Online pre-registration for the 40th Anniversary Celebration is now CLOSED.
Limited first come, first served seating will be available for these events:
Thursday, Nov. 7, 3-5pm – “Agents of Change” documentary
Friday, Nov. 8, 9am-5pm – “Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives” symposium; day-of-event registration desk opens 8:30am.
Friday, Nov. 8, 6:30-8:30pm – “A Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin” A LIMITED NUMBER OF DAY-OF-EVENT TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR LE GUIN. Day-of-event ticketing desk opens 5:30pm, doors open for seating 6pm. Overflow seating will also be available in the EMU to watch the event streamed live.
Saturday, Nov. 9, 9am-4:30pm – “Worlds Beyond World” symposium; day-of-event registration desk opens 8:30am.
All events are located in the Erb Memorial Union Ballroom, University of Oregon.
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UPDATE: LUNCHEON TICKETING for Nov. 8 "WOMEN'S STORIES, WOMEN'S LIVES" SYMPOSIUM is CLOSED as of OCT. 23. If
you register after this date, you will not receive lunch as part of
your registration. Lunch is available elsewhere in the EMU.
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40th Anniversary Celebration
November 7-9,
2013, University of Oregon, Erb Memorial Union – Eugene, Oregon
LIMITED SEATING: E-TICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR EVENT ADMISSION.
When registering, check the box for EACH EVENT you plan to attend. Register each attendee separately. All tickets will say "40th Anniversary Celebration" and are valid for each day's event you choose to register for.
All 40th Anniversary Celebration events are free and open to the public, but ticketing is required. Look
for your confirmation of registration in email. If you encounter an
error and/or do not receive a confirmation, first check your email
filters and then try again.
EVENTS:
Event Descriptions:
In fall 2013, in collaboration with the ASUO Women’s Center and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, the Center for the Study of Women in Society presents a three-day celebration of feminist research, activism, and creativity at the University of Oregon across four decades and beyond. Tracing a trajectory of feminist history and creativity in the past, present, and future, the celebration includes:
• Documentary
Premiere: “Agents of Change” – Thursday, Nov. 7, 3-6:30 pm, featuring guest speakers and a new documentary film honoring agents
of change at the University of Oregon and their legacies of feminist research,
teaching, and activism.
• "A Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin" – Friday, Nov. 8, 6:30-9pm, a public reading and dialogue with the world-renowned science fiction author. DOORS OPEN 6 PM FOR TICKETED SEATING.
• Symposium 2: Sally Miller Gearhart “Worlds Beyond World” – Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 am-5 pm, exploring feminist creative production and the roles of science fiction and utopian ideas in imagining feminist futures, with special guests Suzy McKee Charnas, L. Timmel Duchamp, Molly Gloss, Andrea Hairston, Joan Haran, Alexis Lothian, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Kate Wilhelm.
The celebration
is sponsored in part by the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, the Sally Miller Gearhart Fund, and the ASUO Women's Center. For full event schedule
and updates, please visit csws.uoregon.edu. For further information, contact csws@uoregon.edu.