The Ivie League: The RSA Chapter at Indiana University

Join Professor John Arthos for a discussion, "Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, and General Education," which is part of the "Hermeneutics in Real Life" series! This event is free and will be held on Sat., Nov. 6, 1pm EST. The event explores how we can center hermeneutic theory in the college curriculum. Information and registration at:

Hermeneutics in Real Life - Conversation Sessions Conversation Sessions Schedule - 2021

The Society for Ricoeur Studies is having its annual conference “POLITICS, RELIGION, and CULTURAL HERMENEUTICS" starting this Tuesday until Sunday this week. The conference is entirely online. People are free to join and listen in to the asynchronous and synchronous sessions. Scroll down once you click on the page to see instructions on how to join the event.

The Society for Ricoeur Studies The Society for Ricoeur Studies is an international, interdisciplinary body dedicated to the work of Paul Ricoeur among scholars from around the globe.

You're invited to the Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication program VP Debate Viewing Party!

Thanks to the hard work of Kurt Zemlicka, Scot Barnett, John Arthos, and Annamarie Carlson, there will be a Vice Preisdential debate viewing tomorrow night beginning at 8:30 pm.

Kurt will be hosting a pre-debate conversation beginning at 8:30pm. The debate is then scheduled for 9:00pm to 10:30pm. And then Kurt will host a Q&A session until 11:30pm.

DM page the if you would like the Zoom Link!

Many thanks to dr. vay (Vershawn Ashanti Young) for the engaging talk on codemeshing and love at the 2020 Auer Lecture this past Thursday, the lively Q&A, and the extended breakfast conversation with the graduate students!

Congratulations to IU Rhetoric PhD alums Cortney Smith and Valerie Wieskamp on the publication of their article, “'What to do when you’re r***d': Indigenous women critiquing and coping through a rhetoric of survivance" online in the Quarterly Journal of Speech! Accessible here:

“What to do when you’re r***d”: Indigenous women critiquing and coping through a rhetoric of survivance (2020). “What to do when you’re r***d”: Indigenous women critiquing and coping through a rhetoric of survivance. Quarterly Journal of Speech. Ahead of Print.

Power is back on in the Geology Building which means the panel is on! Come join us online for the Ivie League Teaching Opportunities and Resources Panel at 12:30. You can follow along at twitch.tv/IURhetoric. See the attached instructions if you'd like to comment in the chat.

Come join us online for the Ivie League Teaching Opportunities and Resources Panel at 12:30! You can follow along at twitch.tv/IURhetoric. See the attached instructions if you'd like to comment in the chat.

Please join us in congratulating IU Rhetoric PhD Rudo Mudiwa, whose dissertation, “The Pr******te as Citizen: mobile women, urban space, and the threat of disorder in Zimbabwe” has been awarded the 2019 Dissertation Award from the American Society for the History of Rhetoric! The award will be presented on Saturday, November 16 at 9:30, at the ASHR Business Meeting at the National Communication Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Well ain’t that some kairos? 🤔