rhetoric and composition

The international journal Thaumàzein will devote a special issue to the topic of philosophers’ philosophical writing.

Is a philosopher’s way of expounding his conception in some ways the content of his philosophy? Does an author’s style reflect his thinking? If so, how? In other words, can we regard the variety of expressions of philosophy as literature?

The NGY Review (ngyreview.com) is a new & rebranded literary journal focusing on fiction, creative nonfiction, and critical essays that are centered on writing craft. We are back after a two-year hiatus and are now accepting submissions with the theme of AI, artificiality, and anything that is not ‘reality’ for Spring 2024 publication online. Note: Fiction and creative nonfiction will not be accepted until 10/1-10/31.

Just a few examples related to this theme:

Pennsylvania College English Association Annual Conference

Lackawanna College, 

501 Vine St., Scranton, PA

May 24-26, 2023

 The Work of English Studies: Digital Adaptation and Expansion in the Post-Pandemic Age

Dr. JT Torres of Quinnipiac University and I will be moderating an inclusive pedagogy roundtable at PAMLA in Portland, OR. The conference, which will be held in person, will take place from October 26-29, 2023. The deadline to submit abstracts to the roundtable is May 31st.

A brief description of the session is below,, and the full panel description, with a link to submit an abstract, can be accessed here. (To submit an abstract, I believe you'll need to create a PAMLA account and log in.) 

South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) 95 |Atlanta, Georgia | 9-11 Nov 2023

Rhetoric & Composition: Digital Multimodal Genres in Academic Communication

Memory and Poiesis between Aesthetics and Rhetoric

Edited by Amalia Salvestrini and Fosca Mariani Zini

Among the various fields that have historically contributed to the constitution of Aesthetics as an autonomous discipline in the 18th century is rhetoric, from which Aesthetics has taken terms, concepts and problems that it later develops and transforms (Saint Girons; Franzini; etc.). One of the themes with which the relationship between Aesthetics and Rhetoric can be investigated is memory, understood in its poietic dimension that concerns various fields of human productive and artistic activity.

Latinx Linguistic Justice, an edited collection to be submitted toRoutledge, calls us to re-examine our understandings of Latinidad or Latinx studies within Linguistic Justice. This edited collection aims to highlight marginalized voices within Latinx communities such asafro-caribeños,chicanxs,cubanxs, nuyoricans o mexicanxsfrom Arizona, California, and/or Florida.  We also seek to uplift marginalized voices from Indigenous or First-Nation, Francophone, or Lusophone peoples. A sampling of topics appropriate for this collection includes, but is not limited to: 

Coast to Coast Connections 2023

A hybrid/virtual student conference hosted by the University at Albany and the University of California, Davis

Saturday, April 22, 2023

12 PM - 7:00 PM EST | 9 AM - 4:00 PM PT

www.connections2023.org

PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday February 24, 2023

Conference co-directors: Kayla Adgate (UAlbany, kadgate@ualbany.edu), Stacey Baran (UC Davis, sbaran@ucdavis.edu)

Thursday, November 9 – Saturday, November 11, 2023

Atlanta Marriott Buckhead & Conference Center
Atlanta, GA

Rhetoric & Composition: TEACHING WRITING IN COLLEGE

Wayne C. Booth, in The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961), coined the term unreliable narrator to discuss the “artificial authority” that we as readers assign the narrator that is telling us a story (4). The question, however, comes when the narrator withholds information, manipulates information, or outright disguises or hides the information to fulfill a particular purpose. Perhaps the narrator wishes their reader to believe a particular idea, or they do not want the reader to know something to maintain the image they are creating through their narration. Literature has always played with the concept of narration. From Cervantes to Poe to George R.R. Martin, readers experience narrators that are confused, obscured, illusive, and more.

Confluences of Writing Studies and the History of the English Language

Guest editors: Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University; Amanda Sladek, University of Nebraska-Kearney; & Jennifer Stone, University of Alaska Anchorage

Call for Proposals as PDF

The 17th Biennial Communication Ethics Conference will be held virtually, June 6–8, 2023. The conference is sponsored by the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies and the Communication Ethics Institute at Duquesne University.

NOTE: The conference will take place entirely on Zoom. Access to the Zoom meeting will be provided in June.

"Theoretical and Pedagogical Approaches to Second and Heritage Languages”

XXIV Annual Céfiro Conference on Latin American and Iberian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

April 21st 2023

Texas Tech University 

The 2023 Céfiro Conference theme aims to interrogate conventional knowledge as a way to expand the frameworks that guide our teaching and learning of Hispanic and Lusphone linguistics and cultures. We welcome participants to submit original research in their respective field of studies including but not limited to topics listed below. 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Whitney Chappell

We invite conference proposals for the University of Connecticut First-Year Writing Program’s Conference on the Teaching of Writing, taking place in Storrs, CT on Friday, April 14th, 2023. Proposal submissions are due Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 and can be submitted through our conference website. We are thrilled to be hosting Stacey Waite as this year’s keynote speaker.