Fwd: Conference Bulletin 2: RiS4

[Sarah Bigi]

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From: Rhetoric in Society 4 <ri...@hum.ku.dk>

Date: December 23, 2011 8:59:20 AM GMT+01:00

Subject: Conference Bulletin 2: RiS4

UPDATE ON KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

 

RHETORIC IN SOCIETY 4

“Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship:

Purposes, Practices, and Perspectives”

 

This is the second bulletin of the fourth biennial Rhetoric in Society Conference to be held January 15-18, 2013 at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

In this bulletin, we proudly announce the names of the three keynote speakers for the conference:

Michael Billig is Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. He has been a key figure in the use of classical rhetorical thinking in the context of social issues, notably in Arguing and Thinking: a Rhetorical Approach to Social Psychology (2nd Edition, 1996). The most recent of his several books is Laughter and Ridicule: Toward a Social Critique of Humour (2005).

     

Peter Dahlgren is Professor Emeritus of Media and Communication Studies at Lund University, Sweden. Among the books he has authored, edited or co-authored are Media and Political Engagement: Citizens, Communication, and Democracy (2009), Young Citizens and New Media: Learning for Democratic Participation (2007), and Television and the Public Sphere: Citizenship, Democracy and the Media (1995).

 

David Zarefsky is Professor Emeritus of Communication at Northwestern University, USA. One of America’s most respected rhetorical scholars, he is the author of six books and over 70 scholarly articles concerned with American public discourse, argumentation, rhetorical criticism, and public speaking. He is a past president of the National Communication Association and President of the Rhetoric Society of America.

 

We hope that you have an enjoyable holiday season with time for recreation and perhaps some reflection about a good topic to bring to the RiS4 conference.

In the upcoming bulletin, which you will receive in January 2012, we will provide information about how to submit a proposal. Please consult the conference websiterhetoricinsociety.hum.ku.dk for details about the different types of proposals accepted. Deadline for proposals is March 1, 2012.

Please forward this bulletin and the email address Ri...@hum.ku.dk to friends and colleagues you think would be interested in joining the mailing list of the RiS4 conference.

 

Happy New Year!

The conference planners

Mette Bengtsson                      Mark Herron   Christian Kock         Rasmus Rønlev       Lisa Villadsen