10:00 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!
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Dr. Hamblin is a leading environmental historian and expert on the international dimensions of science, technology, and the environment, especially related to nuclear issues, ecology, oceans, and climate. His 2021 book The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology won the Oregon Book Award in general nonfiction. He also recently co-edited Making the Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure, which came out of his National Science Foundation funded Downwinders Project about Hanford and other nuclear sites. He will speak about the long history of using animals, humans, and computer simulations to model harm from radiation effects.
This is the third event in the series Anti-Nuclear Research and Activism in the US and Japan. For more information contact: Rachel DiNitto rdinitto@uoregon.edu
Sponsored by College of Arts & Sciences, School of Global Studies & Languages, and Oregon Humanities Center
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Dr. Rintaro Ono will discuss research he has conducted on islands in Indonesia, Melanesia, and Remote Oceania. In particular, he addresses recent work in caves on Sulawesi in Indonesia that were occupied by humans more than 42,000 years ago and how early subsistence strategies and inter-island networks developed from the Pleistocene through the Neolithic and Metal ages. These data are then coupled with ethnoarchaeological research on the Sama-Bajau people of northern Borneo to examine how basic fishing strategies were employed by Austronesian peoples across islands throughout the Indo-Pacific.
The event is sponsored by Asian Studies Program, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of History and Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
3:00 a.m.–3:50 p.m.
The Comp Program Writing Lab is holding drop-in workshops alongside WR 199 students; this week's topic is REVISION STRATEGIES! What's the difference between revision and editing? How do I decide what to prioritize? How do I revise from feedback, or figure it out without feedback?
All students currently enrolled in WR 121z, 122z, or 123 are invited to join us for help with these questions and more! RSVP encouraged (but not required!): WritingLab@uoregon.edu. Email us your name and which workshop(s) you plan to attend.
3:00–4:30 p.m.
Join us for the annual Wayne Morse Chair Address featuring Danielle Allen, 2024-25 Wayne Morse Chair. Allen is a political theorist, professor at Harvard University and an advocate for democracy. Her acclaimed book, Our Declaration, offers a profound analysis of American democratic principles. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Allen contributed crucial insights on equitable policy responses and effective governance. Allen received the Kluge Prize, which recognizes work in disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prizes, in 2020. In 2022, she ran for Governor of Massachusetts, emphasizing the need for systemic reform and inclusivity in state government. She writes a column on constitutional democracy for the Washington Post.
This event is free and open to the public. Join us in person or watch the livestream.
Sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics as part of its 2023-25 theme, Defending Democracy. Cosponsored by the UO Office of the President.
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Queer Turns: Locating the Lesbi/Queer Genealogy of Chicana Feminism, 1970-2020
May 8 / 3:30pm-4:30pm / EMU Diamond Lake Room
Join the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) on Thursday, May 8th in the EMU Diamond Lake Room for a research presentation by Dr. Yvette Saavedra (Associate Professor, WGSS), exploring the intersection of Chicana feminism and queer identity. Through archival research and oral histories, Saavedra uncovers the often-overlooked contributions of lesbi-queer feminists to the field of Chicana/o Studies.
In 2024, Saavedra was awarded a CLLAS Faculty Research Grant to begin the work of expanding her award-winning article “Of Chicana Lesbian Terrorists and Lesberadas: Recuperating the Chicana Lesbian/Queer Roots of Chicana Feminist Discourse, 1970-2000,” into a full-length book. Focusing on the fifty-year period between 1970 and 2020, this book project traces the impact that Chicana feminist thought, and discourse had in shaping Chicana/o Studies’ trajectory and opening new avenues of academic inquiry.
This event provides a platform for CLLAS-funded researchers to share their findings and engage in a broader conversation about the significance of these topics. We hope to see you there!
4:00–7:00 p.m.
The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a celebration of the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly showcases the work of more than 100 students representing more than 35 disciplines. Join us for the popular poster and networking session !
To participate, all graduate-level students are invited to submit a proposal by April 16, 2025. All accepted posters will be judged. Posters are categorized by field; first place in each category will win $300.
For more information, go to https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/forum
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Joe Riley (Ocean Art Practice and Critical Environmental History) “Visualizing Marine Algae as Passengers (and Messengers) of Change”
Talk followed by reception.
Blue Visions: Thinking with Ocean Ecologies across the Arts and Humanities, was organized by Stacy Alaimo and Megan Hayes, along with the directors of the Center for Environmental Futures, Nina Amstutz and Emily Eliza Scott.
Thanks to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Environmental Futures, the Department of English, the Horn Chair (English) and the Barbara and Carlisle Moore Chair (English) for their generous funding. Special thanks to Christina Lujin.
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Dr. Tiara Naputi (Associate Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Irvine Oceanic Dispatches) “Storying Our Planetary Health”
Lunch buffet and film screening: “Holding Back the Tide” (Emily Packer, Marginal Gap Films)
Dara Craig, Lydia Lapporte, and Megan Hayes (UO grad student panel) “Sea Urchins, Kelp, and Oysters: Justice, Relations, and Cosmic Tending”
Dr. Astrida Neimanis (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at UBC) “Care for the Stranded”
Closing Panel: All speakers together with Dr. Stacy Alaimo
Blue Visions: Thinking with Ocean Ecologies across the Arts and Humanities was organized by Stacy Alaimo and Megan Hayes, along with the directors of the Center for Environmental Futures, Nina Amstutz and Emily Eliza Scott.
Thanks to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center for Environmental Futures, the Department of English, the Horn Chair (English) and the Barbara and Carlisle Moore Chair (English) for their generous funding. Special thanks to Christina Lujin.
5:30 p.m.
The Department of Theatre Arts is proud to welcome Rachel Keller for a special discussion and Q&A. She will reflect on her journey from actor training to a professional career, sharing insights on collaboration, discovering your creative process, and embracing curiosity as a guiding force.
5:30 pm on Friday, May 9 in the EMU Gumwood Room 245 Free and open to the public
Rachel Keller first broke out on the scene as femme fatale ‘Simone Gerhardt’ in Season 2 of the award-winning series FARGO. This led to her starring opposite Dan Stevens and Aubrey Plaza in three seasons of Noah Hawley’s FX series LEGION. Rachel recently completed two seasons in the Max series TOKYO VICE opposite Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe. Her most recent film credits include Sony feature A MAN CALLED OTTO opposite Tom Hanks and BUTCHER’S CROSSING opposite Nicholas Cage. A graduate of The Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts in St Paul Minnesota and Carnegie Mellon and currently resides in Los Angeles.