Rhetoric Mini-Conference @ Emory, Mar. 16th

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

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