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Dec 30
Happy Holidays from the Oregon Institute for Creative Research
As for Squid Game, We'd Really Rather Not Talk About it
Dec 20
As for Squid Game, We'd Really Rather Not Talk About it
Pat LeGates presents paper on Gilles Deleuze at the 2021 Conference of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
Dec 8
Pat LeGates presents paper on Gilles Deleuze at the 2021 Conference of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
The OICR Living Forest Initiative, After Akira Miyawaki
Nov 29
The OICR Living Forest Initiative, After Akira Miyawaki
“Readings for Now” Seminar #12: Classic Plague
Nov 22
“Readings for Now” Seminar #12: Classic Plague
“Code Red for Humanity”: A close reading of the August 2021 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Nov 15
“Code Red for Humanity”: A close reading of the August 2021 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Romeo Oriogun's "Cotonou" published in The New Yorker
Oct 25
Romeo Oriogun's "Cotonou" published in The New Yorker
OICR poets read from their work at the 2021 Airstream Poetry Festival — Chibụìhè Obi Achịmbà, Emma Biggerstaff, Annelyse Gelman
Oct 23
OICR poets read from their work at the 2021 Airstream Poetry Festival — Chibụìhè Obi Achịmbà, Emma Biggerstaff, Annelyse Gelman
"Readings for Now" Seminar #11: IMAGES AND OTHER ACTS
Apr 23
"Readings for Now" Seminar #11: IMAGES AND OTHER ACTS
"Readings for Now" Seminar #10: HOUSE HISTORY MANNERS
Apr 16
"Readings for Now" Seminar #10: HOUSE HISTORY MANNERS
"Films for Now" Seminar [#4]: "Le quattro volte"
Mar 26
"Films for Now" Seminar [#4]: "Le quattro volte"
"Films for Now" Seminar [#3]: "Border," with Erika M. Anderson and Leif Shackelford
Mar 12
"Films for Now" Seminar [#3]: "Border," with Erika M. Anderson and Leif Shackelford
“Readings for Now” Seminar #9: DUMBSTRUCK (Three Works by Giorgio Agamben)
Feb 26
“Readings for Now” Seminar #9: DUMBSTRUCK (Three Works by Giorgio Agamben)
"Films for Now" Seminar [#2] : "Mother," with Wendy Behrend
Jan 29
"Films for Now" Seminar [#2] : "Mother," with Wendy Behrend
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Jan 22
"Films for Now" Seminar [#1] : "Kurosawa's Dreams"
Ellena Basada named Recipient of the 2020 Bex Wilkinson Award at Vermont Studio Center
Jan 18
Ellena Basada named Recipient of the 2020 Bex Wilkinson Award at Vermont Studio Center
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Romeo Oriogun announced co-winner of the John Logan Poetry Prize for students of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Jan 2
Romeo Oriogun announced co-winner of the John Logan Poetry Prize for students of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
2019 OICR Annual Holiday Party
Dec 22
2019 OICR Annual Holiday Party
CT+CR Winter 2019 Research Presentations
Dec 19
CT+CR Winter 2019 Research Presentations
Maria Fernanda Nuñez named a recipient of the 2020 Penland School of Crafts Core Fellowship
Dec 10
Maria Fernanda Nuñez named a recipient of the 2020 Penland School of Crafts Core Fellowship
The Magnificent "1599" Douglas Fir of Corvallis, Oregon
Dec 10
The Magnificent "1599" Douglas Fir of Corvallis, Oregon
OICR Faculty and Members of the 2019-2020 Research Cohort Testify before the State Land Board, in Salem, Oregon, Arguing That the Elliott Should Remain a Public State Forest
Dec 10
OICR Faculty and Members of the 2019-2020 Research Cohort Testify before the State Land Board, in Salem, Oregon, Arguing That the Elliott Should Remain a Public State Forest
Róbert Gál is named 2019 IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence
Nov 22
Róbert Gál is named 2019 IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence
OICR is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Airstream Poetry Festival
Oct 25
OICR is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Airstream Poetry Festival
OICR joins the Global Climate Strike
Sep 20
OICR joins the Global Climate Strike
THIS IS NOT A RUSSIAN PLOT: A "Readings for Now" Seminar
Sep 12
THIS IS NOT A RUSSIAN PLOT: A "Readings for Now" Seminar
Brian Liu, OICR Research Cohort 2019, to present paper at Progressive Connexions' Vienna Conference on Friendship
Sep 1
Brian Liu, OICR Research Cohort 2019, to present paper at Progressive Connexions' Vienna Conference on Friendship
Bennett Gilbert, Portland State University, presents “Two Ways to Think in Two Directions at the Same Time”
Aug 15
Bennett Gilbert, Portland State University, presents “Two Ways to Think in Two Directions at the Same Time”
Oregon Institute for Creative Research holds roundtable with Our Children's Trust’s Jacob Lebel at the 660-acre biodynamic Broken Branch Farm
