"CALL FOR PAPERS
THE PROMISE OF REASON:
THE NEW RHETORIC AFTER FIFTY YEARS
THE PROMISE OF REASON:
THE NEW RHETORIC AFTER FIFTY YEARS
University of Oregon – May 17-20, 2008
Faculty and Graduate Students are invited to submit proposals for papers and panels for
this international conference commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of
Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca’s Le nouvelle rhétorique: Traité de
l‘argumentation (1958), one of the most influential twentieth-century rhetorical works.
this international conference commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of
Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca’s Le nouvelle rhétorique: Traité de
l‘argumentation (1958), one of the most influential twentieth-century rhetorical works.
Submissions are welcome dealing with any aspect of Perelman’s work and influence, or
argumentation, informal reasoning, or modern rhetoric in general. Interdisciplinary work
in rhetoric and/or argumentation theory is welcome. Of specific interest are proposals
dealing with the following:
argumentation, informal reasoning, or modern rhetoric in general. Interdisciplinary work
in rhetoric and/or argumentation theory is welcome. Of specific interest are proposals
dealing with the following:
· legal argument and justice
· rhetoric and human rights
· ethical rhetoric and communications
· argumentation as a substitute for violence
· international diplomacy and conflict resolution
· rationality and reasonableness in international relations
· negotiated assent in public debate
· opposition and cooperation is conflict situations
· argumentation across cultures
· persuasion and leadership
· rhetoric and human rights
· ethical rhetoric and communications
· argumentation as a substitute for violence
· international diplomacy and conflict resolution
· rationality and reasonableness in international relations
· negotiated assent in public debate
· opposition and cooperation is conflict situations
· argumentation across cultures
· persuasion and leadership
Featured speakers at the conference will include:
· Jeanne Fahnestock, University of Maryland
· Alan G. Gross, University of Minnesota
· Michael C. Leff, University of Memphis
· Noemi Mattis Perelman
· Francis J. Mootz III, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University
· Christopher W. Tindale, University of Windsor
· Barbara Warnick, University of Pittsburgh
· Alan G. Gross, University of Minnesota
· Michael C. Leff, University of Memphis
· Noemi Mattis Perelman
· Francis J. Mootz III, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University
· Christopher W. Tindale, University of Windsor
· Barbara Warnick, University of Pittsburgh
250 words abstracts and/or proposals may be sent electronically via the conference
website, beginning May 1, 2007 at:
website, beginning May 1, 2007 at:
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS: August 3, 2007
Special features of this conference include:
· A public “Contrarian Forum” including a debate by advocates for public policy
with responses on the rhetoric of the debate by conference participants
· Master Classes conducted for graduate and undergraduate students by conference
speakers
· Competitive scholarships for undergraduates to attend the conference and master
classes
· Organized outings to experience Oregon’s pleasures: rafting, wine-tasting,
mountain hiking, coastal sight-seeing
· Proximity to the Rhetoric Society of America’s annual conference in Seattle
Washington, May 23-26, 2008
with responses on the rhetoric of the debate by conference participants
· Master Classes conducted for graduate and undergraduate students by conference
speakers
· Competitive scholarships for undergraduates to attend the conference and master
classes
· Organized outings to experience Oregon’s pleasures: rafting, wine-tasting,
mountain hiking, coastal sight-seeing
· Proximity to the Rhetoric Society of America’s annual conference in Seattle
Washington, May 23-26, 2008
For more information, visit our website at: www.uoregon.edu/~promreas or email:
promreas@uoregon.edu"
promreas@uoregon.edu"
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