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The Department of Romance Languages will host three exciting guest speakers as part of a Symposium on Gender, Race, and Empire. All sessions will be in the Knight Library Dream Lab (Knight 121).
May 1, 2:00
Prof. Johanna Montlouis-Gabriel (French, Emory University): "Textured Archives: An Afrofeminist Creative Praxis of Hair, History, and Intimate Methodologies"
May 1, 3:30
Prof. Nicholas Jones (Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University): "Cervantine Blackness: A Breakup with Academia's Languages for a Revolutionary Situation"
May 2, 12:00
Prof. Estefanía Bournot (Latin America Studies, Harvard University and the Austrian Academy of Sciences): "The Specular Atlantic: South-South Readings and Diasporic (Be)Longings"
3:00 p.m.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Organic/Inorganic/Materials Seminar KLEMM Lecture Series
Professor Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston University Hosted by Mike Haley
Design and synthesis of organic electronic materials
The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of consumer electronics in use. Previously, most households had a landline phone, one or two televisions, and the occasional desktop computer. These days, most people own numerous electronic devices, leading to a heightened demand for the semiconducting materials that drive this technology and the energy needed to power them. Consequently, there has been considerable interest in developing organic semiconductors, as many inorganic materials used in these devices are in limited supply. Organic semiconductors consist of either polymers or small molecules with extended pi-conjugation. These materials possess a range of exceptional electronic, optical, and thermal properties, making them well-suited for applications such as transistors, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes. However, several challenges must be addressed before practical products can be developed. Our group focuses on the design and synthesis of new organic semiconductors based on low-cost and/or easily prepared starting materials. Because the properties of organic semiconductors can be readily modified through chemical synthesis, we have shifted our focus towards the design and synthesis of novel aromatic building blocks. We have developed several new materials, including wide-band gap materials for use in organic light-emitting diodes and narrow-band gap materials for use in photovoltaic cells. Our recent work on these topics will be presented.
This lecture series recognizes outstanding research in organic chemistry or related fields. During his 50-year career at the UO, Leroy H. Klemm (1919-2003) made pioneering discoveries in organic chemistry.
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
The Women in Computer Science Club is excited to announce the 2025 edition of our annual Tech Together event, Unconventional Paths to Tech! The event will be held on Sunday, May 4, from 11am-2pm in the EMU Crater Lake Rooms. There will be a brunch, raffle, and tech panel by Melody Riley-Ralphs and Tracy Massey, as well as keynote by Oregon alumna Kim Gast. Kim Gast is an Entrepreneur and Small Business-Owner, Tech Leader & Consultant for public sector, healthcare, & education industries, Poet, and Steward of professional women. Unconventional Paths to Tech means finding a place in the technology world through creative and unique opportunities and skills. We hope you can make it to Tech Together this year to learn more!
Register for the Unconventional Paths to Tech event
Open to all interested students!
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.
3:00–4:30 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.
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 http://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.