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Intercultural Rhetoric Conference

History

ICIC established a week-long Institute on Contrastive Rhetoric and Written Discourse Analysis in July 2004 followed by the First Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Written Discourse Analysis in 2005 on the IUPUI campus. In the first year, the institute attracted 11 international participants and the conference attracted 40 international participants.

The Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse was established to further research in contrastive/intercultural rhetoric and intercultural discourse, and to create collaborations among leading research universities and organizations. The conference typically attracts more than 100 participants from the U.S and abroad.

  

2012 Conference

August 9-11, 2012
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Sponsored by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC)

2012 Conference Schedule

 
The next Intercultural Rhetoric Conference will be held at Indiana University-
Purdue University Indianapolis on August 9-11, 2012.

Previous Conferences

The Sixth Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse was held at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, June 11-12, 2010. 
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/alesl/conference/   

The Fifth Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse was held June 11-13, 2009,at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
http://legacyweb.lsa.umich.edu/eli/eli1/CIRD5/index.html 

The Fourth Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse was held June 3-5, 2008, at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

          Photos from 2008 Conference 

  
First picture from left: Drs. Francoise Salager-Meyer, Ulla Connor, and Ana Moreno; Second picture: Drs. Alan Hirvela, Ulla Connor, Dwight Atkinson, Xiaoye You, Christine Feak, and Francoise Salanger-Meyer
 

     

Connor, U., Nagelhout, E., & Rozycki, W. (Eds.) (2008) Contrastive Rhetoric. Reaching to intercultural rhetoric. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Connor, U. (1996). Contrastive Rhetoric. Cross-cultural aspects of second language writing. New York: Cambridge University Press.

The Third Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse: Multiple Literacies Across Cultures was held June 15-16, 2007, at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2007 Conference Schedule

2007 plenary abstract: The crucial linguistic and multisemiotic aspects of conference presentations (Ventola, E.)

2007 colloquium: Intercultural rhetoric in health communication (Connor,U., Feak, C., Dempsey,C., & Rozycki,W.)

2007 ICIC presentation: Assessing discourse knowledge of medical residents (Rozycki, W.)

 
Dr. Connor with ICIC scholarship winners
(Purdue graduate students.)

 

2007 Conference participants and presenters

The Second Conference on Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse was held July 22-23, 2005, at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

2005 Conference Schedule

2005 Abstracts

The First Contrastive and Intercultural Rhetoric Institute and Contrastive Rhetoric and Written Discourse Analysis Conference was held July 26-31, 2004, at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

2004 Institute and Conference

• Take Note

• Twenty-eight students from Tsuda College will be in Indianapolis this August for ICIC’s recurring Women in Leadership 3-week intensive English program.  Students will participate in writing and oral communication classes each day. A Women in Leadership study unit will include guest lectures from community leaders such as Joann Ingulli-Fattic, and through participation in activities inside and outside the classroom such as attending the Indiana State Fair, students will receive supplemental instruction in communication skills and American culture.