Hi Everyone,
I wanted to take a moment to write about exciting news that your KUAR exec team has been working hard behind the scenes to make happen. Tonight we officially received approval from Student Senate for funding to bring Dr. Rob Asen (UW-Madison) to visit and speak at KU this coming Spring! Dr. Asen is a well-known public sphere theorist and a full professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Read more about him here: http://commarts.wisc.edu/directory/?person=rbasen) He will be visiting us for a few days and in that time he will visit Dr. Dave Tell & Dr. Frank Farmer's seminar on Counterpublics, do a meet and greet luncheon, and give a lecture on campus. With Dr. Mary Jo Reiff's "Engaging Publics" seminar finishing up next week and Dr. Tell & Dr. Farmer's seminar on "Counterpublics" next semester, we felt this would be a timely and exciting series of events to host for our organization and any student who might be interested on campus!
Beyond the good news that we've received initial funding for his visit, we also now have sparked interest in the members of Student Senate to learn more about KUAR and public sphere theory. We anticipate having both graduate students and undergraduates attend these events, so this will be a great way for us to make some new connections across disciplines with others interested in learning about some of our research.
With January being the 1 year anniversary of starting this organization, I'm happy to say we've already accomplished quite a bit in only one year. Looking forward to Dr. Asen's visit and our first co-taught COMS-ENGL seminar on Counterpublics are definitely two of many highlights I anticipate us seeing in the 2012 year.
As we finish up the semester, we wanted to get together one last time to celebrate everyone's hard work, so please join us for a gathering at Henry's upstairs this Friday, Dec. 2nd at 5:00pm to drink, mingle, and take a break before our final week of classes. I look forward to seeing everyone there and wish you the best of luck going into finals - whether you're writing papers, grading papers, or just trying to save paper, I hope the end of the semester treats you well.
All my best,
Rachel Bloom
KU Ars Rhetorica Chair
KU Ars Rhetorica is a graduate student organization of the University of Kansas, recognized by the Rhetoric Society of America. Our mission is to provide graduate students with interests in rhetoric opportunities to share their scholarship and find excuses to socialize with one another.
30 November 2011
07 November 2011
Dr. Jay Childers Colloquium
As many of you may our own Dr. Jay Childers is presenting this Wednesday for Colloquium. His lecture is titled “The Fitness of Patriotic, Productive Workers: Defining Citizenship after the McKinley Assassination.”
The presentation will be Wednesday (11/9) at Alderson Auditorium (in the Student Union) at 4pm.
There will also be some social time afterwards with drinks at 5pm at the Bird Dog Cafe (in the Oread). Come to both if you can!
Dr. Childers classes on Pop Culture and Agency have attracted scholars from both rhetorical departments and he will be teaching another class on Democratic Engagement in the spring. This is a great chance to get key insights into his passionate scholarly pursuit.
Dr. Childers classes on Pop Culture and Agency have attracted scholars from both rhetorical departments and he will be teaching another class on Democratic Engagement in the spring. This is a great chance to get key insights into his passionate scholarly pursuit.
Hall Center Presents Dr. Dave Tell
Dr. Dave Tell who will be co-teaching a seminar this spring with Dr. Frank Farmer will be presenting a lecture titled "Capote in Kansas: The Making of a Region" at the Hall Center this Friday the 11th at 12:00pm.
If you want to go, you MUST RSVP to hallcenter@ku.edu. The website says the RSVP deadline has passed, but I am told this means they can't provide lunch for you if you RSVP this week but I think you can still come.
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