03/17/2010

RSA - Hotel Help is on the Way!

This bulletin just in: RSA has signed a contract for additional rooms at a hotel near the Marriott for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights (with a good rate for Sunday night outside our contracted rooms). We'll let you know specifics in a few days, when the hotel has had a chance to get its rates set for us and is ready to receive reservations.

03/11/2010

RSA - 2010 DRAFT Program Ready for Review

Since Michael Leff's death on February 5 I have been putting together the details of the program for RSA 2010 in Minneapolis. On the one hand, it's been a challenge: filling in for Mike is an impossible task. On the other hand, it's been a pleasure: Mike's colleagues at Memphis, particularly Camisha Smith, Melody Lehn, and Mark Nagle, have been resourceful and completely dedicated to putting together the event that Mike would have wanted; and getting an advance peek at what conference presenters have put forward makes me confident that this will be RSA's finest meeting--truly an outstanding intellectual and professional event. Thank you for the proposals you sent in.

03/08/2010

Call for papers - Rhetoric in Society III

January 26 - 28 2011

Department of Applied Language Studies Lessius University College Antwerpen Keynote Speakers: Gunther Kress Christopher W. Tindale Jef Verschueren

02/26/2010

Call for Nominations and Applications:

Editor, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 2012-2015 term

RSQ seeks to publish high quality articles and book reviews on all aspects of rhetoric, including history, theory, criticism, and pedagogy, that will be of interest to rhetorical scholars in Communication, English, and other disciplines. The journal publishes five issues a year, of which four are the responsibility of the editor and one, the special themed issue, is the responsibility of an associate editor.

02/25/2010

RSA - 2010 Conference Program Update

Since taking over as Conference Director in the wake of the terrible loss of Michael Leff, I have been working with Michael's University of Memphis colleagues Melody Lehn and Camisha Smith (actually, most of the "working" has been theirs!) to complete arrangements for our event in Minneapolis. The experience is giving me even more reason to anticipate that our conference will be an outstanding intellectual and professional event.

02/23/2010

2010 RSA Career Retreat for Associate Professors

Following success at last year's RSA Institute, the RSA Committee on Equity and Diversity would like to invite you to participate in the second annual Career Retreat for Associate Professors to be held in conjunction with the 2010 RSA Conference in Minneapolis.

02/18/2010

Rhetoric of Science & Technology

RSA Preconference 2010

The Association for the Rhetoric of Science & Technology (ARST) is excited to hold a preconference in conjunction with the 2010 Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) meetings in Minneapolis. We'll be holding several ARST sessions the morning of May 28.

02/11/2010

Call for Nominations for the 2010 RSA Book Awards

Please consider nominating a book (your own or a colleague's) for the 2010 RSA Book Award. Nominations are due by February 28, 2010 for books published in 2009!

02/05/2010

RSA - Mike Leff

Our beloved colleague and RSA President Mike Leff passed away this morning at 8:37 am in Memphis' Baptist Hospital after an all too brief battle with a virulent cancer. He was supported by his Memphis colleagues and surrounded by his partner, his son, and his sister. RSA members will receive further information shortly.

02/02/2010

RSA - Guide to Minneapolis

Here is some information to help you get to Minneapolis and then to enjoy your stay!

01/17/2010

RSA Conferences - Department and Program Advertisers/Sponsors

We invite you to affirm your support for scholarship in rhetoric and publicize your organization to current and future leaders in the field through a half- or full-page advertisement in the conference program, which will be distributed to all attendees.

01/11/2010

RSA - Supersessions in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis convention features nine "supersessions" that will run concurrently on the afternoon of Saturday, May 30, just before Laurent Pernot's plenary address on epideictic rhetoric. Here is a brief description of each of them:

01/07/2010

Call For Submissions

Canadian Society For The Study Of Rhetoric

Rhetor: Journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric invites submissions for its fourth volume, slated for publication in 2011. Rhetor is a refereed on-line journal published biannually by the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric. The first three volumes (2004, 2007, 2009) of this journal of rhetorical studies are accessible free at <www.cssr-scer.ca>.

