category archives: Announcements
Things To Do in NYC
Film Forum’s Son of Summer Festival of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction Fri Aug 9 – Thu Sept 5: The venerable downtown movie house is reviving its cinematic salute to creepy, geeky fare for the first time in 17 years. Expect a few new prints and celeb appearances (both TBA at press time) at the [...]
Hyatt Boycott Information
Info for RSS Members on the Hyatt Boycott Dear RSS Members: At the February meetings of the RSS Executive Committee and RSS Council, the issue of our contracts with Hyatt properties was thoroughly reviewed. The RSS Executive Committee and the RSS Council passed the following motions: (Details of the RSS Council discussion are contained in [...]
Booking a Room
To book a room for Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, click here. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the RSS Business Office at rural_sociology@byu.edu.
Diversity Travel Grants
Diversity Travel grants of up to $750 per person will be awarded to 1) help defray the costs of attending the annual Rural Sociological Society (RSS) meeting and 2) cover the cost of one year membership. Applicants may be either faculty or students from under-represented minority groups within RSS (i.e. African American, Asian-Americans, Latino/a, American [...]
Abstract Submissions
Guidelines: Main text should be a maximum 250 words (approx 2000 characters). Please separate paragraphs with a blank line. Do not indent the first line of each paragraph. The abstract title is a maximum of 250 chars. (approx. 25 words) Use upper case for only the first letter of the title, proper nouns and acronyms. [...]
Jim Hightower Address
A special thanks to Jim Hightower for giving us the privilege of having him as our keynote speaker for out 75th Annual Meeting! To view a brief video of his address, see below. View an article written by one of our attendees, Texas wisdom: Big hat, big mouth, a lot of plain speaking
2013 Annual Meeting Theme
The theme of the 2013 Meetings calls attention to the rural roots of solidarity and change in the context of global restructuring and political retrenchment. What can we learn from the struggles of rural peoples? How can we assist in the construction of local alternatives to the global that revitalize networks and enhance community and [...]