[Commlist] CFP: Rhetoric in Society 7

*7th Rhetoric in Society conference*
Rhetoric as equipment for living
Ghent University, 11-13 September 2019
Ghent, Belgium

Organized by the Rhetoric Society of Europe in collaboration with the
Department of Educational Studies at Ghent University
http://www.cultureeducation.ugent.be/ris7

We are very happy to announce that proposals are now invited for panels, 
papers, roundtables and other forms of presentation to be delivered at 
Rhetoric in Society 7, which is the biannual conference organized by the 
Rhetoric Society of Europe. The conference will take place from 
September 11th to 13th 2019 at the Department of Educational Studies of 
Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium.

We welcome proposals for:
- Papers or panels which speak directly to the conference theme 
(explained below);
- Papers or panels which address general issues related to the theory, 
analysis & practice of rhetoric in society;
- Other kinds of presentation such as roundtables or debates.

*Rhetoric as equipment for living*
As a rhetorician and literary critic interested in how we use symbols, 
Kenneth Burke famously described the human being as the symbol-making, 
symbol-using and symbol-misusing animal. He argued that our 
interpretations, perceptions, judgements and attitudes are all 
influenced and ‘deflected’ by the symbols that we make, use and misuse, 
and that we are at the same time used by these symbols. This implies 
that we can approach the world either symbol-wise or symbol-foolish.

This conference aims to explore how rhetorical concepts, theories and 
methods from a broad range of rhetorical traditions can be used as tools 
– equipment – to make students, teachers, scholars, activists and 
citizens symbol-wise: to understand the way linguistic, cultural, 
narrative, affective… symbols work, and to develop critical engagement 
with, as well as on behalf of, those symbols. At the same time the 
conference aims to critically unpack what it implies to become 
symbol-wise within different institutional contexts. It furthermore 
wants to explore if and how rhetoric can still be relevant in an 
increasingly media-saturated knowledge society that is continuously in 
transition and that is becoming ever more complex and paradoxical by 
political, economic and cultural differences on a global scale.

We welcome proposals for papers and panels that broadly and 
non-exhaustively explore the theme of Rhetoric as Equipment for Living 
in relation to topics such as education, politics, citizenship, art, 
literature, literacy, technology, games and (new) media; from the 
perspective of rhetorical domains such as argumentation, deliberation, 
persuasive communication, public speaking, composition and new rhetoric; 
and embedded in disciplines such as pedagogy, social work, psychology, 
cultural studies, heritage studies, media studies and management.

*General papers*
We also invite proposals for papers and panels more generally concerned 
with the theory, practice or analysis of rhetoric. This may include, for 
example, historical scholarship, theoretical analysis and contemporary 
cultural or political critique; work grounded in political theory, 
philosophy, languages and linguistics, argumentation, literary studies, 
communication studies, composition, media studies, psychology, 
sociology, history, cultural studies and more. Papers might be 
comparative, national or international in focus, concerned with 
particular orators, ideologies or movements; they might draw on queer 
theory, critical race theory, de-colonialism and focus on spoken, 
written or audio-visual communication.

*Alternative presentations*
We welcome proposals for forms of presentation other than panels and 
papers. This might include: roundtables addressing key rhetorical 
themes, works or phenomena; debates between contending positions; other, 
novel and effective ways of communicating research findings, claims and 
arguments.

*How to submit a proposal*
Please submit your paper proposals by 01/03/2019 to (RIS7 /at/ UGent.be) 
<mailto:(RIS7 /at/ UGent.be)>
We will inform you about our decision by 01/04/2019

  Individual Paper Proposals:
All individual paper proposals must be written in English and submitted 
to the Committee with the following information:
• Title
• Author name
• Email address
• Affiliation
• Abstract (300 words maximum)

Session Proposals:
Session Organizers should submit session proposals written in English to 
the Committee with the following information:
• Session title
• Session abstract of 300 words maximum
• The list of the chosen participants including chair, presenters and 
discussants (if applicable), their email addresses, and the names of the 
institutions that they are associated with
• The related paper abstracts (300 words maximum/ paper)



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