Organiser: Rural Women’s Studies Association (RWSA)

Time: 19-21 February 2015
Venue: Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Deadline: 15 May 2014

The theme “The Local is Global”: Gender and Rural Connections across Time and Place emphasizes the importance of rural women’s local activities and experiences – both historical and contemporary – to global affairs. At the same time, it highlights the gendered impacts of and reactions to global processes – including globalization, international and transnational trends, policies and programs, and climate change –at the local level. It especially aspires to explore how these different scales are connected across time and space.

RWSA is an international association for the advancement and promotion of research on rural women and gender in a historical perspective. Worldwide, the Association aims to … weiterlesen und Quelle