Council of Writing Program Administrators

The 2007 Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) conference invites proposals on civic discourse, feminisms, and rhetorics. The conference draws inspiration from the 50th anniversary of Little Rock’s Central High School integration, the Clinton Presidential Library, Heifer Project International & the Clinton School for Public Service.

For conference information, go to http://femrhet.cwshrc.org

Submit your abstracts online—http://femrhet.cwshrc.org and click Proposal Submission Deadline: April 20, 2007

Register for the conference online—http://femrhet.cwshrc.org and click Conference Registration

Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Krista Ratcliffe

Invitation Pending Keynote Speaker/not confirmed: Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton

Featured Speakers: Hui Wu, Shirley Logan Wilson, Malea Powell, Carol Mattingly, Jessica Reyman, and more.

This conference asks us to explore civic discourse and how civic discourse, feminism(s) and rhetoric(s) interact with, for, and against each other.

• What is civic discourse? What counts as civic discourse? • How has civic discourse changed over the years for women? For feminism? • What does it mean to participate in civic discourse in the 21st century? • How do we participate in civic discourse? • How has the internet/electronic discourse affected civic discourse? • How has civic discourse become corporatized? • How has globalization impacted civic discourse? • What does it mean to be a feminist and/or rhetorician participating in civic discourse?

We look forward to reading proposals from a wide variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to, history, ethics, new media, political science, social justice, pedagogy, law, literature, art and art theory, queer theory, international studies, cultural studies, race studies, economics, environmental studies, science, social activism, communication studies, technical communication, visual design, philosophy, and engineering.

Questions--contact Barbara L’Eplattenier (bleplatt@ualr.edu) or Marcia Smith (mmsmith@ualr.edu).