August 16, 2019—CSWS faculty affiliates Erin Beck, associate professor, political science; Sharon Luk, associate professor, ethnic studies; and Kate Mondloch, professor, art history, are among the first ten recipients of the UO’s Presidential Fellows in Humanistic Studies awards. Each recipient will receive $13,000 to support research and creative projects.
Erin Beck
Sharon Luk
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Luk Receives Matei Calinescu Prize from the Modern Language Association
Sharon Luk, assistant professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies, has been awarded the Matei Calinescu Prize for her book, The Life of Paper: Letters and Poetics of Living Beyond Capacity. The award is given by the Modern Language Association, which works […]
[ May 10, 2019; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]
Sharon Luk, an assistant professor of ethnic studies, will present “The Life of Paper: Letters and Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity” on May 10 at noon, in Room 159, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. Luk’s talk explores the “evolution of racism and confinement in California history,” including the early detention of Chinese migrants, the internment of […]
Annual Awards Ceremony / American Studies Association
October 23, 2018—“The American Studies Association has awarded the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize to Sharon Luk, The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity (University of California Press).
“According to the committee, ‘a theoretically sharp, elegantly written, and deeply moving work of scholarship, The Life of […]
[ January 26, 2018; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Alder 111
Alder Building
15th & Alder
The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity
Author: Sharon Luk, Assistant Professor, UO Department of Ethnic Studies
A Book Symposium with Discussants:
Professor Colleen Lye, UC Berkeley
Professor Dan HoSang, Yale University
Professor Michael Hames-Garcia, University of Oregon
The Life of Paper offers a wholly original and inspiring analysis […]
