The organizers wish to announce the 12th Annual Conference on Rhetoric «Giornate Tridentine di Retorica 12 – GTR 2012», as the First International Workshop on «Argumentation & Rhetoric (in Public Discourse, in Language, in Law)».
The Workshop, sponsored by CERMEG (Research Centre on Legal Methodology), will be held 7-8 June 2012 at the University of Trento, Faculty of Law, Italy.
The Workshop provides an opportunity for researchers and doctoral students to discuss current issues in the field of argumentation and rhetoric.
Program
7th June 2012 h. 15.00/19.00
1th SESSION – PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND RHETORIC
Keynote Speaker
Frans H. van Eemeren – University of Amsterdam
Speaker
Eveline T. Feteris – University of Amsterdam
8th June 2012 h. 10.00/13.00
2nd SESSION – LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC
Keynote Speaker
Christian Plantin – ICAR, Université Lyon 2
Speaker
Fabrizio Macagno – Universidade Nova de Lisboa
8th June 2012 h. 15.00/18.00
3rd – LEGAL EDUCATION AND RHETORIC
Keynote Speakers
Bice Mortara Garavelli – University of Turin
Adelino Cattani – University of Padua
The official languages of the conference are English and Italian.
The workshop is free of charge and open to researchers working on argumentation and related issues. Participants pay their own travel and accommodation fees.
Please visit the CERMEG website at http://www.cermeg.it/eng/. The site will be updated as information is available. For any additional information, please contact Dr. Federico Puppo (federico.puppo@unitn.it).
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