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The interdisciplinary graduate minor in Literacy and Rhetorical Studies sponsors a speaker series to engage faculty and graduate students in rich discussions about the uses of language, reading, and writing. We have published many of the papers delivered in the series; these are available below in pdf format.

For other literacy- and rhetorical studies-related events at the University of Minnesota, check out these websites:

Writing Research Colloquium: ISW Grants Projects, November 13, 2009 (Center for Writing, College of Liberal Arts)

Colloquium on Modern Rhetoric, October 22-24, 2009 (Institute for Advanced Study)

Wednesday Noon Research Meetings (Department of Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts)

Thursdays at Four and Events (Institute for Advanced Study)

Art to Z (a listing of thought-provoking lectures, discussions, artistic exhibits, and performances to at the University of Minnesota)

2009-2010 Lecture Series (School of Law)

Events (University Libraries)

past literacy & rhetorical studies speakers

Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch

2007
Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch

   
Chris Anson

Chris Anson

Engaging Students in Digital Writing

 

Thom Swiss

Thom Swiss

Visit the Digital Writing wiki, which is designed to support the speakers' book, Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and Other Digital Tools

 

2006
Salman
Rushdie

“Step Across This Line”

 

2004
James Fallows

Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow: After the 2004 Elections

 

2004
Jodi O'Brien

Sexual Silence and Shame
and Good Ol' American Values

PDF

2003
Patricia Bizzell

Future Directions for Rhetorical Traditions

susan love

2003
Dr. Susan Love

Good Writing = Strong Medicine: Dr. Susan Love's Rhetorical Prescriptions for Better Health

chris ware

2003
Deborah Brandt

Reading, Writing, Wealth, and the New Economy

rubin "hurricane" carter

2002
Daryl Baldwin

The Miami Language: Reclamation at Ground Zero

chris ware
ira glass

2002
Chris Ware &
Ira Glass

Glass/Ware: New Media for Writing American Lives

2001
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

New Literacies for a New Millenium: Forging University/ Community Partnerships

ray suarez

2001
Janice Radway

Girls, Zines, and the Miscellaneous Production of Subjectivity in an Age of Unceasing Circulation

toby fulwiler

2000
Bernadette Longo

Giant Brains Controlling Scientific Knowledge: History (in Progress) of Human-Computer Relationships

2000
Susan Miller

The History, A History, and Liminal Spaces: Common Books in Three Keys

ray suarez

2000
Ray Suarez

The Talking 21st Century:
Public Discourse and the Written Word in an Accelerating World

kathleen yancey

1999
David Hall

The Old and the New: Literacy and Reading in Eighteenth- Century America

toby fulwiler

1999
Toby Fulwiler

Teaching Writing as a Liberal Art: Ideas that Made the Difference

susan mcleod

1999
Min-Zhan Lu

The Politics of Critical Affirmation

geneva smitherman

1998
Edward Schiappa

Constructing Reality through Definitions: The Politics of Meaning

lester faigley

1998
Lester Faigley

Visual Rhetoric: Literacy by Design

charles bazerman

1997
Carol Berkenkotter

Settings and the Institutional Organization of Language

kathleen yancey

1997
Kathleen Yancey

Discourses, Rhetorics, Selves: Writing Assessment in the Academy

susan miller

1996
Susan Miller

The Cultural Work of Local Authorship: Political Rhetorics of Expression

susan mcleod

1996
Susan McLeod

Whither WAC? Reflections on the Silver Anniversary of Writing Across the Curriculum

geneva smitherman

1995
Geneva Smitherman

African American English: From the Hood to the Amen Corner

charles bazerman

1994
Charles Bazerman

Students Being Disciplined: Getting Confused, Getting By, Getting Rewarded, Getting Smart, Getting Real.

art young

Art Young

The Wonder of Writing Across the Curriculum

andrea lunsford

1992
Andrea Lunsford

Literacy, Intellectual Property, and the Status Quo: Scenes for Writing in the Academy

jacqueline jones royster

1991
Jacqueline Jones Royster

Diversity and Writing: Dialogue Within a Modern University

 

 

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