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"RHETORIC & KAIROS"
"The term kairos has a rich and varied history, but generally refers to the way a given context for communication both calls for and constrains one's speech. Thus, sensitive to kairos, a speaker or writer takes into account the contingencies of a given place and time, and considers the opportunities within this specific context for words to be effective and appropriate to that moment." - quoted courtesy of Silva Rhetoricae (rhetoric.byu.edu) The
Rhetoric Symposium is now accepting proposals for papers and panels
dealing with contemporary issues of kairos, which we define
broadly to incorporate a wide variety of research interests. Suggestions for possible areas of interest:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The keynote speaker will be Dr. Brenda Brueggemann of Ohio State University. Her research and teaching interests include Disability Rhetorics, Gender & Disability, Composition Studies, and Critical Theory. Dr. Brueggemann is the author of several important books, including Lend Me Your Ear: Rhetorical Constructions of Deafness. She is an Associate Professor of English, an Associate Faculty member of Comparative Studies - Women's Studies, the Co-Coordinator of the American Sign Language Program, and the Coordinator of the Disability Studies Minor - all at Ohio State University. She is also the Series Editor of "Deaf Lives," from Gallaudet University Press. The subject of Dr. Brueggemann's paper will be Disability Rhetoric.
Deadline for Submission of 250-Word Abstract (electronic format
preferred):
01/06/2006 (extended!) Prizes for outstanding graduate papers will be awarded! Please send all inquiries to: dsouder@mail.twu.edu
ABSTRACTS AND PANEL PROPOSALS SHOULD
BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH OUR or via USPS to:
Federation Rhetoric
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