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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Call for Papers: Gender and Women's Studies Student Research Conference - April 3, 2020

The 31st Annual Gender & Women’s Studies Student Research Conference is on Friday, April 3, 2020. It is an exciting opportunity to showcase your work, discuss your interests with students and faculty from Villanova and other area universities, and see the broad range of intellectual disciplines encompassed by Gender and Women’s Studies. Essays and creative work must engage gender, sexuality, or feminist theories. All papers must have been written during Spring or Fall 2019 or written specifically for the conference. Papers submitted for the conference may also be eligible to win one of three cash prizes.

Paper Eligibility, Submission Guidelines, and Prizes information:


Submission Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2020

Conference presented by Villanova's Gender & Women's Studies Program and The Greater Philadelphia Women's Studies Consortium. Questions? Email gws@villanova.edu