Past No Limits Student Research Conferences

Year

Title and Location

Keynote Speaker & Presentation

2023Reflecting on the Past, Envisioning the Future
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Dr. Lorna Bracewell
2022Writing as Resistance
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
SJ Sindu
"Inheriting Resistance"
2021Women's and Gender Studies: Shaping Worlds, Shaping Futures
University of Nebraska-Omaha
WGS Graduates from UNO
2020Reproductive Justice in a Red State
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Lindsay Churchill
2019Being the Future, Riding the Next Feminist Wave
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Shireen Ghorbani
“We are the Leaders”
2018Gender and Activism in These Times
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Beverly Guy-Sheftall
2017The Politics of Hate: From the Mainstream to the Far Right
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Abby Ferber
2016Sexuality and Gender in the Digital Age
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Meenakshi Gigi Durham
“Pleasure & Danger: Sex, Violence, and Ethics in the Age of Digital Media”
2015Talking Leadership
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Mary S. Hartman
“Talking Leadership”
2014Intersectionality: Gender, Race & Class
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Shireen Roshanravan
“Intersectionality, Integrity & Coalitional Becomings”
2013Science & Gender Matters
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Janet Kourany
“But What Happens When the Scientists Are Women?”
2012Beyond Violence: Dare To Speak
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Michael Kimmel
“Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men”

*Additional information regarding Michael Kimmel here
2011Eco-Feminism & Artful Healing
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Performance by Haitian-American Lenelle Moise
2010Global Issues, Local Voices
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Obioma Nnaemeka
“Captured in Translation: Feminisms in a World in Motion”
2009Feminisms, Environments and New Media
University of Nebraska-Omaha
"Collaging the Gendered Self: Using media to give voice to lived experience”; “A Sense of Wonder”; and "UNO Women's Centennial Luncheon”

2008Transnational Feminism
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Inderpal Grewal
“Transnational Feminism: Problems and Possibilities”
2007The Personal, the Political, and the Patriotic
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
tatianna de la tierra
“Dreaming of Lesbos in Times of Holy Terror”
2006Riding the Waves: Feminism Across Generations, Difference, and Community
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Valda Ford
2005Erasing Borders: Women's Studies in the New Millennium
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Margaret Anderson, Ann Goetting and Tres Vidas
2004Imagining Change: Women as Agents for Social Justice
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lourdes Portillo and Wendy Smooth
2003Geographies of Women and Gender-Intimate and Vast
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Judy Gorman and Jenny Gruber
2002I am That I am...: Women Challenging 21st Century Boundaries
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Elisabeth Kopp, Adilah Barnes and Barbara Lounsberry
2001Can We Dismiss Identity?
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Canyon Sam and Toi Derricotte
2000Feminist Visioning: Re-Imagining, Re-Creating, and Re-Telling
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nomy Lamm, Manjira Datta and Larry Kirkwood
1999No Records Found
1998International Women: Continuing Our Traditions of Resistance
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Emilia Gonzalez-Clements, Jennifer Shute and Mahnaz Afkhami
1997Transgenderism: Negotiating Gender Boundaries
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
None
1996We Are the Stories: We Tell Celebrating Women in Science & Theory
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Londa Schiebinger
1995Reclaiming Women's Voices
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Laureen Reidesel
1994First Annual No Limits Conference on Women's Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pat Mora

Over the decades, No Limits has hosted hundreds of undergraduate and graduate student presentations on topics related to women, gender, and sexuality and brought in renowned scholars, writers, performers and activists to serve as the conference keynote.