Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference 2018, Organisers: Cherisse Jones-Branch, Arkansas State University, and Debra A. Reid, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan / RWSA

Time: 17-19 May 2018
Venue: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
Proposals due 31 May 2017

The theme, “Surviving and Thriving: Gender, Justice, Power, and Place Making,” emphasizes the role of gender in rural community formation and survival. It allows for exploration of the ways that gendered identity (as women, men, or bi- and trans-) and raced identity (within separatist communities, segregated neighborhoods, or integrated spaces) affected personal power, individual choice, and community development. These subjects lend themselves to exploration of rural activism, business development, cultural expression, self-governance, and collective experiences—both historical and contemporary—locally, regionally, nationally, and globally.

RWSA is an international association founded in 1997 to promote and advance farm and rural women’s/gender studies in a historical perspective by encouraging research, promoting scholarship, and establishing and maintaining links with organizations that share these goals. RWSA welcomes… read more and source (Web).