Volume 23, Issue 1, Spring 2011 /pp. 25-46 | 10.1353/ff.2011.0009 See also: global.gender.current » Blog Archive » Unpacking female body “mutilation”…

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