[показать] [NIS_GS:] CFP: Rural Women's Studies Association conference
Below is a call for papers for the Rural Women's Studies Association triennial conference, being held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 5-7, 2006. I have submitted the announcement to H-Net, but wished to bring it directly to your attention, as I believe your members will be particularly interested in the opportunity.

Thank you for your consideration,

Anne Effland
Co-chair, Program Committee
2006 RWSA Conference

Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture
(202) 694-5319
(202) 694-5824 (fax)
aeffland@ers.usda.gov

Call for Papers
2006 Rural Women's Studies Association Conference

The Rural Women's Studies Association invites proposals for papers and
panels on all aspects of the lives of rural and farm women, including
proposals that develop connections between rural women's history and
present-day social and economic concerns. We also encourage papers and
sesions have interdisciplinary perspectives, comparative and
transnational themes, and that deal with diverse populations.

The conference is dedicated to the memory of Mary Neth (1954-2005), a
leading scholar of Midwestern history, rural women's history, and
American popular culture, and a cofounder of RWSA. We invite proposals
that reflect her influence on the field of rural women's history, and
encourage roundtables that include her graduate students and others she
mentored.

The conference is being held at the Lancaster Conference Center,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 5-7, 2006. As with past conferences,
we will pay attention to the past and present of our conference
location. Lancaster County demonstrates in microcosm many of the
issues
facing rural women and families today. Possible topics might include
the roles and experience of women in rural life, suburbia and exurbia;
rural tourism and marketing the pastoral; religious minorities in rural
settings; sustainable agircultural operations, cooperative ventures,
farmers markets; and homework, including crafts and quilts.

RWSA conferences encourage participation by rural women working outside
the academic setting, as well as alternative methods of presentation.
Workshops, interactive sessions, posters, performances, readings, and
audiovisual presentations are welcomed.

Full session proposals are preferred and should include a session
abstract or description; a one-page abstract for each paper or
presentation, if appropriate to the session format; and a vita or
biographical statement for each participant. Individual submissions
will also be considered and should include a one-page abstract or
description and a vita or biographical statement. Proposals are due by
April 12, 2006.

Electronic submissions should be sent to both Anne Effland
(aeffland@ers.usda.gov) and Barbara Steinson (stenson@depauw.edu),
program co-chairs. Please use .rtf format to ease potential software
problems.

If electronic submission is not possible, send hard copies of your
proposal to both Anne Effland, ERS/USDA, 1800 M St., NW, Rm 5187,
Washington, DC, 20036-5831, and Barbara Steinson, Department of
History,
DePauw University, 200 South Locust Street, Greencastle, IN, 46135.
Submissions must be received by April 12, so please allow time for
postal delivery, if not using e-mail.

You may also fax your proposal to Anne Effland at (202)694-5824, as a
last resort.

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