Call for Proposals
13th ANNUAL RED RIVER WOMEN’S STUDIES CONFERENCE
R/EVOLUTION: Creating Women and Gender Studies
October 4, 2013
University of North Dakota Memorial Union, Grand Forks, North Dakota

The 13th Annual Red River Women’s Studies Conference will focus on the
theme R/EVOLUTION: Creating Women and Gender Studies.  This
interdisciplinary conference will examine and celebrate the creation and
evolution of the fields of Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, and Queer
Studies, as well as the changing roles of women and men in society.  We
invite proposals for panels, individual papers, workshops, posters, and
creative presentations for this year’s conference.  Possible topics for
presentations include but are not limited to:

• The creation and growth of Women’s, Gender, and Queer Studies
• History of Women and Gender Studies in the Red River Valley
• Changing social roles of women and men
• Representations of women in popular culture
• Feminist activism
• Women in politics
• Gender in the classroom
• Women in science and technology
• Cyber-feminism
• Global feminism
• Rural gender and sexuality
• Reproductive health

The University of North Dakota’s Women and Gender Studies Program invites
students, faculty and community activists to submit proposals for panels,
papers, and workshops that address any of the key areas above.
Submissions addressing other themes relevant to the fields of Women and
Gender Studies are also welcome.   Panel proposals should include a
250-word description of the panel topic, as well as 250-word abstracts of
each paper/presentation.  Proposals for individual presentations or
posters should provide a 250-word abstract of that presentation/poster.
Electronic proposals are preferred, and may be emailed to
RRWSC2013@gmail.com.  Hard copies of proposals may be mailed to: Women and
Gender Studies, University of North Dakota, 221 Centennial Dr., Stop 7113,
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7113.
Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2013.