*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Wall, Beverly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CFP: Rhetoric and Democracy in the Age of the Internet RHETORIC AND DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET An interdisciplinary conference organized by Trinity College in cooperation with the Intercollegiate E-Democracy Project Hartford, Connecticut, USA June 22-24, 2001 This conference will bring together teachers, students, researchers, commentators, activists, and others interested in the contemporary state of public discourse and the complex role of education in preparing active citizens for the electronic democracies of the future. We will be organizing discussion groups that will offer participants an unusual opportunity for conversations across academic disciplines, public roles, professional lives, and geographic areas, from the local to the global. Please join us if you are interested in exploring topics related to: - public writing and rhetoric - political speech and debate - the intersection of literature and politics - activism and protest in the new public square - the media and political campaigns - the Internet and Information Society - deliberative democracy and cultures of argument - the shaping of the online public commons - service learning and civic engagement - dialogic literacies and new educational technologies - the relation of language to power and the public sphere We invite proposals for papers, panels, workshops, symposia, roundtables, teaching demonstrations, poster presentations, artistic performances, and other innovative forms of interaction. Submit a 200-word abstract of your proposal by March 15, 2001: By email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; or fax to +1.860.297.5258; or send a paper copy to Dr. Beverly Wall, Conference Director, A.K. Smith Center for Writing & Rhetoric, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106-3100, USA. Proposals received by March 15 will be reviewed immediately by the program committee, with prompt notification. Proposals are also welcomed after March 15 and will be considered as space allows. For more information and continuing developments, email the address above to add your name to the conference mailing list, and see our website at: http://www.trincoll.edu/prog/iedp/conference.htm IEDP Conference Planning and Program Committee: Alison Warriner, California State University, Hayward Linda K. Shamoon, University of Rhode Island Philip Burns, Worcester State College Winifred J. Wood, Wellesley College Deborah Burns, Merrimack College Irene Papoulis, Trinity College ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
