Events

Raye Hendrix, PhD candidate, English, and 2023–24 Dissertation Fellow. My dissertation examines the intersections of contemporary American poetry and invisible, or imperceptible, disabilities. This project centers disabilities that are both physically and socially “invisible” (or misunderstood). For these disabilities there are outward perceptions of “normalcy” until that perception is shattered by way of interruption, or what I […]

This academic year Native American and Indigenous Studies, English, and Comics and Cartoon Studies will present the Indigenous Comics Speaker Series.  The series begins with Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, an award-winning visual contemporary artist and author, on Wednessday, October 11, 2023 at 4 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Yahgulanaas’s publications include national bestsellers Flight […]

 Joseph Michael Sussi, PhD candidate, History of Art and Architecture, and 2023–24 Dissertation Fellow. My dissertation analyzes how contemporary artists Kim Abeles, Karin Bolender, and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, use bodily sensing to make toxicity legible and to reveal the entanglements between places and pollution. Artists producing multi-sensory work can uniquely step beyond the boundaries that […]

The UO Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center’s Native Environmental Sovereignty Project presents the 17th annual Rennard Strickland Lecture with Elizabeth Kronk Warner on Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, at 6 p.m. in 175 Knight Law Center. Elizabeth Kronk Warner is a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. In addition to serving […]

Join Center for the Study of Women in Society and Comic Studies as they host a dialogue with literary agent Anjali Singh and graphic journalist Shay Mirk. Anjali Singh started her career in publishing in 1996 as a literary scout. Formerly Editorial Director at Other Press, she has also worked as an editor at Simon […]

This year the Oregon Humanities Center (OHC) celebrates its 40th anniversary. Founded in 1983 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the mission of the OHC expanded in 1987 to include research, teaching, and public programming. Since then, the OHC has funded the research endeavors of hundreds of UO faculty and graduate […]

István Povedák, Associate Professor, Institute for Theoretical Studies, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest; and President, Hungarian Cultural Anthropology Association. His research fields include modern mythologies, celebrity culture, conspiracy theories, UFO culture, religious neo-nationalism, ethnic paganism, and Romani culture in Hungary. It is well known that the concept of folklore has always had a […]

Isaac Julien presents a talk on his work in film and media installations, including his stunningly powerful film installation, Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass, on view now at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art through December 10. Julien’s work is represented in major museum collections worldwide, and his 40-year career retrospective is now […]

Scientific inquiries, achievements, and debates shape and are shaped by human culture. The examination of science and technology in their cultural and social contexts is vital to understanding both our society today, in which science and technology play such large roles, as well as scientific practice. This exploration situates the humanities and the sciences as […]