11:00 a.m.
Please join the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies for a talk with Shane T. Moreman, PhD, Department of Communication, California State University, Fresno, titled “Displaced Practices of Discursive Change Circulations of Social Justice Ephemeralities within a Leather Bar Context.”
"While not the only ones, three normative discourses still dominate U.S. Western society: Whiteness, masculinity, and heterosexuality. As a critical communication scholar working through a performance studies paradigm, my work codifies these discourses with the goal of recognizing moments of social justice reconstitutions. My latest communication performance ethnography focuses on discursive interactions within a leather gay bar—Falcon—located in a mostly commercial neighborhood on the northeast side of a major U.S. northwestern city. I am drawn to learn how Whiteness and its adjacent cis male and masculine positionalities are circulating within contemporary, shifting registers of social codes around race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. As the world changes, how are these discourses adapting and changing? Steeped within the Whiteness, cis-maleness, and masculinity of a leather gay bar context, Falcon is a context for a bar culture that modulates and incorporates macro-level discursive conceptions into its localized performative acts all situated within contemporary frameworks. Influenced by Gloria Anzaldúa, Maria Lugones, and José Esteban Muñoz, I embrace a ontoepistemological approach so as to empirically cruise Falcon for creativity that disrupts normative reductions and advances complex co-existence. As Whiteness and its adjacent cis male and masculine positionalities co-mingle with contemporary expressions of nonnormative race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, I observe moments of co-mmuning and possibly co-muting with transness, nonbinariness, and gender diversity. When normativity tries to adapt to queer worldmaking, how are those adaptations manifested in the moment? In what ways are social codes reconfigured to generate a better presence? And, as queer worldmaking is ephemeral, what might we move forward with to improve the normative worlds in which we all predominantly must exist—at least for now? I begin answering those questions as a joto with a tequila soda in my hand at a mostly White, mostly cis male, and mostly masculine leather gay bar named Falcon."
6:30–10:00 p.m.
Join the Undergraduate Anthropology Club for a celebration of all things anthropology with food, crafts, activities, and student presentations! Everyone is welcome to attend.
7:00–9:00 p.m.
In honor of International Mother Language Day, the Northwest Indigenous Language Institute (NILI) at the UO invites you to attend an evening of film and conversation to raise awareness about revitalizing Indigenous languages and cultures.
Two documentaries will be screened. The first, Kla-Mo-Ya Language (20 min), by UO student filmmaker Princess (Princi) Bass-Mason, introduces people learning the Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin languages, which are being revitalized by the Klamath Tribes of Oregon. The second film, And Knowledge To Keep Us (58 min), by UO journalism professor Torsten Kjellstrand, follows a Sugpiat culture and language camp that takes place annually on remote Kodiak Island in Alaska.
Immediately following the screening, a panel consisting of the two filmmakers and language revitalization practitioners will hold a conversation with the audience. Tickets are sliding scale and by donation only: suggested donation of $10 for students, $20 for adults. All proceeds will go towards the critical work at NILI helping to restore and revitalize languages of Oregon and beyond.
https://www.eugenearthouse.com/movie/and-knowledge-to-keep-us-wq
7:30 p.m.
Shakespeare’s immortal comedy of love and intrigue! The people of Messina are determined to celebrate the impending marriage of Hero and Claudio with all-out merry-making, and the Prince (Don Pedro) decides getting the always-sparring Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love is the ultimate prank. Unfortunately, the Prince’s evil brother, Don John, sees a perfect opportunity to stir up trouble, causing a huge uproar that almost destroys everything. Luckily, the inept Constable Dogberry and his band of goofy Watchmen save the day!
By William Shakespeare Directed by Jerry Ferraccio Robinson Theatre (Grand Reopening!)
February 13, 14, 20, 21, 22*, 27, 28, March 1* 7:30pm evening performances and 2:00pm* matinees
7:30 p.m.
Shakespeare’s immortal comedy of love and intrigue! The people of Messina are determined to celebrate the impending marriage of Hero and Claudio with all-out merry-making, and the Prince (Don Pedro) decides getting the always-sparring Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love is the ultimate prank. Unfortunately, the Prince’s evil brother, Don John, sees a perfect opportunity to stir up trouble, causing a huge uproar that almost destroys everything. Luckily, the inept Constable Dogberry and his band of goofy Watchmen save the day!
By William Shakespeare Directed by Jerry Ferraccio Robinson Theatre (Grand Reopening!)
February 13, 14, 20, 21, 22*, 27, 28, March 1* 7:30pm evening performances and 2:00pm* matinees
2:00 p.m.
Shakespeare’s immortal comedy of love and intrigue! The people of Messina are determined to celebrate the impending marriage of Hero and Claudio with all-out merry-making, and the Prince (Don Pedro) decides getting the always-sparring Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love is the ultimate prank. Unfortunately, the Prince’s evil brother, Don John, sees a perfect opportunity to stir up trouble, causing a huge uproar that almost destroys everything. Luckily, the inept Constable Dogberry and his band of goofy Watchmen save the day!
By William Shakespeare Directed by Jerry Ferraccio Robinson Theatre (Grand Reopening!)
February 13, 14, 20, 21, 22*, 27, 28, March 1* 7:30pm evening performances and 2:00pm* matinees
8:30–9:50 a.m.
The documentary examines the securitization of Vietnamese politics and the rise of Police General To Lam as leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party. Following the screening, a panel discussion will feature producer Laura Brickman, Professor Tuong Vu, and Nguyen Duc Thnh, a graduate student in political science from Vietnam.
Laura Brickman, award-winning journalist with video and print work for South China Morning Post, 60 Second Docs, Insider, BBC, The Kyiv Post and other outlets, is the producer of the recently released documentary The General: Vietnam in The Age of To Lam to be shown in class.
This event, held as part of the University of Oregon course Political Science 345: Politics of Southeast Asia, is open to the general public. For questions or additional information, please contact Professor Vu at thvu@uoregon.edu.
noon
The Department of Anthropology presents a colloquium series talk by Elizabeth Wahab, Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Scholar in Archaeology at Boston University, titled “Of ‘Storied’ Pots and Their Unknown Potters: The Organization of Craft Production in Ancient Igbo Ukwu (9th-15th Century CE), Southeastern Nigeria."
By the start of the first millennium CE, West Africa experienced major social, economic, and political shifts driven by multiple factors, including reconfigurations of trade networks, population growth and urbanization, and technological change. The 1st - 2nd millennium CE is also significant for the intensification of craft production across the region, resulting in diverse material expressions across West Africa. This talk examines pottery production at ancient Igbo Ukwu (9th–15th Century CE), one of the most prominent archaeological sites in West Africa, underscoring the material and technological strategies employed by potters in this ancient society. By focusing on pottery production technologies and use patterns at Igbo Ukwu, this talk demonstrates how the organization of pottery production in this ancient society advances knowledge of craft organization and socioeconomies in ancient West Africa.
Elizabeth Wahab is a Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Scholar in Archaeology at Boston University. Elizabeth studies technology, craft production, and sociopolitical organization in ancient West African societies to further understanding of West Africa’s engagement in globalization processes and the enduring impact of these histories.
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!
4:00 p.m.
Join the Creative Writing Program for an info session to learn more about the Kidd Creative Writing Workshops and the application process!
Visit https://humanities.uoregon.edu/creative-writing/undergraduate-programs/kidd-workshops to learn more about the Kidd Workshops and to apply.