Call for Papers for 2026

Paper/Presentation Submission Form for No Limits

No Limits 2026
Remarkable Women: Resilient & Revolutionary

University of Nebraska at Kearney
Date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Submit proposals by Friday, January 30, 2026

Call for Papers

The University of Nebraska at Kearney Women's and Gender welcomes submissions for the 2026 No Limits Student Research Conference.

Not all presentations need to address the conference theme - Remarkable Women: Resilient & Revolutionary - though they should focus on issues of interest within women, gender, and sexuality studies. All disciplinary approaches (the sciences, social sciences, humanities, etc.) and perspectives (global, national, or local) are welcome!

Submission Instructions

  • To begin the submission process, click on the "Submit Paper/Proposal" link in "Authors Corner" or by visiting https://openspaces.unk.edu/cgi/ir_submit.cgi?context=no-limits
  • If you don’t have an account on DigitalCommons, create one. Having an account allows you to access and update any information until the submission deadline. Need help creating one? There is a tutorial available.

Be sure to include the following with your submission:

  • Title of your paper/proposal
  • Paper/proposal abstract (or short description of creative project)
  • Short biography written in third person (Include your university/college, major, minor, future plans, and a fun fact about yourself)

All presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes.

What is the No Limits Conference? Who Can Participate?

No Limits is an interdisciplinary student conference on issues related to women, gender, and sexuality and is sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Programs at UNO, UNK, and UNL. It is held annually in early March, and it rotates between the 3 campuses at Lincoln, Kearney, and Omaha.

The conference began in 1994 with a group of dedicated students who wanted to create an unquestionably interdisciplinary conference able to accommodate both traditional and non-traditional topics and presentations. Since that time the conference has remained student-oriented, and open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates.

Over the decades, No Limits has hosted hundreds of presentations from students and community members involved in Women's and Gender Studies in numerous academic departments and community groups. Further, No Limits encourages creative presentations, including artwork, performances, and the reading of original work.

**Note: To begin your submission,all participants must create an account. This will allow you to access and update any necessary information until the submission deadline.