The Rhetoric Society of America will hold its biannual meeting May 23-26 at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Some panels of particular interest to Burke scholars might include:
Saturday May 24th:
8:30-10:00:
In E 09 "OTHERS" IN WAR RHETORIC, WARFARE, AND RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY
“The Rhetoric of Exclusion: The Japanese-American Internment, Post-9/11 Detainees, and Burke's "Dialectic of the Scapegoat," Brad Herzog, Saginaw Valley State University
In E14 APPROACHES TO CIVIC DISCOURSE
“The Grammar of Abortion: A Feminist/Burkean Analysis of Pro-Choice Rhetoric” Elizabeth Fleitz, Bowling Green State University
“A Burkean Perspective on the Rhetoric of Family Values” Carrie Anne Platt, University of Southern California
1:45-3:15:
H11 KENNETH BURKE
Chair: James Zappen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“Kenneth Burke on Rhetoric, Identification, and Dialectical Symmetry” James Zappen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“Resituating Representative Anecdote (in General): The Exigency for a Motivational Calculus” Ethan Sproat, Brigham Young University
“Rhetoric and Poetics in the Socio-Political Realm: Kenneth Burke as Counterstatement to Aristotle” Patrick Shaw, University of Southern Indiana
“The Kenneth Burke Concordance: A Heuristic, Organizational, Mnemonic, and Pedagogical Tool for Scholars in Multiple Fields” Stan Lindsay, Florida State University
Sunday, May 25th
2:15-3:45:
In N05 THE RHETORICAL TURN IN JEWISH STUDIES
“Expanding the Scope of Jewish Identity: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and Burkean Invention,” Janice W. Fernheimer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
4:00-5:30:
In O06 REPORT FROM THE CONFERENCE “THE PROMISE OF REASON: THE NEW RHETORIC AFTER 50 YEARS”
“Rhetoric and Wisdom in the 20th Century: Burke and Perelman,” James Crosswhite, University of Oregon
O07 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF BURKEAN STUDIES
Chair: Debra Hawhee, University of Illinois
“The Perils of Putting in an Oar before You Catch the Tenor or Test the Salmon Mousse: The Responsibilities of Scholarship in an Age of Electronic Glut” David Blakesley, Purdue University
“Making it Matter: The Importance of Timebound Analysis” Elizabeth Weiser, Ohio State University
“Archives as Equipment for Writing” Ann George, Texas Christian University
“Toward Impious Discipleship: WWBD” Dana Anderson, Indiana University
“Purging Burkophilia” Debra Hawhee, University of Illinois
5:45-7:00:
In P11 COGNITIVE RHETORICS IN HISTORY AND PRACTICE
“Odd Man Out?: Burke Among the Cognitivists” William FitzGerald, Rutgers University, Camden
Monday, May 26th
9:45-11:15:
R13 KENNETH BURKE AND LANGUAGE-CENTERED PEDAGOGY
Chair: Ellen Quandahl, San Diego State University
“Irony Studies: Towards a Dialectical Classroom” Andrew Hinds, San Diego State University
“Burke and Vico: Toward a Tropological Methodology of Composition" Michael McCann, University of Oregon
“Rhetoric and Economics: A Humanistic Approach” William Schraufgnagel, San Diego State University
11:30-1:00
In S02 LET’S PLAY: RHETORIC, PERSUASION, AND THE WII
“Wii, Mii- self and ii: Burke’s Theory of Identification at Play” Amber Davisson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
