Shared on behalf of Dr. Gaillet, who will be speaking at this conference. See the poster for schedule and details.
Mini Conference
“What Do Rhetoricians at Work Do? Or, What Rhetoric Does for Us.”
Event sponsored by the Linguistics Program and co-sponsored by the
English and Sociology departments at Emory University
When: Monday, March 16, 2015, 10:00-12:20 & 2:20-5:30
Where: Room 201 Modern Languages Building & Room
N301 “Kemp Malone” Callaway Building
*James Murphy, University of California-Davis
*Michelle Ballif, University of Georgia
*Michael L. Bruner, Georgia State University
*David Fisher, Emory University
*Roberto Franzosi, Emory University
*Lynée Lewis Gaillet, Georgia State University
List of Speakers
Schedule
Room 201 Modern Languages Building
10:00-12:30 Meet the rhetoricians with your questions
Informal meetings with the rhetoricians and lunch
Room N301 “Kemp Malone” Callaway Building
12:30-2:20 Lunch served
Room N301 “Kemp Malone” Callaway Building
2:20-5:30 Talks
James Murphy
“Prologue: Where Does Rhetoric Fit in Language Use Studies?”
Michelle Ballif
“How Rhetoric Does Us”
Michael L. Bruner
“The Rhetorical Unconscious”
David Fisher
“Simulating Chronotopes: Space, Time, and Transfer in Virtual Case Environments.”
Coffee break
Roberto Franzosi
“The Linguistic Turn and Metaphor: The Lost Gamut of Tropes and Figures”
Lynée Lewis Gaillet
“Rhetoric and Remembering: Historiography and Archival Research”
James Murphy
“Epilogue: What Have We Said Here Today?”
7:00-10:00 Catered dinner party at Roberto Franzosi’s