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.
21 October 2011
Ars Rhetorica Social
Ending a busy week there is an Ars Rhetorica social tonight at 730pm. We're bowling! ... @ Royal Crest Lanes. Come get your bowl and drink on.
19 October 2011
Recap: Dr. David Zarefsky Ars Rhetorica Luncheon
The Ars Rhetorica luncheon with RSA President Dr. David Zarefsky of Northwestern Unviersity was a great success. He spoke about the contemporary state of rhetoric and opened up the floor for a Q&A. Dr. Zarefsky’s disciplinary wisdom shined through as he addressed where the discipline is heading, how to excel as a rhetoric graduate student, and even gave specific suggestions for our own RSA Student Chapter Ars Rhetorica.
Dr. Zarefsky held a sense of grounded optimism about the field of Rhetoric throughout his talk. "As humanities continues to take language seriously more and more disciplines have a growing interest in rhetoric,” said Zarefsky. While the job market for rhetoricians may be tight, unlike many areas of the humanities, Dr. Zarefsky believes that the area of rhetoric is expanding.
Commenting on rhetoric as a stabilized discipline Dr. Zarefsky repeatedly emphasized a discipline is pragmatically “created by the people that exist within it.” Thus, rhetoric is both stabilized and expanded based on the production of its scholars. This also means, added Dr. Zarefsky, that rhetoric growth evidences how “it has not allowed itself to be [methodologically] constricted by the university system.”
Practically he encouraged graduate students to dive deep within the “roots” of a focused trajectory. In this way students can get a concrete grasp on phenomena that can lead to an expanded audience of one's rhetorical findings - such as the audience a book provides.
Concerning Ars Rhetorica specifically he encouraged us to continue to “be as active and visible as you can.” “As you grow within KU,” said Dr. Zarefsky, “you’ll also grow in prestige nationally concerning other organizations like RSA.”
The talk was quite an optimistic, yet grounded, look at the rhetorical field. While we may have departmental overlap it is our generation's task to work together. So as KU Ars Rhetorica moves on, lets push to be more visible locally and nationally. Let’s actively participate in the discourse of rhetoric and stay tuned for the specific ways in which we can expand together.
Dr. Zarefsky held a sense of grounded optimism about the field of Rhetoric throughout his talk. "As humanities continues to take language seriously more and more disciplines have a growing interest in rhetoric,” said Zarefsky. While the job market for rhetoricians may be tight, unlike many areas of the humanities, Dr. Zarefsky believes that the area of rhetoric is expanding.
Commenting on rhetoric as a stabilized discipline Dr. Zarefsky repeatedly emphasized a discipline is pragmatically “created by the people that exist within it.” Thus, rhetoric is both stabilized and expanded based on the production of its scholars. This also means, added Dr. Zarefsky, that rhetoric growth evidences how “it has not allowed itself to be [methodologically] constricted by the university system.”
Practically he encouraged graduate students to dive deep within the “roots” of a focused trajectory. In this way students can get a concrete grasp on phenomena that can lead to an expanded audience of one's rhetorical findings - such as the audience a book provides.
Concerning Ars Rhetorica specifically he encouraged us to continue to “be as active and visible as you can.” “As you grow within KU,” said Dr. Zarefsky, “you’ll also grow in prestige nationally concerning other organizations like RSA.”
The talk was quite an optimistic, yet grounded, look at the rhetorical field. While we may have departmental overlap it is our generation's task to work together. So as KU Ars Rhetorica moves on, lets push to be more visible locally and nationally. Let’s actively participate in the discourse of rhetoric and stay tuned for the specific ways in which we can expand together.
17 October 2011
Event! - Lunch w/Dr. David Zarefsky
Hi Everyone!
This is just a reminder that KU Ars Rhetorica has the honor of helping host Dr. David Zarefsky, President of RSA, this Wednesday, October 19th from 12-1:30pm in Bailey Room 409! We will have a pizza lunch and Dr. Zarefsky will give a talk on the current state and future of Rhetorical Studies followed by a Q&A session. This is an amazing opportunity for our KU Rhetoricians to meet Dr. Zarefsky and discuss where our field is going in the future.
If you haven't let us know if you'll be attending, please email Evan at center(at)ku.edu so that we can order the right amount of pizza.
I hope to see you there!
Rachel Bloom
KU Ars Rhetorica Chair
This is just a reminder that KU Ars Rhetorica has the honor of helping host Dr. David Zarefsky, President of RSA, this Wednesday, October 19th from 12-1:30pm in Bailey Room 409! We will have a pizza lunch and Dr. Zarefsky will give a talk on the current state and future of Rhetorical Studies followed by a Q&A session. This is an amazing opportunity for our KU Rhetoricians to meet Dr. Zarefsky and discuss where our field is going in the future.
If you haven't let us know if you'll be attending, please email Evan at center(at)ku.edu so that we can order the right amount of pizza.
I hope to see you there!
Rachel Bloom
KU Ars Rhetorica Chair
16 October 2011
Research Network Forums
Did you want to go to the RSA or CCCC conference this year and are you still looking for a way to present and possibly find funding at KU to travel to them? Luckily, both have Research Network Forums intended for graduate students like us! The deadlines for proposals are coming up, so check them out:
“Gateways to the Future of Research”
RESEARCH NETWORK FORUM AT CCCC
25th Anniversary
March 21st, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri
Proposal deadline: October 31, 2011
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rnfonline.com
Questions? Email Risa P. Gorelick or Gina M. Merys: [email on website]
CFP: Please join us in St. Louis to present a Work-in-Progress presentation or serve as a Discussion Leader (for those who are experienced, established researchers) and/or Editor (for those who edit journals/presses).
The Research Network Forum was founded in 1987 as a pre-convention workshop at CCCC. The RNF is an opportunity for published researchers, new researchers, and graduate students to discuss their current research projects and receive responses from new and senior researchers. The forum is free to CCCC convention participants. You need not be a work-in-progress presenter to attend.
As in past years, the 2012 will feature three plenary addresses focusing on “Gateways to the Future of Research.” This year’s distinguished speakers will be
· Rebecca Moore Howard and Sandra Jamieson, “Take a Deep Breath and Jump: Doing Data-Driven Research When You Aren’t Trained in Data-Driven Methods”
· Charlie Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky, “Open Educational Resource (OER) Projects as Alternative Publication Sites for Writing Teachers”
· Rich Haswell, “CompPile, Writing Studies, and Obligatory Misknowledge”
At the subsequent roundtable discussions, Work-in-Progress Presenters discuss their current projects (in an eight-minute presentation) and gain the responses of other researchers, including the Discussion Leaders. Work-in-Progress Presenters are grouped by thematic clusters, in which they will discuss their projects with other researchers and a Discussion Leader who is a senior researcher. Participants also include editors of printed and electronic journals of composition/rhetoric who will discuss publishing opportunities of completed works-in-progress.
Work-in-Progress Presenters should bring three typed questions that they should copy and distribute to participants at their table (15 copies for the two sessions will do). We encourage participants to bring a copy of the journals they edit/publish, any other publications, and announcements, which will be displayed at the RNF meeting.
Electronic proposal forms are available at www.rnfonline.com which will redirect you to our new Google sites webpage where you can click on “submit a proposal” for the roles of Work-in-Progress Presenter, Discussion Leader, and/or Editor. You may appear on the RNF Program in addition to having a speaking role at the Conference on College Composition & Communication. MEET US IN ST. LOUIS!
RSA Research Network: Sharing Work-in-Progress
Call for Submissions
The Research Network will once again be held at the 2012 RSA Conference in Philadelphia. The purpose of the Research Network is to provide newer members of our profession, especially graduate students, with an opportunity to share a work-in-progress paper in a 75-minute group session conducted by a senior scholar in the field. For our 2012 RSA Conference, the senior scholars include:
Ralph Cintrón (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Chris Farris (Indiana University)
Cara Finnegan, (University of Illinois)
Shirley Wilson Logan (University of Maryland)
Carolyn Miller (NC State U)
Roxanne Mountford (U of Kentucky)
Lester Olson (U of Pittsburgh)
Kendall Phillips (Syracuse U)
Krista Ratcliffe (Marquette University)
Jack Selzer (Penn State University)
David Zarefsky (Northwestern University)
Applications. To participate in the Research Network, submit an online application by November 10, 2011. Also feel free to contact Kim with any questions you may have. Her contact information is: kimberly.newman@mu.edu or 414.288.7033
You will be asked to include the following information in your application email:
Your name and contact information
The name of your educational institution
A ranked list of 3 scholars with whom you would like to work
A title of your dissertation chapter or article draft, plus number of pages
You will be asked to submit a 200-word abstract of your chapter or article draft under separate cover. Here's the link to the application: http://associationdatabase.com/aws/RSA/input_form/display_form_01_show?include_back_button=true&form_no=12
Acceptances. If accepted, participants will be assigned (in groups of six) to a senior scholar who will lead a sessions on May 26, which is the Saturday morning of the conference. Lunch is included. The senior scholar will contact those accepted for her/his group by early December. At that time, the senior scholar will inform participants of the process and the deadline for sharing drafts among group participants. The senior scholar will also provide further instructions for the session as the conference approaches.
