Oregon State University Ethnic Studies

06/01/2026

https://simpsoncenter.org/article/fire-humanities-cultural-experiences-fire-and-smoke

May 22, 2026  "Fire Humanities explores personal stories, public perceptions, and broader narratives around fire. By understanding humans’ varied cultural, emotional, and aesthetic relationships to fire, the project seeks to engage with it in healthier ways. " In late April, the Simpson Center sp...

06/01/2026

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Link to register: https://beav.es/fAC

04/28/2026

The fall 2026 priority registration schedule is posted.

Graduate Students: at the assigned registration date, all degree-seeking graduate students may begin registering on Monday, May 18, at 6:00 AM, and all professional students may register on Monday, May 18, starting at 7:00 AM.

Undergraduate Students are assigned a registration date and time based on class level and total earned and in-progress hours. It’s possible that students with the same class level and credit hours may have different registration dates/times. Indicated below is the earliest access time for each class level to register.
(Registration Date, Beginning Access Time, Students Eligible to Register)

Monday, May 18
5:00 PM Student-athletes: Senior/Junior, Postbaccalaureate
7:00 PM Honors College & Veterans: Senior
8:00 PM Seniors

Tuesday, May 19
7:00 AM Student-athletes: Sophomore/Freshman

Wednesday, May 20
6:00 AM Postbaccalaureate Veterans
7:00 AM Postbaccalaureate Students

Thursday, May 21
6:00 AM Honors College & Veterans: Junior
7:00 AM Juniors

Tuesday, May 26
6:00 AM Honors College & Veterans: Sophomore
7:00 AM Sophomores

Wednesday, May 27
6:00 AM Honors College & Veterans: Freshman
7:00 AM Freshman

Monday, June 8
6:00 AM Veterans: Non-degree
7:00 AM Non-degree students

Restrictions
Corvallis-campus students can start registering for most online (Ecampus) class sections starting Week 10 of the term (June 1 at 6:00 a.m. (PT) for fall 2026). Other restrictions use different timelines.

04/27/2026

What is happening on campus?

5/8 Che Gosset, speaking on Friday, May 8 at noon: “Catastrophe and Care: Black Q***r and Trans Art & Abolitionist Ecology.” (see attached flyer and link below): https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/catastrophe-and-care-black-queer-and-trans-art-and-abolitionist-ecology

5/13 – Anna Guasco (Marine Studies/SLCS): "Quoth Leviathan Nevermore: Techno-Optimist Fantasies of AI-Facilitated Human-Cetacean Communication"
Cordley 1616, 4 pm
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the People and Nature seminar, about her Critical AI Literacy Fellowship research on efforts to use AI to translate and speak to whales.
https://prax.oregonstate.edu/events/quoth-leviathan-nevermore-techno-optimist-fantasies-ai-facilitated-human-cetacean

5/15 – Stacy Alaimo: "The Abyss Stares Back”
Bexell 412, 11 am
A conversation with University of Oregon environmental humanities scholar Stacy Alaimo on her book The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters With Deep-Sea Life.
https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/the-abyss-stares-back-a-talk-with-dr-stacy-alaimo

6/1 - "Disaster Nationalism: Dispatches from the Sri Lankan Shoreline to the Streets of Minneapolis"
Waldo 240, 2 pm
A book talk (followed by Q&A and refreshments) with Vivian Choi on her book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka. This talk is co-sponsored by MAST and SLCS, hosted by Emily Yates-Doerr. See: https://www.stolaf.edu/profile/choi7

https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/dr-vivian-choi-disaster-nationalism-tsunami-and-civil-war-in-sri-lanka

On Monday, June 1, 2026 at 2 p.m. in Waldo Hall, room 240, Vivian Choi, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at St. Olaf College, will be presenting from her book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press 2025). The talk is co-sponsored by the Colle...

04/15/2026

FYI...Apr 19: Last day to withdraw from a spring course (50% tuition refund)

04/06/2026

Holocaust Memorial Week: Scholarly Talk with David Lewis
Linus Pauling Center, Room 125
April 14 at 7 p.m.