Curiosity Knows No Boundaries
2026 No Limits Student Research Conference
Theme: Remarkable Women: Resilient & Revolutionary
March 6, 2026
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Nebraska Student Union, 2nd Floor, Ponderosa Room
This year’s theme celebrates the strength, creativity, and transformative power of women across time and place. The conference is free and open to the public, and we warmly welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members to attend.
Registration opens in January!
Keynote Performance: SALT Quintet
Call for Proposals
Submissions from students (undergraduate and graduate) and recent alumni are welcome on topics related to women’s issues and gender studies. Creative works—such as writing, visual arts, film, music, performances, and workshops—are also encouraged.
Submissions due Friday, January 30, 2026
To save progress, update submissions, and access the digital schedule, presenters will need to create an account on UNK’s Openspaces platform.
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 campuses at Lincoln, Kearney, and Omaha.
In order to keep this event accessible to all participants, No Limits charges no conference registration fee. It is entirely supported by donations from academic departments and units within the University of Nebraska and the fundraising efforts of student organizations.
History
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, 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.
No Limits has also hosted many renowned scholars, writers, performers and activists, including SJ Sindu, Lindsey Churchill, Shireen Ghorbani, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Mary S. Hartman, Shireen Roshanravan, Obioma Nnaemeka, Janet Kourany, tatiana de la tierra, Judith Cofer Ortiz, Nomy Lamm, Toi Derricotte, and Lourdes Portillo.
