2021 Triennial Conference

Save the date and join us at the University of Guelph for the 2021 Triennial Conference. Guelph is “Canada’s Food University” and is internationally recognized for its impact on agricultural sciences and rural life. The conference theme is “Kitchen Table Talk to Global Forum.”
The Rural Women’s Studies Association (RWSA) is an international association to advance rural women’s/gender studies in a historical perspective. The RWSA welcomes public historians, archivists, graduate students, rural organizations, and communities as conference participants as well as scholars from diverse fields, including sociology, anthropology, literature, Indigenous studies, and history. 
The RWSA is accepting proposals for the upcoming conference focused on rural women and mental health, rural women and food justice, Indigenous women, rural women and food tourism, rural women and technological and biological innovation, food production, and discussions focused on family, community, politics, legislation, and markets. The deadline to submit proposals is May 31, 2020. For more information on the upcoming conference and to submit proposals visit www.ohio.edu/cas/history/institutes-associations/rwsa