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RSA Conference

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 16, 2012 - 4:14am

About ten days, and I have some work left to do.

But what looks good on the schedule?

Transparency, Bureaucracy, and the Academic Sovereign

the profession

Submitted by Jim Aune on May 14, 2012 - 5:03pm

If you're a regular reader of the blog, you know that this past year I became Department Head, which accounts for my low level of posting for a long time. I had two incidents today which raised a continuing ethical question I have about my job, and, perhaps, about the Profession in general.

National Endowment for the Humanities 2013 Summer Stipend Program—Applications Due September 27

fellowships

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 14, 2012 - 11:44am

National Endowment for the Humanities 2013 Summer Stipend Program—Applications Due September 27

IASH Postdoctoral Bursaries

fellowships

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 14, 2012 - 8:29am

Title IASH Postdoctoral Bursaries URL for more info http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/bursaries.html
Sponsor University of Edinburgh
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH)
Sponsor Type Academic Institution
Amount Note The bursaries are tenable for fellowships of 3 to 9 months, in the period September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2013. Awards will be up to a maximum of £10,000. The bursary may be used to top up an existing postdoctoral fellowship (e.g., British Academy), or as a contribution towards living expenses.

National Humanities Center Fellowship Competition-2013-2014

fellowships

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 10, 2012 - 11:22pm

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2013 through May 2014.

Carolina

Gay Rights

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 9, 2012 - 7:53am

One rhetor on Facebook... "woke up across the ocean to discover that I can never fly Delta again, nor should you, and that NC passed hate by a broad majority. Lord have mercy. "The amendment [1] not only outlaws same-sex marriage — already illegal in the state — but bans civil unions and domestic partnerships for gay or straight couples. Family law experts say it will threaten domestic partnership health benefits for local government workers and strip unmarried couples, both gay and straight, of their rights to make financial or emergency medical decisions for an incapacitated partner.

Maurice Sendak is dead

pop culture

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 8, 2012 - 7:48am

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47335950/ns/today-books/t/report-wild-thin...

Public Address Conference

public address

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 7, 2012 - 12:07pm

The Department of Communication at the University of Memphis will host the 13th Biennial Public Address Conference from September 27– 29, 2012.

The theme for this year’s meeting is “On Civic Learning: Rhetoric, Public Address, Political Division.”

We are pleased to present eight panels selected from a rich pool of talent.

A Competition! #DefineRhetoric @HarlotTweets

contest

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 7, 2012 - 12:01pm

A Competition! #DefineRhetoric @HarlotTweets
Posted on April 30, 2012 by PaulMuhlhauser
Here at Harlot we’ve determined there have been about 2.24 million total different definitions of rhetoric created throughout human history. Because this just doesn’t seem like enough, we’d like you to play with us and add to that total.

Before our next issue comes out (September 15, 2012), we’ll have collected and taken a look at the definitions and decide on one to be THE definition of rhetoric of the year! Oh, the fame and recognition you can receive!

Public Sphere Research

public sphere studies

Submitted by syntaxfactory on May 7, 2012 - 11:33am

2012 is the 50th anniversary of the original German edition of Jürgen Habermas's early book The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (first English translation in 1989).

Jürgen Habermas's Writings on the Public Sphere, 1962-2012
(English Bibliography)
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