01/01/2010

RSA - New Year's Greetings

12/01/2009

RSA - Registration Open for the Minneapolis Convention

It is December 1, and as promised, we have registration up and running for the 2010 RSA Convention.  To register for the convention, go to the RSA home page and click on the box marked Conferences and Institutes. 

11/30/2009

RSQ to Publish Special Issue Series

Debra Hawhee Named Associate Editor for Special Issues

The RSA Board of Directors and Rhetoric Society Quarterly are pleased to announce a new publishing program beginning in 2010, an annual special issue of the journal in addition to the four regular issues. The special issues will be themed, guest-edited issues with an editorial process separate from the regular submissions.

10/22/2009

RSA 2009 Election Results

In the recent biennial election, RSA members elected seven persons to the Board of Directors.

09/23/2009

Update on Conference Submissions

09/10/2009

RSA 14th Biennial Conference - Info for Graduate Students Their Mentors

RSA has had a long-standing commitment to nurturing young talent and finding ways of including them in our activities, especially our institutes and conferences. That commitment is reflected in our plans for the 2010 meeting in Seattle, and I want to describe some of the special features of that meeting designed to encourage graduate student participation.

08/31/2009

Ten Reasons NOT To Go The 2010 RSA Convention

I'm sure that many of you remember that Jack Selzer, our excellent 2008 program coordinator, sent a message before the Seattle convention listing ten good reasons why you should submit a proposal and come to the meeting. The message was in character for Jack, who is an upbeat, positive sort of person, but being a more negative type, I thought it best to try the other approach and to provide ten good reasons for staying away. They are: ...

08/11/2009

Research Network: Sharing Work In Progress

This year at RSA participants have the option to participate in a "Research Network: Sharing Work in Progress" instead of or in addition to submitting an individual, panel, or special format proposal.

08/05/2009

The Responsibilities of Rhetoric: RSA Conference Volume Is Published

If you attended the 2008 RSA Conference in Seattle, you will soon be receiving (if you haven't already) your copy of the edited collection that emerged from the conference. The Responsibilities of Rhetoric, edited by Michelle Smith and Barbara Warnick, comes to each conference participant for free, paid for out of conference registration fees. RSA thanks Michelle, Barbara, and the various contributors (as well as Waveland Press) for producing such an outstanding volume in such a timely manner.

07/30/2009

RSA Institute Review

RSA members (new and continuing) have been reporting excellent experiences at the RSA Institute, held June 22-28 at University Park, Pennsylvania.

07/24/2009

Arabella Lyon Is New RSA Membership Officer

It is my pleasure to announce that the RSA Board has invited Arabella Lyon to become the next RSA Membership Officer-and that she has accepted the position for an initial three-year period.

07/22/2009

2009 ACLS Fellows & Launch of 2009-10 Fellowship Competitions

We are pleased to let you know that the 2009-10 fellowship competitions are now open. You will find the most updated and comprehensive information on all ACLS programs available on our website (www.acls.org/programs/comps). As in previous years, the majority of competition deadlines are in the early fall.

06/16/2009

ACLS Humanities E-Book Subscriptions

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is pleased to make individual subscriptions available through standing membership in the Rhetoric Society of America as an added benefit of your membership

06/12/2009

Announcing the RSA Book Award for 2009-and Looking Ahead

04/21/2009

New Developments Emerge from RSA Board Meeting

04/08/2009

2008 Kneupper Award

Rhetoric Society Quarterly is pleased to announce that the Kneupper Award for the best article in the 2008 volume of the journal is awarded to James Fredal, "Why Shouldn't the Sophists Charge Fees?" in 38: 2, pp. 148-170.

12/08/2008

RSA Constitutional Changes Approved

The results of the recent election to permit two changes to the RSA bylaws are in. Both measures passed: we will now be electing a second graduate student to serve on the Board; and we will be selecting a President-Elect from a somewhat more expansive list of possibilities that include not just current members of the Board but past ones as well.

11/17/2008

12th Biennial Public Address Conference

University of Pittsburgh ... Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2010

The Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh will be hosting the 12th Biennial Public Address Conference in Pittsburgh, PA on Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2010. The theme of the conference is Human Rights Rhetoric: Controversies, Conundrums, and Community Actions.