Service Day Success!

Thanks to Charlene Summers, KU Ars Rhetorica had a fantastic service day! Through an afternoon of yard work, we were able to help an elderly lady get her yard ready for those May flowers. Thanks everyone who came out!!

KU Ars Rhetorica Spring Service Event

KU Ars Rhetorica is participating in KU's Big Event community service day this Saturday at 10am. Please contact Charlene Summers if you'd like to join!

2013 KU Ars Rhetorica Spring Lecture Series: Dr. Jeffrey Bennett

KU Ars Rhetorica is excited to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Bennett will be coming to on Wednesday, April 10. He will be presenting a lecture at 4:30 pm and also will be the guest of honor during a KU Ars Luncheon at 12:30 (please RSVP for the luncheon). Mark your calendars! 

Grain Elevators, Dave Tell, and a Free Lunch?

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!