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No Limits Conference

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March 1-2, 2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Keynote Speaker: Janet Kourany on Science and Gender Matters on Friday, March 1

Call for Papers: The deadline for submissions is Friday, January 18, 2013 and is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates. 

This year's theme is "No Limits 2013: Science and Gender Matters." The student conference will be held at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, March 1-2, 2013. Events will take place in the Nebraska Union, East Campus Union, and the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Events include: 

  • Friday, March 1: Keynote -- Professor Janet Kourany (University of Notre Dame, feminist philosopher of science) -- "But What Happens When the Scientists Are Women?" 
  • Saturday, March 2: Luncheon panel -- Sarah Gervais research group, "Applying Gender to Psychology Research: Helping Students Create New Knowledge" 
  • Friday and Saturday: student panels presenting academic and creative work 

While our theme is "Science and Gender Matters," papers and panels can address a wide range of women's and gender themes. We invite proposals from undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates on any topic from any discipline related to women’s issues, lives, histories or cultures; feminism; or women’s and gender studies. Creative writing, visual arts, film, music, performances, workshops, posters, and academic papers are all welcome. Proposals for individual presentations or pre-made panels are accepted. 


Proposals and questions regarding the conference should be submitted to: nolimitsunl@unl.edu

For more information about the conference, please see the No Limits website: http://www.unl.edu/womenssp/no-limits-conference

 

 

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Previous  Conference Information:

  • 2013 UNL - Science and Gender Matters
  • 2012 UNO - Gender & Masculinity

  • 2011 UNK - Eco-Feminism & Artful Healing

  • 2010 UNL - Global Issues, Local Voices

  • 2009 UNO - Feminisms, Environments, and New Media

  •  2008 UNK - Transnational Feminism

  • 2007 UNL (.pdf) - The Personal, Political and Patriotic

  • 2006 UNO - Riding the Waves: Feminism Across Generations, Differences & Communities

  • 2005 UNK - Erasing Borders: Women’s Studies in the New Millennium

  • 2004 UNL - Imagining Change: Women as Agents of Social Justice

  • 2003 UNO - Geographies of Women & Gender, Intimate and Vast

  • 2002 UNK - “I am that I am”: Women Challenging 21st Century Boundaries 

  • 2001 UNL - Can We Dismiss Identity? 

  • 2000 UNK* - Women and Popular Culture

  • 1999 UNK* - Women and Work

  • 1987 UNK