The Women's & Gender Studies Program of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln is delighted to announce the Call for Papers for this year's No Limits Student Research Conference -- "Writing as Resistance," featuring SJ Sindu as the keynote speaker. Please find attached a flyer to share through your publicity channels. The latest conference information can be found here. We invite submissions from undergraduates, graduate students, and recent alums. The event is free and open to the public.
The conference will be held Friday, March 11, 2022 at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It will take place in person at the Nebraska City Campus Student Union and will abide by COVID requirements as directed by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department at that time. Please visit this link for the University's most up-to-date COVID-related policies & information.
An alum of UNL, the keynote speaker Professor SJ Sindu is a Sri Lankan American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, was released by Soho Press in June 2017, won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, and was named an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. Her forthcoming book, Blue-Skinned Gods, has been described by Roxane Gay as “another brilliant novel…[T]he richness of this story will take hold of you and never let go.”
The deadline for proposals has been extended to Friday, January 28, 2022. Proposals can be submitted online here.
No Limits is a student research conference. So please announce to your students and share widely with others. There is no registration cost, and the event is free and open to the public.
We invite proposals from undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates on any topic from any discipline related to women's issues, lives, histories, or culture; or women's and gender studies. Creative writing, visual arts, film, music, performances, workshops, and academic papers are all welcome. Proposals for individual presentations or pre-made panels are accepted.
Should you have additional questions, please submit them to -- nolimitsunl@unl.edu.
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you all in March!
Sincerely,
Rose