Join us for a discussion with Dr. Kimberly Jensen about her new book.

In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy “others,” combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed civil liberties for many people in Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and the nation. Drawing from her new book Oregon’s Others, Kimberly Jensen will discuss the processes that shaped the growing surveillance state of the era, share some of the compelling personal stories that tell its history, and consider how an analysis of this history can inform present day questions of civil liberties and community.