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The Department of Cinema Studies Presents: Cinema Gear Demos with B&H and Sony
Cinema Studies invites students to stop to test filmmaking equipment with reps from B&H and Sony. Get FREE Discounts!
Wednesday, October 29, from 11 am to 3 pm (B&H) Thursday, October 30, from noon to 4 pm (B&H and Sony)
Free and open to all majors.
7:00 p.m.
Please join us for our first Live Lit West event of the fall season! Live Lit West is the University of Oregon MFA program’s annual graduate student reading. We hope to see you there!
The event is free and open to public.
10:00–11:20 a.m.
A University of Oregon Becoming Project Event "Character Matters". An open discussion on various ways to cultivate character and strengthen moral reflection in a pluralist university across a multi-disciplinary curriculum, with John Lysaker - William R. Kenan University Professor and Director of the Center for Ethics at Emory University.
For information, contact Steven Brence, brences@uoregon.edu
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Presented By Michael Aguilera and Brandon Folse (Sociology)
Join us for a compelling research talk with Michael Aguilera and Brandon Folse as they uncover the surprising realities behind US deportation policy. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, their study reveals how deportation—often seen as a deterrent—can actually deepen migrants’ ties to the United States. Deported individuals frequently remigrate and ultimately spend more total time in the US than those who were never deported.
By framing deportation as a form of legal violence, Aguilera and Folse shed light on how migrants adapt, resist, and rebuild in the face of systemic barriers—offering new perspectives on migration, belonging, and resilience.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) and the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon.
Enjoy spooky decor, Halloween crafts, costume parades, face painting, photo booth.
Free family event at the UO's Charleston Marine Life Center.
4:00–7:00 p.m.
Enjoy spooky decor, Halloween crafts, costume parades, face painting, photo booth.
Free family event at the UO's Charleston Marine Life Center.
2:00 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY Promotion to Full Professor Seminar
Jim Prell
“Native Ion Thermochemistry for All: From First Principles to Rapid Structure Characterization and Ligand Screening with Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry”
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Join the Department of History and Noell Wilson from the University of Mississippi for a talk on "Chasing the Wind: Ezo Maps and the Transformation of Maritime Culture in 19C Japan."
Free and open to the public.
Until the 1780s, most maps of Ezo (the northern most island of Japan) were administrative tools. Created by officials of the local Matsumae clan, those charts summarized in graphic form the maritime space under regional control and its contributions to tax revenue. Over the next decades, as the central Tokugawa government assumed control of Ezo, a new category of map emerged: the navigational aid. Created to guide administrators and soldiers as they sailed from central Japan to their new postings in the north, these early-stage nautical charts became a catalyst for upending the maritime order as travel on the open sea by warrior elites, traditionally a landed class, normalized. As a result of this transformation, Ezo became one of the most dynamic spaces in nineteenth century Japan for revolutionizing mobility.
Noell Wilson is an historian of maritime Japan and the North Pacific. Her first book, Defensive Positions: The Politics of Maritime Security in Tokugawa Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2015) examined the influence of coastal defense on early modern state formation in Japan and received the 2016 book prize from the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Author of articles on the Nagasaki defense system, Ainu drift whale practice and Japanese sailor-apprentice programs aboard Western whalers, she is recipient of numerous research awards including the Fulbright (twice). Wilson is Associate Professor of History and Executive Director of the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi.
The Department of History Seminar Series runs throughout the academic year and features guest speakers from the top universities who share their perspectives on history. Visit history.uoregon.edu for more information about the seminar series.
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Join Global Education Oregon to learn more about study abroad opportunities related to psychology. Learn more about the application process, program options, and student experience abroad!
This event is part of International Education Month. Learn more about International Education Month here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM
2:30–4:00 p.m.
Experience a Japanese cinematic masterpiece like never before!
Join us for a rare performance of the groundbreaking 1926 Japanese silent film A Page of Madness. Internationally acclaimed benshi artist Ichiro Kataoka brings this haunting psychological drama to life with his powerful voice and expressive storytelling, reviving the electrifying art of benshi — Japan’s unique tradition of live film narration. Avant-garde composer Dylan Champagne’s new musical score for this cinematic treasure features live cello accompaniment by Miranda Wilson. English subtitles will be provided for full accessibility.
Benshi Narrator: Ichiro Kataoka
Composer: Dylan Champagne
Cellist: Miranda Wilson
Following the roundtable discussion, there will be a public Film Screening and Performance of "A Page of Madness" in the EMU 214 (Redwood Auditorium) at 7:00 -8:30PM
Event Sponsors: Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies