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Announcements: Paper Workshops and Colloquium Visits

A few announcements:

There will be two paper workshops in the near future. 

1) Dr. Eric Doxtader will be visiting KU this week and delivering a colloquium lecture on Rhetoric and Human Rights and work-shopping a paper. 

• Lecture: Wednesday, March 6 at 4pm Dr. Doxtader.
• Paper Workshop: Thursday, March 7 at 2:30pm. Contact Dave Tell for locationdetails and a copy of the paper. 
• Erik Doxtader is a Professor of Rhetoric at the University of South Carolina and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. Set at the intersection of rhetorical and critical theory, Professor Doxtader’s research focuses on classical and contemporary questions of discovery, including the ways in which rhetoric’s potential shapes subjectivity, recognition, human rights, and ethical life. His work has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the Mellon Foundation, and the South African National Research Foundation. He has published numerous books and essays on transitional justice, the rhetorical dynamics of reconciliation, and the discourse of human rights. His recent books include In the Balance: South Africans Debate Reconciliation and Inventing the Potential of Rhetorical Culture. Doxtader has twice received the National Communication Association’s Golden Monograph Award. His 2009 book, With Faith in the Works of Words: The Beginnings of Reconciliation in South Africa, was awarded the Rhetoric Society of America’s Book Prize. Doxtader is currently completing a book, entitled The Barbarism of Transitional Justice, and undertaking a collaborative three-year project, supported by the Australian Research Council, on resistance to reconciliation in Australia, South Africa, and Northern Ireland. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and Cape Town, South Africa. 

2) Also in the South African/Human Rights vein, our very own Jaclyn Howell will be workshopping an amazing paper on Caster Semenya. 

• The workshop is on Saturday, at 10:45 am on March 9th in Bailey. We'd love to see you there!

Vote and Spring Meeting

Hello!

There are quite a few things on our agenda within the next couple of weeks!

Item #1:
Voting is now open for the position of KUAR Events Coordinator. 
Please take a few seconds out of your busy schedules to vote via this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5FFVTWJ
Please have submitted your vote by 5:00PM on Thursday, February 21.

Which brings us to Item #2:
Our first meeting of the spring semester will be on Thursday, February 28 at 5:00PM at the Bird Dog Bar in The Oread Hotel on campus.Come one, come all! And please, if you know anyone interested in rhetoric from any area of study, pass word along that they are welcome to come and "check us out!" 

Our meeting agenda will cover all of the following: 

• Announcement of the new Events Coordinator as determined by your votes
• Dr. Jeffrey Bennett's scholarly visit/event in April
• Updates on the summer RSA Institute
• Updates on the (tentative) Service Day event
• and updates on the Social Event this spring

Thanks, everyone!

See you on the 21st!


Erin M. Murray
KUAR Secretary

New KU Ars Position

It's official. KU Ars Rhetorica is opening nominations for the "Events Coordinator" position until 2/13. 

What is this you ask? 

The Events Coordinator will work with the Chair and Co-Chair in scheduling social, service, and scholarly events. He/She will also be in charge of coordinating event details (e.g. location, time, etc…) and will work with the Secretary for publicity purposes.

Why should you nominate?

It is a great CV line and a chance to get involved in KU Ars Rhetorica without a huge time commitment. Moreover, it'll give you a talking point/in this summer at RSA Institute (and RSA in general). 

How can I do this? 

Email or FB anyone on the board to nominate yourself and/or your friends and stay tuned for our election!

Peace!

Bylaws: Proposed Changes

Word!

Welcome back to the crazies of spring semester. You'll be happy to hear that KU Ars Rhetorica has some HUGE things in store over the next few months! The first that concerns KU Ars Members is a significant change to the bylaws of KU Ars Rhetorica. 

The executive committee met last week and decided it would be in the best interest to immediately add an "Events Coordinator" position to the Executive Committee of KU Ars Rhetorica. 

You may be asking yourself, "Why does this concern me?" Well there are two reasons:

1) We have made the proposed changes to the bylaws, and are emailing out the changes to make sure there is no opposition to them (per the bylaws). So please peruse over the edits, and let us know if you have any concerns by February 6, 2013.  

2) Providing there are no major objections, we will be accepting nominees for the new position and will be sending out an announcement for a vote in the next week or two. 

Keep in touch and stay tuned for what may be KU Ars' biggest semester ever!

Spring 2013: Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

KU ARS RHETORICA EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES

January 25, 2013

Meeting Begins: 2:38PM

In attendance:

Evan Center, Chair

Jennifer Nish, Co-Chair

Chelsea Graham, Treasurer

Erin Murray, Secretary

1.       First item on the agenda was to discuss the Spring scholarly event with Jeffrey Bennett (Iowa)

-          Discussed funding; including budget for lodging, travel, and food and disbursement

-          Discussed a proposed schedule for Bennett’s 3 day stay (April 10-12)

o   Welcome Dinner/Happy Hour

o   Visit to class/colloquium/meet & greet lunch or brunch

-          Discussed filming and promotion (print and social media) of scholarly event to promo and share with RSA

2.       Second item on agenda was to discuss the planning of the Spring Meeting & Spring Social Event/Service Event

-          When/where (tentative: Oread/Bird Dog Bar @ 5PM, Thursday, Feb. 21)

-          Finalized details will be announced via social media/listserv

-          Idea of maybe Big Brothers/Big Sisters as service event (bowling?); will be discussed at the Spring Meeting

-          Spring Meeting to include discussion of Summer RSI, as well

3.       Third item on the agenda was to discuss the possibility of adding a new position to the executive board: Social Chair

-          Decision will be made through vote by all Ars Rhetorica members

-          Details to be discussed through listserv/social media and Spring Meeting

Meeting End: 3:25PM

Wanna publish?

Dr. Jay Childers passed along this fantastic article on publishing for rhetoricians from none other than Dr. Cara Finnegan. Enjoy!

"Setting aside visual politics for a moment, I want to share some of the ideas I presented at the recent Midwest Winter Workshop in Iowa City...This year I was asked to join Jeff Bennett and John Lucaites on a panel about publishing. Given that I review a fair number of manuscripts, I decided to talk about issues I frequently encounter as a reviewer, and how I try to help authors address them..."