RSS Annual Meetings
Future Meetings
2009 Annual Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin
July 30 - August 2, 20092010 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia
August 12-15, 2010The 2010 RSS conference overlaps with the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association in Atlanta (August 14-17.)
Past Meetings
2008 Annual Meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire
"Rural Sociology as Public Sociology: Past, Present, Future"
Raddisson Hotel-Manchester
July 28-31, 20082007 Annual Meeting in Santa Clara, California
"Social Change and Restructuring in Rural Societies:
Opportunities and Vulnerabilities"
Santa Clara Marriott
August 2-5, 20072006 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky
"Perils and Promises of Globalization: Difference, Resistance, and Possibility"
Seelbach Hilton Hotel
August 10-13, 20062005 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida
"Reaching Out, Reaching Ahead, Reaching Beyond"
Hyatt Regency Tampa
August 10-13, 20052004 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, California
"Strengthening Partnerships: New Paths to Rural Prosperity"
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
August 12-15, 20042003 Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec CANADA
"Spatial Inequality: Continuity and Change in Territorial Stratification"
A joint meeting with American Agricultural Economics Association2002 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois
"The Community Effect in Rural Places"2001 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Locality and Society: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Places in the New Millennium"
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