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Cuban science fiction scholar Yasmín S. Portales Machado to speak at CSWS

Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall 1408 University St. printable flyer PDF “In Search of Estraven III: Homophobia, Feminism & (Homo)Sexualities in Cuban Science Fiction of the 21st Century” A science fiction scholar and gay rights activist, Yasmín S.…

“Internal or Transnational? Zapotec Women’s Migration Dilemmas,” a CSWS Noon Talk with Iván Sandoval Cervantes

    Jane Grant Room 330 Hendricks Hall UO campus printable flyer PDF For women of the Zapotec community of Santa Ana Zegache, discussing migration presents gender specific dilemmas. In this presentation, Iván Sandoval Cervantes provides an historical analysis of the…

The Hunting Ground: a screening

Global Scholars Hall 1710 E. 15th Ave. UO campus The documentary The Hunting Ground will premiere at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the University of Oregon’s Global Scholars Hall, 1710 E. 15th Ave., Eugene. A discussion will follow the screening.…

Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles—a new book by Alaí Reyes-Santos

The research for this new book by Alaí Reyes-Santos, assistant professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, was supported in part by a CSWS Faculty Research Grant. Our Caribbean Kin: Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles, by Alaí Reyes-Santos (Rutgers University…

CSWS Announces 2014-15 Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellows

November 13, 2014—A classics professor and a PhD candidate in English, both from southeastern U.S. universities, have been named as recipients of the second annual Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship. Professor Jennifer Rea is an associate professor of classics…

Fembot’s November 2014 BAD Interview: Asian American Women’s Popular Literature

November 15, 2014—Fembot’s Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) interview for November 2014 is now uploaded on the Fembot website. In this month’s interview, Kelly Adams (PhD candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison) talks with Pamela Thoma (associate professor, Washington State University), author of…