“Gateways to the Future of Research”
RESEARCH NETWORK FORUM AT CCCC
25th Anniversary
March 21st, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri
Proposal deadline: October 31, 2011
HOMEPAGE: http://www.rnfonline.com
Questions? Email Risa P. Gorelick or Gina M. Merys: [email on website]
CFP: Please join us in St. Louis to present a Work-in-Progress presentation or serve as a Discussion Leader (for those who are experienced, established researchers) and/or Editor (for those who edit journals/presses).
The Research Network Forum was founded in 1987 as a pre-convention workshop at CCCC. The RNF is an opportunity for published researchers, new researchers, and graduate students to discuss their current research projects and receive responses from new and senior researchers. The forum is free to CCCC convention participants. You need not be a work-in-progress presenter to attend.
As in past years, the 2012 will feature three plenary addresses focusing on “Gateways to the Future of Research.” This year’s distinguished speakers will be
· Rebecca Moore Howard and Sandra Jamieson, “Take a Deep Breath and Jump: Doing Data-Driven Research When You Aren’t Trained in Data-Driven Methods”
· Charlie Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky, “Open Educational Resource (OER) Projects as Alternative Publication Sites for Writing Teachers”
· Rich Haswell, “CompPile, Writing Studies, and Obligatory Misknowledge”
At the subsequent roundtable discussions, Work-in-Progress Presenters discuss their current projects (in an eight-minute presentation) and gain the responses of other researchers, including the Discussion Leaders. Work-in-Progress Presenters are grouped by thematic clusters, in which they will discuss their projects with other researchers and a Discussion Leader who is a senior researcher. Participants also include editors of printed and electronic journals of composition/rhetoric who will discuss publishing opportunities of completed works-in-progress.
Work-in-Progress Presenters should bring three typed questions that they should copy and distribute to participants at their table (15 copies for the two sessions will do). We encourage participants to bring a copy of the journals they edit/publish, any other publications, and announcements, which will be displayed at the RNF meeting.
Electronic proposal forms are available at www.rnfonline.com which will redirect you to our new Google sites webpage where you can click on “submit a proposal” for the roles of Work-in-Progress Presenter, Discussion Leader, and/or Editor. You may appear on the RNF Program in addition to having a speaking role at the Conference on College Composition & Communication. MEET US IN ST. LOUIS!
RSA Research Network: Sharing Work-in-Progress
Call for Submissions
The Research Network will once again be held at the 2012 RSA Conference in Philadelphia. The purpose of the Research Network is to provide newer members of our profession, especially graduate students, with an opportunity to share a work-in-progress paper in a 75-minute group session conducted by a senior scholar in the field. For our 2012 RSA Conference, the senior scholars include:
Ralph Cintrón (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Chris Farris (Indiana University)
Cara Finnegan, (University of Illinois)
Shirley Wilson Logan (University of Maryland)
Carolyn Miller (NC State U)
Roxanne Mountford (U of Kentucky)
Lester Olson (U of Pittsburgh)
Kendall Phillips (Syracuse U)
Krista Ratcliffe (Marquette University)
Jack Selzer (Penn State University)
David Zarefsky (Northwestern University)
Applications. To participate in the Research Network, submit an online application by November 10, 2011. Also feel free to contact Kim with any questions you may have. Her contact information is: kimberly.newman@mu.edu or 414.288.7033
You will be asked to include the following information in your application email:
Your name and contact information
The name of your educational institution
A ranked list of 3 scholars with whom you would like to work
A title of your dissertation chapter or article draft, plus number of pages
You will be asked to submit a 200-word abstract of your chapter or article draft under separate cover. Here's the link to the application: http://associationdatabase.com/aws/RSA/input_form/display_form_01_show?include_back_button=true&form_no=12
Acceptances. If accepted, participants will be assigned (in groups of six) to a senior scholar who will lead a sessions on May 26, which is the Saturday morning of the conference. Lunch is included. The senior scholar will contact those accepted for her/his group by early December. At that time, the senior scholar will inform participants of the process and the deadline for sharing drafts among group participants. The senior scholar will also provide further instructions for the session as the conference approaches.
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