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
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