{"id":28915,"date":"2025-12-11T09:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=28915"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:10:39","slug":"now-accepting-proposals-for-the-annual-womens-and-gender-studies-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/now-accepting-proposals-for-the-annual-womens-and-gender-studies-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Accepting Proposals for the Annual Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Department is accepting submissions for the Spring 2026 Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Conference, which will be held on March 30-31<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>at Wilkes.\u00a0Proposals are due by<strong>\u00a0February 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2026<\/strong> and may be submitted online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/signature-events\/wgs-conference\/index.aspx\">here<\/a> or at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/signature-events\/wgs-conference\/index.aspx\">https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/signature-events\/wgs-conference\/index.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We invite students, faculty, staff, and community members to submit gender studies or social justice\u2013related research projects, performance art pieces, or presentations that raise awareness about WGS-related issues. Session types include research talks, panel discussions, video screenings, and performance art (e.g., poetry slams). We also welcome presentations highlighting service-learning, community service, or study abroad experiences. This year\u2019s theme is <strong>\u201cGender and Citizenship: Past, Present, and Future.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information or questions about the conference, please contact Dr. Jennifer Thomas, director of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies, at <a href=\"mailto:jennifer.thomas@wilkes.edu\">jennifer.thomas@wilkes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wilkes Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Department is accepting submissions for the Spring 2026 Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Conference, which will be held on March 30-31\u00a0at Wilkes.\u00a0Proposals are due by\u00a0February 23rd, 2026 and may be submitted online here or at https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/signature-events\/wgs-conference\/index.aspx We invite students, faculty, staff, and community members to submit gender studies or social&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/now-accepting-proposals-for-the-annual-womens-and-gender-studies-conference\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Now Accepting Proposals for the Annual Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Conference<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28923,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28915\/revisions\/28923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}