1:00–2:00 p.m.
Use your experience studying or interning abroad to boost your career! In this interactive workshop, you'll learn how to identify and articulate the valuable skills you gain while abroad — from cross-cultural communication to problem-solving. Discover how to effectively showcase these experiences on your resume and confidently discuss them in job interviews.
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Join the Duck Nest and the Physical Well-being Team for a free ride to local grocery stores! Please meet in front of the Fishbowl at the EMU a little earlier than 4:00 pm. We will have signs directing you to the shuttle. The shuttle leaves promptly at 4:00 pm! Sign ups open two weeks before the Grocery Shuttle date.
Sign up here: https://calendly.com/ducknest/grocery-shuttle-spring-term
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Join us for a talk by Mellissa Withers exploring the critical intersection of geography and maternal mental health. Titled “Geographies of Maternal Mental Health: Screening for Perinatal Depression in the Global South,” this presentation will examine how location and access to care shape the experience and treatment of perinatal depression (PD).
Perinatal depression occurring during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth is a significant yet often underrecognized public health issue, particularly in low- and middle-income regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Withers will discuss the far-reaching impacts of PD on both mothers and infants, including challenges in maternal well-being, early bonding, and child development.
The talk will also highlight the lack of standardized screening and the broader structural barriers that limit access to maternal health care. By addressing these geographic and systemic inequities, this presentation underscores the urgent need for improved screening practices and expanded care to better support mothers and families worldwide.
Withers is a professor of clinical population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California.
1:00–2:30 p.m.
Xan Holt, Assistant Professor of German in the Department of German and Scandinavian Studies presents:
Transnational Trashscapes: Enframing Global Waste Management in Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s Documentary Matter Out of Place (2022).
Join us for the spring installment of the Ring Lecture where Professor Holt will discuss the images of waste disposal sites from across the globe in Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s documentary Matter Out of Place. The film confronts the viewer with the unfamiliar scales and impacts of contemporary waste through its employment of three experimental techniques: 1) a discontinuous organization that disrupts traditional understandings of ‘waste flow’; 2) a single-point perspective that decenters the human gaze; and 3) a jarring editing practice that reveals the entanglement of manmade waste and the ‘natural’ world.
This presentation is part of Professor Holt’s book project that analyzes contemporary German-language texts and films laboring to depict newer forms of waste (e.g., micro- and nanoplastics, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and e-waste).
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Mark your calendars for the 2026 Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies and Latinx Studies Celebration and Mixer!
CLLAS and Latinx Studies invite you to a vibrant celebration honoring exceptional seniors and other undergraduate students who have completed outstanding coursework that sheds light on Latinx and Latin American issues around the world.
This is a free event. Enjoy music, delicious food, and drinks while learning about their remarkable work. This free event is open to everyone – we look forward to celebrating with you!
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Join us for a workshop with Tibetan Master Jamyong Singye to learn about the preparatory iconometry of traditional Thangka paintings.
Learn how to develop a perfect grid (tik-khang) and how to draw a Buddha face and his full figure in a meditation pose with precise measurements and proportions.
Templates and supplies will be provided.
Click the link below to pre-register now — space is limited to 50 guests only!
https://jsma.uoregon.edu/form/studio-workshop-rsvp
Event sponsors: Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Asian Studies Program, Oregon Humanities Center, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Get ready to set out on your own international adventure with "OUT and About: Navigating LGBTQ+ Experiences Abroad"! Whether you're dreaming of your next international escapade or gearing up for your own study abroad adventure, this lively discussion promises to inspire, inform, and celebrate the diverse experiences of LGBTQ+ students exploring the world.
4:30–5:45 p.m.
Prof. Carolyn Nadeau (Illiniois Wesleyan University) will deliver a public lecture titled “Food Fit for a King: What the 1611 Cookbook Teaches Us about Early Modern Spanish Foodways.” Her lecture is one of two keynote presentations of the Mediterranean Seminar Spring Workshop and Conference, hosted by the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
This event was made possible through the generous support of the Schnitzer School for Global Studies and Languages, the Oregon Humanities Center, the Department of Romance Languages, the Italian Program, the Global Justice Program, the Rutherford Middle East Initiative, the Global Studies Institute, the Department of Religious Studies, the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, the Food Studies Program, the European Studies Program, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Department of History, and the Department of Comparative Literature.
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Prof. Anny Gaul (University of Maryland, College Park) will deliver a public lecture titled “A Mediterranean Nightshade: Tomatoes, Trade, and Travel over the Longue Durée.“ Her lecture is one of two keynote presentations of the Mediterranean Seminar Spring Workshop and Conference, hosted by the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
This event was made possible through the generous support of the Schnitzer School for Global Studies and Languages, the Oregon Humanities Center, the Department of Romance Languages, the Italian Program, the Global Justice Program, the Rutherford Middle East Initiative, the Global Studies Institute, the Department of Religious Studies, the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, the Food Studies Program, the European Studies Program, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Department of History, and the Department of Comparative Literature.
6:00–7:30 p.m.
Join the Duck Nest and Physical Well-being peers in cooking classes this spring term! As a group, we will work collaboratively to create a yummy dish and learn cooking skills. Please check our Instagram for more information about what recipe we will be making for this event. Please arrive promptly at 6:00 pm to start cooking with us. Sign ups will open two weeks before the class.
Sign up here: https://linktr.ee/uo_ducknest