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The Rural and Agricultural Studies Section of the Western Social Science Association invites paper and session proposals for its 53rd annual conference held April 13-16, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2010. Panels, roundtable discussions, and papers on any aspect of rural studies or agriculture in any part of the world are welcome. Varying in discipline, approach, and scope, past papers have addressed small towns, extraction-based economies, cultural landscape, population change, rural-urban divisions, food and food policy, and social and environmental history. Scholars willing to serve as moderators/discussants should indicate their interests. Please submit paper/session proposals with presentation title, presenter(s) name(s), contact information, and an abstract (150-word maximum) along with audio-visual needs to: Anthony Amato, Center for Rural and Regional Studies, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, MN 56258; Telephone: (507)-537-6117, email: tamato@smsu.edu
For more information on the WSSA conference in Salt Lake City, check out the Rural Studies Section Facebook group or see the conference webpage:
http://wssa.asu.edu/conferences/default.htm
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