Rhetoric Society of America Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
May 27-29, 2016
#RSA16
via the RSA website:
The 2016 theme “Rhetoric and Change” can be read in two directions. Rhetoric prompts change, but we also bring change to rhetoric. Even our various definitions of rhetoric begin from the shared premise that rhetoric is the study and theory of adaptation, transformation, improvisation, alteration. In essence, rhetoric is the study of change.
The 2016 conference theme invites inquiries about all kinds of change: evolutions and revolutions, transformations and deformations, progresses and failures. We encourage presenters to consider rhetorics of change and the material effects (or lack thereof) of such rhetorics. As we near the 50th anniversary of the Rhetoric Society of America, we may also consider our own disciplinary (r)evolutions.
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Interested parties are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers, and proposals for panels or special format events (roundtables, debates, etc.). In recognition of rhetoric’s international reach, we especially encourage proposals from scholars located outside of the United States. Panels representing only one institution are strongly discouraged and a slight preference will be shown for panels representing not only different institutions but also different disciplinary fields (e.g., Composition, English, and Communication). Submissions that take advantage of off-site venues are also encouraged, but note that submitters are responsible for the logistics of arranging these.
Proposals are due 15 July, 2015.
RAIL 
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