Oregon Humanities Center
The Oregon Humanities Center promotes and strengthens the humanities at the University of Oregon by supporting student and faculty research, teaching, and collaboration among the disciplines; and by providing enriching public programs for the broader community.
Spring 2025 newsletter and calendar
Clark Lecture
“Surviving Together”
Patty Krawec, Anishinaabe/Ukrainian writer and speaker who belongs to Lac Seul First Nation in Treaty 3 territory, Canada; and author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future (2022)
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Watch a recording of the lecture.
Listen to her UO Today interview
O’Fallon Lecture
“Queering Reproductive Justice: An Invitation to Create Our Collective Future”
Candace Bond-Theriault, Black queer feminist lawyer, professor, writer, mother, and social justice advocate; and author of Queering Reproductive Justice: an Invitation (2024)
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Watch the recording of the lecture.
Listen to her UO Today interview
Cressman Lecture
“Re-imagining the Other/Ourselves: Finding the Human in the Age of AI”
Allison Pugh, professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, and author of The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (2024)
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Watch the recording of the lecture.
Listen to her UO Today interview
Lorwin Lecture
“Re-imagine: Our Social Change Ecosystems”
Deepa Iyer, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Building Movement Project; and author of We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future (2015) and Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection (2022)
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Watch the recording of the lecture.
Listen to her UO Today interview
Wine Chat
“The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act“
Lanie Millar, Spanish and Portuguese, and Fabienne Moore, French
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Oregon Humanities Center office hours: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. or by appointment
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