Annual Conference

Every fall semester, graduate students organize an annual Women's Studies Student Conference - often through the Feminist Theory graduate seminar or occasionally through another course. What began in Fall 2002 as a class conference, in which students presented their seminar papers in a public format, has grown into open calls for participation from both graduate and undergraduate students in different departments, colleges, and universities. The annual conference in the past has featured both local and statewide students, including those attending Syracuse University and LeMoyne College, and also students from as far away as Florida.

Each year, the conference features different and timely themes, such as one focusing on Hurricane Katrina the year of the disaster and the 2006 conference celebrating the department's 35th anniversary by highlighting in its title, "Looking Back, Moving Forward." The event has been sponsored by departments of Women's Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies, Africana Studies, English, Art, History, and Sociology, as well as by the Institute for Research on Women, the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, CATALYST, and University Auxillary Services.

Students who wish to learn more about the event and who would like to submit projects and ideas can contact conference organizers at the following e-mail address: wstudent@albany.edu. Please also visit the conference website: www.albany.edu/wstudent_conference.