Events

Laura Pulido considers the relationship between U.S. white nationalism and the Republican Party’s (GOP) record of climate obstruction. Though the fossil fuel industry’s campaign of disinformation has been well-documented, less understood are the politicians who do its bidding. While many assume the state is simply implementing the desires of the fossil fuel industry, what is […]

Stephen J. Shoemaker, Religious Studies, and 2023–24 OHC Faculty Research Fellow. “My project will provide something that has long been needed: a book-length study of the historical figure of Muhammad, the formation of the Qur’an, and the beginnings of Islam that is both grounded in the methods of historical criticism and aimed at the general […]

UO NAIS and UO Comics and Cartoon Studies are excited to welcome Arigon Starr (Kickapoo) as the final speaker in our year-long Indigenous Comics Speaker Series highlighting and celebrating Indigenous comics artists and storytellers. We invite the campus and community to join us for a public lecture entitled “Storyteller for Life” from 4:30-5:45 pm in the Knight Library […]

Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, Comics and Cartoon Studies, and 2023–24 OHC Faculty Research Fellow. “My project examines graphic reportage as a tool for documenting international human rights struggles. The book considers how reporter-artists use comics to tactically and ethically intervene in discourses of injustice and representation. Via their subjective verbal-visual mediality, comics challenge the differential optics by […]

Moeko Yamazaki, PhD candidate, History, and 2023–24 OHC Dissertation Fellow “My dissertation critically examines the logistics industry by looking at the history of FedEx. I examine how economic deregulation, the expansion of precarious employment, and the weakening of labor unions made the growth of logistics possible. I demonstrate that the logistics industry enabled businesses and […]

Watch his UO Today interview Public disappointment with universities has reached epidemic proportions, and a common complaint is that they do a poor job of preparing students to find a job, especially given how much they cost. Christopher Newfield, today’s leading scholar of Critical University Studies, will address this in his talk  “Jobs and Universities: […]

Maria Fernanda Escallón, Anthropology, and 2023–24 OHC Faculty Research Fellow. “My project examines global inequality. In particular, I focus on the workings of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and trace how despite its mission to promote global peace, dignity, and equality, it perpetuates geo-political power imbalances between the Global North and […]

This talk traces the business histories of Lavazza, Illy, and other major Northern Italian coffee companies to illustrate the surprising ways that early twentieth century espresso machine technology and caffé design came together to create the distinctive aromas and flavors that afficionados around the globe associate with Made in Italy coffees today.   The story begins in […]