Aug 10
Oregon Institute for Creative Research holds roundtable with Our Children's Trust’s Jacob Lebel at the 660-acre biodynamic Broken Branch Farm
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Aug 4
CT+CR Reunion and Party
Romeo Oriogun presents "The Story of Our Lives"
Aug 2
Romeo Oriogun presents "The Story of Our Lives"
OICR Test Kitchen, with Special Guest Sophie Rahman, Cardamom Hills Trading Company
Jul 31
OICR Test Kitchen, with Special Guest Sophie Rahman, Cardamom Hills Trading Company
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Jul 15
Maria Fernanda Nunez receives 2019 Bex Wilkinson Award at Vermont Studio Center
Susan Cohen, Founding Chair of Immigration Practice at the Boston firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, presents “The U.S. Immigration Landscape in the Trump Era”
Jun 28
Susan Cohen, Founding Chair of Immigration Practice at the Boston firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, presents “The U.S. Immigration Landscape in the Trump Era”
Michael W. Klein, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, presents “An Alternative to Alternative Facts”
Jun 28
Michael W. Klein, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, presents “An Alternative to Alternative Facts”
Romeo Oriogun reads his own poems and selections from the work of other Nigerian poets
Jun 14
Romeo Oriogun reads his own poems and selections from the work of other Nigerian poets
Sigrid Hackenberg y Almansa, IDSVA, presents “Dreaming Language, the Unknown”
Jun 14
Sigrid Hackenberg y Almansa, IDSVA, presents “Dreaming Language, the Unknown”
Trace Fleeman y Garcia makes poster presentation at the International Urban Wildlife Conference at Portland State University
Jun 2
Trace Fleeman y Garcia makes poster presentation at the International Urban Wildlife Conference at Portland State University
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Jun 1
Romeo Oriogun, SAR Program, Harvard University, named Summer 2019 OICR Visiting Artist
Opening for Mark Tracy's "The Massification Project" at Fulcrum Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
May 16
Opening for Mark Tracy's "The Massification Project" at Fulcrum Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
5G Crisis - National Day of Action
May 15
5G Crisis - National Day of Action
AN URGENT REPORT: DEVASTATING UNITED NATIONS REPORT ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS
May 6
AN URGENT REPORT: DEVASTATING UNITED NATIONS REPORT ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS
OICR Spring Colloquium and Artist Residency at House on Metolius
Apr 24
OICR Spring Colloquium and Artist Residency at House on Metolius
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Apr 15
OICR sends condolences to the people of Paris and to the people across the world for whom the Cathedral of Notre-Dame will forever remain the embodied symbol of a better, more just world
Spring Research Thesis Presentations
Apr 4
Spring Research Thesis Presentations
Sebastian Matthews presents "Hybridity"
Mar 29
Sebastian Matthews presents "Hybridity"
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Fall 2023 IWP@OICR Writers-in-Residence Marina Porcelli and Mary Rokonadravu read from their work at Passages Bookshop
Nov 16
Fall 2023 IWP@OICR Writers-in-Residence Marina Porcelli and Mary Rokonadravu read from their work at Passages Bookshop
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Dec 16
Season's Greetings from the Oregon Institute for Creative Research
Salah Badis presents "Non-fiction/Self-writing"
Nov 19
Salah Badis presents "Non-fiction/Self-writing"
IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence Salah Badis reads from his work at PSU
Nov 14
IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence Salah Badis reads from his work at PSU
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Nov 6
Kendal Hockin named Fall 2018 OICR Fellow in Critical Theory + Filmmaking
IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence Salah Badis
Nov 6
IWP@OICR Writer-in-Residence Salah Badis
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Oct 19
The Sea as Seen from the Shore by Flashlight (A Reading of Poetry Devoted to the Sea, beginning with Jules Michelet’s "La Mer")
OICR FELLOWSHIP IN CRITICAL THEORY + FILMMAKING DEADLINE
Oct 10
OICR FELLOWSHIP IN CRITICAL THEORY + FILMMAKING DEADLINE
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Sep 27
OICR Faculty Named Judges for the 2018 Portland EcoFilm Festival
Summer Research Presentations
Sep 7
Summer Research Presentations
"Readings for Now" Seminar [#3]: "Regarding the Difficult if Not Impossible Task of Talking about America Now..."
