10:00–11:30 a.m.
Daniel Tyrrell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pathology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Contribution of Aged CD8+ T Cells to Cardiovascular and Neurodegenerative Disease
noon
Join us for a reception with light catering, brief presentations by the School of Global Studies and Languages faculty, and a discussion.
Presenters:
Andre Djiffack - African dystopian Brain Drain.
Yosa Vidal - Utopias in Recent South American Feminist Narratives
Sponsored by the GSL and JSMA.
All are invited to tour "Necroarchivos de las Americas. An Unrelenting Search for Justice" during museum hours.
1:00–3:00 p.m.
During this engaging talk, Naomi Oreskes, Harvard professor and co-author of Merchants of Doubt, will discuss how climate change denial has been rooted in market fundamentalism—the belief that government action in the marketplace threatens personal freedom and puts us on the “road to serfdom.” Despite hundreds of scientific reports, thousands of peer-reviewed articles, and a near unanimous consensus among climate scientists, political and social action has been inadequate to address the unfolding crisis. She’ll discuss how American business interests cultured, advanced, and sustained market fundamentalism and how this political ideology continues to be a major force blocking climate (and other important political) action today.
About the Speaker Naomi Oreskes is a world-renowned earth scientist, historian, and public speaker. She is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. She co-authored the best-selling book Merchants of Doubt (2010) with Erik Conway, and she is a leading voice on the role of science in society, the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and the role of disinformation in blocking climate action. Her new book, with Conway, is The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.
About the Event Hosted by the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research, in partnership with the Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments; the Oregon Humanities Center; and the UO Environmental Studies program, this lecture is part of the this lecture is part of the SOJC Hearst Visiting Professionals Lecture series, with additional support provided by the Robert B. Frazier Distinguished Lecture in Journalism Writing fund.
1:00–2:00 p.m.
The English Undergraduate Organization is hosting a Graduate School Information Panel for students considering furthering their education in English! Come with questions about the application process and why you should consider grad school.
Check the English Department's weekly emailer or the EUO’s Engage page for the Zoom link. Please register through the EUO's Engage page so we can anticipate attendance on Zoom.
Can't wait to (virtually) see you there!
7:30 p.m.
The University Theatre presents Frankenstein: Playing with Fire by Barbara Field
Based on the novel by Mary Shelley Written for and originally produced by THE GUTHRIE THEATER Directed by Michael Malek Najjar
Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16, 17*, 21, 22, 23 & 24* 7: 30 PM Evenings | 2:00 matinees* Hope Theatre Free tickets for UO students with UO ID
Visit https://tickets.uoregon.edu/UT for tickets.
As the play begins, an exhausted and dying Victor Frankenstein has finally tracked down his Creature in the lonely, frozen tundra of the North Pole. Determined to right the wrong he has committed by, at last, destroying the malignant evil he believes he has created, Frankenstein finds that he must first deal with his own responsibility and guilt—for, as their fascinating confrontation develops, it is evident that the Creature has become a pathetic, lonely and even sensitive being who wants only to find love and that he, Frankenstein, by intruding into the very secrets of life, is truly the evil one. As the two debate, scenes from the past flash by: Frankenstein’s young bride, whom the Monster killed out of pique when the scientist failed to provide him with a mate of his own; the brilliant, quick-witted Professor Krempe, Frankenstein’s university mentor; and moments between the youthful Victor and his brother, who also fell victim to the Creature’s vengeance. Ultimately the exchange between Frankenstein and the Creature becomes a confrontation between parent and child, scientist and experiment, rejection and love, and even good and evil—culminating in the Creature’s agonizing question, “Why did you make me?” It is a question the exhausted Frankenstein cannot answer and, as the play ends, the Monster lives on, condemned to pass his remaining days in the awful loneliness he has so desperately sought to escape. Synopsis courtesy of Dramatists Play Service
6:30–8:00 p.m.
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies announces a book talk by Deborah Miranda, author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir. Learn about California Indian history, past and present. She will share what a hybrid memoir is and how she came to write the book in that form rather than a straight narrative. The operating principles of the book are decolonization and survivance–both key concepts for all US writers as we reckon with history and loss in these pandemic times. The book’s organizational principle is collage–a literary strategy that has gained greater resonance with this decade’s experiences of isolation and fragmentation.
For more information and to register, please visit the River Road Park and Recreation District website.
7:30 p.m.
The University Theatre presents Frankenstein: Playing with Fire by Barbara Field
Based on the novel by Mary Shelley Written for and originally produced by THE GUTHRIE THEATER Directed by Michael Malek Najjar
Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16, 17*, 21, 22, 23 & 24* 7: 30 PM Evenings | 2:00 matinees* Hope Theatre Free tickets for UO students with UO ID
Visit https://tickets.uoregon.edu/UT for tickets.
As the play begins, an exhausted and dying Victor Frankenstein has finally tracked down his Creature in the lonely, frozen tundra of the North Pole. Determined to right the wrong he has committed by, at last, destroying the malignant evil he believes he has created, Frankenstein finds that he must first deal with his own responsibility and guilt—for, as their fascinating confrontation develops, it is evident that the Creature has become a pathetic, lonely and even sensitive being who wants only to find love and that he, Frankenstein, by intruding into the very secrets of life, is truly the evil one. As the two debate, scenes from the past flash by: Frankenstein’s young bride, whom the Monster killed out of pique when the scientist failed to provide him with a mate of his own; the brilliant, quick-witted Professor Krempe, Frankenstein’s university mentor; and moments between the youthful Victor and his brother, who also fell victim to the Creature’s vengeance. Ultimately the exchange between Frankenstein and the Creature becomes a confrontation between parent and child, scientist and experiment, rejection and love, and even good and evil—culminating in the Creature’s agonizing question, “Why did you make me?” It is a question the exhausted Frankenstein cannot answer and, as the play ends, the Monster lives on, condemned to pass his remaining days in the awful loneliness he has so desperately sought to escape. Synopsis courtesy of Dramatists Play Service
7:00 p.m.
“Halt! Tomare! Halt!”: The Nature of Officially Sanctioned Violence in Japan Under US Occupation
Visiting Assistant Professor, Connor Mills
The UO Department of History and the Lane County Historical Society present a series of talks with scholars about history, from the local to the global. Join us for stories, food, and conversation in a casual setting! Free and open to everyone. For more information, please visit history.uoregon.edu.
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!
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Enjoy quiet and stress-free time together with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Connect with AEC GEs for support. This social event is sponsored by the Division of Graduate Studies and the Accessible Education Center
RSVP today at https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/bd3789514de446e395ce86d6ecdf0a23