Tag: CSWS

CSWS Noon Talk, Kate Mondloch — Mind Over Matter: Mariko Mori and the Neuroscientific Turn

a a 330 Hendricks Hall Jane Grant Conference Room 1408 University St., UO campus Free & open to the public “This talk examines the neuroscientific turn across the humanities, and in relationship to art history in particular. I explore new media…

Contexts: Q&A with Joan Acker

Contexts (Volume 11 / Number 2 / Spring 2012) a publication of the American Sociological Association “A Feminist’s Work Is Never Done,” an interview with UO professor emerita Joan Acker (Sociology) by Jennifer L. Pierce (University of Minnesota). pp. 8-9…

Jenée Wilde Selected for Fellowship and Research Grant

Jenée Wilde has been selected to receive the 2012-2013 Norman Brown Graduate Fellowship, which was established by alumnus Norman Brown (’68) to support graduate student excellence. A PhD candidate in the UO Department of English (Folklore Program), she has also…

Love Magic in the Kitchen—Scholars Share Research on Dangerous Dependencies, Domestic Slavery and Servitude

May 4, 2012—Dozens of faculty members, administrators, visiting scholars, and students participated in a roundtable organized by law professor Michelle McKinley and held at the UO Knight Library on May 4. “Dangerous Dependencies: Domestic Slavery and Servitude in the Americas”…

UO Symposium on African American Literature Featured Outstanding Scholars

March 2, 2012—More than a hundred students, faculty and community members attended the symposium “Place and Displacement in African American Literature,” which took place in the Browsing Room of the UO Knight Library on March 2. Courtney Thorsson, a University…