Aug 24
"Readings for Now" Seminar [#3]: "Regarding the Difficult if Not Impossible Task of Talking about America Now..."
Cathy Denning announced Winner of the First OICR Prize for the Redemption of the Most Illustrious Lost, Discarded, or Forgotten Work for Making Sense of Present-Day American Crises & Dilemmas
Aug 22
Cathy Denning announced Winner of the First OICR Prize for the Redemption of the Most Illustrious Lost, Discarded, or Forgotten Work for Making Sense of Present-Day American Crises & Dilemmas
Emily Hyde awarded the inaugural Bex Frankel Fellowship in Film & Filmmaking at the Vermont Studio Center
May 1
Emily Hyde awarded the inaugural Bex Frankel Fellowship in Film & Filmmaking at the Vermont Studio Center
Apr 19
Coleman Gariety to present "Heidegger in the Night Kitchen" at the "What Is Universe?" Conference, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Feb 16
Ryan Wilson Paulsen presents “Art & Mental Health; Or, The Necessity of Self Care” (presentation and workshop)
OICR is proud to announce its affiliation with the International Writing Program, University of Iowa 
Feb 14
OICR is proud to announce its affiliation with the International Writing Program, University of Iowa 
CT+CR Winter Edit-a-thon
Jan 16
CT+CR Winter Edit-a-thon
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OICR Study Hall
Jan 9
OICR Study Hall
Season's Greetings
Dec 20
Season's Greetings
An intimate evening w/ John Darnielle benefiting OICR
Dec 14
An intimate evening w/ John Darnielle benefiting OICR
CT+CR PechaKucha, Fall 2017
Dec 8
CT+CR PechaKucha, Fall 2017
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Dec 1
Barry Sanders selected as juror for PSU's Climate Change Writing Contest
Halloween 2017: E.A. Poe Party
Oct 31
Halloween 2017: E.A. Poe Party
"Readings for Now" Seminar [#2]: "Opinion Delusion Society"
Oct 3
"Readings for Now" Seminar [#2]: "Opinion Delusion Society"
"Readings for Now" Seminar [#1]: "Are there writings and records that might help us understand what is happening now?"
Sep 21
"Readings for Now" Seminar [#1]: "Are there writings and records that might help us understand what is happening now?"
The Last Wild Horses of the West
Aug 24
The Last Wild Horses of the West
OICR Spring Colloquium and Artist Residency at Caldera
Apr 11
OICR Spring Colloquium and Artist Residency at Caldera
The Coming Prehuman (A Peculiar Relation to Life and Life-Time): Two Perspectives, "What Is Life?" Conference, University of Oregon
Apr 8
The Coming Prehuman (A Peculiar Relation to Life and Life-Time): Two Perspectives, "What Is Life?" Conference, University of Oregon
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Mar 22
Anne-Marie Oliver writes the opening essay of the exhibition catalogue for Tannaz Farsi's Points of Departure
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Feb 27
RESIST! Volume II Available: Grab one now!
"Two thousand years after Plato wrote it seems as if not only the gods but the wise have abandoned us, and left us alone with our partial knowledge and our ignorance."
Jan 20
"Two thousand years after Plato wrote it seems as if not only the gods but the wise have abandoned us, and left us alone with our partial knowledge and our ignorance."
Anne-Marie Oliver presents “Why We Can’t Stop Talking about Utopia: The Artist’s Guide to an Enigma”
Nov 14
Anne-Marie Oliver presents “Why We Can’t Stop Talking about Utopia: The Artist’s Guide to an Enigma”
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Oct 4
OICR Fall Colloquium and Artist Residency at Caldera
Yale Radio Interview with Anne-Marie Oliver and Barry Sanders
Sep 8
Yale Radio Interview with Anne-Marie Oliver and Barry Sanders
C’MON LANGUAGE: ANNE-MARIE OLIVER, BARRY SANDERS, THOMAS ZUMMER, AND WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU
Aug 6
C’MON LANGUAGE: ANNE-MARIE OLIVER, BARRY SANDERS, THOMAS ZUMMER, AND WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU
C'mon Language: Come If You Dare
Jun 21
C'mon Language: Come If You Dare
OICR Spring Colloquium and Artist Residency at Caldera
Apr 15
OICR Spring Colloquium and Artist Residency at Caldera
CT+CR Fall Colloquium and Artist Residency
Oct 3
CT+CR Fall Colloquium and Artist Residency