Dear Friends and Colleagues of Women’s & Gender Studies,
We’re thrilled to invite you to save the date for the upcoming 2026 No Limits Student Research Conference, hosted by Women’s and Gender Studies and the Sociology Department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney!
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Friday, March 6, 2026 |
This year’s theme, “Remarkable Women: Resilient & Revolutionary,” celebrates the strength, creativity, and transformative power of women across time and place. The conference is free and open to the public, and we warmly welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members to attend.
Please share the enclosed flyer through your networks and with your students. A formal Call for Papers will be released in mid-October.
What is No Limits?
No Limits is an interdisciplinary student conference focused on issues of women, gender, and sexuality. Sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Programs at UNO, UNK, and UNL, it rotates annually between the three campuses and has been a cornerstone of student scholarship and activism since 1993.
No Limits welcome presentations from undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, across all disciplines. Whether traditional or non-traditional in format, all voices and perspectives are valued.
We can’t wait to gather, learn, and celebrate together.
Sandra Loughrin, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Women’s, Gender, & Ethnic Studies
120C Copeland Hall
University of Nebraska, Kearney
(308) 865-8804
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FRACTAL RHETORICS
Call for Chapter Proposals
Fractal Rhetorics: Scaling Small and Subtle Feminist Rhetorical Actions
Edited by Tammie M. Kennedy and Jessi Thomsen
Proposals Due: 1 November 2025
https://tinyurl.com/fractalrhetorics
The current moment of dismantling DEIA and the proliferation of conservatism in politics leaves many marginalized folks wondering about their own survival. As feminist rhetoricians, we are tasked to navigate the exigence of these challenging times when engaging in action that reads as big and loud might be met with violence and lasting consequences. The editors invite chapter proposals that grapple with the notion of small and subtle feminisms, considering the ways in which work that is underground, undercover, subtle, and quiet—rhetorical work that functions on a smaller scale—operates within, between, and behind the important big and loud movements that map feminist rhetorical histories (Ahmed, 2017; Baumgardner, 2016; Gay, 2014; Glenn, 2018; Glenn and Ratcliffe, 2011; hooks, 1984; Meloncon, 2019; Royster and Kirsch, 2012).