Events

The Composition Program's Writing Lab is hosting a Week 8 drop-in event for all students taking courses in the first-year writing sequence: WR 121z, WR 122z and WR 123. The afternoon will include one-to-one writing support, mini workshops on revision strategies and integrating research findings, and library research guidance.    

The Oregon Humanities Center hosts weekly Work-in-Progress Talks to showcase the humanities research of its many fellows. This week, Jasmine An presents her research on "Paperwork Politics: Literary Responses to Empire from the Southeast Asian Diaspora."

What happens when poets write on archival documents instead of the blank page? An's project seeks to answer that question by examining the work of contemporary, Southeast Asian American poets who incorporate paperwork such as immigration documents, birth certificate applications, and declassified military memos into their poetry. Through their shared practice of "paperwork poetics," they manipulate the power of documents to critique the violence of US imperialism in Southeast Asia and its lingering echoes across the Southeast Asian American diasporas. 

Join us for this Work-in-Progress Talk in the OHC Conference Room (Prince Lucien Campbell Hall 159) at noon on Fridays. These events are free and open to the public. Please register for this event online at ohc.uoregon.edu.

Join the Creative Writing program for a fiction reading by Michael Copperman.

Copperman’s work has appeared in The Oxford-American, Guernica, The Sun, Creative Nonfiction, Boston Review, Salon, Gulf Coast, Triquarterly, Kenyon Review and Copper Nickel, among others. His memoir Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta (University Press of Mississippi 2017) was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award in CNF. His new book, Seeking Kenny, is about the extremes of the American subculture of wrestling as seen through the story of five-time national champion Oregon wrestler Kenny Cox’s pilgrimage deep into the wilderness of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast (University of Iowa Press 2026).

Cox devoted his life to wrestling: winning ten Oregon championships in collegiate, freestyle, and Greco-Roman and five junior national championships. But when his college career came to a close, Cox realized he wasn’t sure who he was or how to go about living his life. A few years later, he walked from Oregon to Mexico and back, and upon his return, sold his house and flew to Kauai, where he ventured deep into the wilderness and survived seventy days without supplies. Just weeks after reemerging from the wild, he died at the age of thirty-one.

Copperman considers the life and untimely death of Cox, reconstructing memories of his former training partner with the help of Cox’s family, friends, fans, and fellow wrestlers. Seeking Kenny is, in part, an ode to a storied athlete. But it’s also a cautionary tale about the mental and bodily extremes Cox demanded for his achievements. Copperman asks what it means to live past one’s “glory days,” and what roles loss, grief, faith, and memory play when athletes leave pieces of themselves behind.

Free and open to the public. 

For more information about the Creative Writing Reading Series, please visit https://humanities.uoregon.edu/creative-writing/reading-series

Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy. Mixing mockery and homage, Frayn heaps a hilarious melée of stock characters and situations into his side-splitting play-within-a-play. 

Noises Off is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com 

Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy. Mixing mockery and homage, Frayn heaps a hilarious melée of stock characters and situations into his side-splitting play-within-a-play. 

Noises Off is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com 

Celebrate Romance Languages with food, music, advising, and extra credit*

Program:

2:00 – 2:30pm Presentation of our programs:

• BA in French and Francophone Studies
• BA in Spanish
• BA in Italian (new)
• New minors in French, Italian, and Spanish
• BA in Romance Languages
• Spanish Heritage Language Program
• Graduate programs in Romance Languages
• Hear from our student ambassadors: advanced students in, and alums of, our degree programs!

2:30 – 3:30pm: Meet and greet your advisors, student ambassadors and friends

Learn about study abroad, internships, the Yamada Language Center, and other programs in the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages that pair nicely with our majors.

3:30 – 4:00pm: Talent Show

Come share your talent in French, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish! Many of our language classes will present individual and collective readings, songs, dances, and capoeira.

Drop in at any time and help yourself to food and drinks, and enjoy music from Latin America, Africa, France, Italy, and Spain!

*Extra credit for attendance and participation offered in some courses. Ask your instructor!

Join the Department of Cinema Studies for a cup of coffee or hot apple cider every week on Tuesdays during fall term!

Why do people go to grad school? Is it something you should consider for the career path you're thinking about? Take 30 minutes to learn more about the process of applying for graduate school and how the University Career Center can support you as you research, draft personal statements, and explore programs through events like the Grad School Fair (happening DURING this workshop!)

Are you interested in studying abroad? Stop by GEO's study abroad fair to find a program for you and be entered to win a $500 GEO program scholarship! Speak to a program advisor, hear about the student experience from a program alum, learn more about study abroad financial aid and scholarships, and pick up some snacks and GEO swag.

This event is part of International Education Month (IEM) programming. View the full calendar of IEM events here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM.

Why do people go to grad school? Is it something you should consider for the career path you're thinking about? Take 30 minutes to learn more about the process of applying for graduate school and how the University Career Center can support you as you research, draft personal statements, and explore programs through events like the Grad School Fair (happening DURING this workshop!)