The Rural and Agricultural Studies Section of the Western Social Science Association invites paper and session proposals for the 55th annual WSSA conference, held April 10-13, 2013, in Denver, Colorado. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2012. 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, country, and scope, past papers have addressed small towns, extraction-based economies, cultural landscape, population change, heritage studies 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(s0, contact information, and an abstract (200-word maximum) along with audio-visual needs.