Welcome
The Portland Center for Public Humanities is a consortium of over 100 scholars who seek to foster intellectual community and activity in our metropolitan area. In addition to encouraging scholarly collaboration between our campuses and organizations, the center provides an annual slate of programs that bring scholarship and research to bear on matters of public interest. The center seeks to let knowledge serve the Portland community in the most direct possible sense, by providing forums where intellectual inquiry and civic engagement come together. We seek partnerships with all local organizations who share these goals.
Upcoming Events
 Julie Sze Lecture: "Environmental Justice and Environmental Humanities at the Crossroads"
Tuesday, May 20, 2008,
5-6:30 pm, Location Smith 238
Julie Sze is Associate Professor of American Studies and Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the John Muir Institute for the Environment at University of California, Davis. She is author of Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice, which analyzes the culture, politics, and history of environmental justice activism in New York City within the larger context of privatization, deregulation, and globalization. Published widely, her research links analyses of race, class, gender with environmental studies, urban studies, health activism and social movements and community activism.
Julie Sze Workshop
Wednesday, May 21, 2008,
10:30 am, Dean's Conference Room (Neuberger 491).
Download Julie's article, "Boundaries and Border Wars: DES, Technology and Environmental Justice."
Dylan Rodríguez Lecture
Thursday, June 5, 2008,
7-9 pm, Smith 296
Dylan Rodríguez Workshop
Friday, June 6, 2008,
11 am, Neuberger 407
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