International Seminar „The Frontiers of Manipulation”, May 25, 2019
International Seminar
The Frontiers of Manipulation:
To Share and Meet vs. To Control and Dominate.
A Reflection on the Importance of Rhetoric in a Multi Dialogic Society
starts at 8:00 am, May 25, 2019 room 207,
Kuźnicza 22, Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław
Plenary lectures:
- Aleksandra R. Knapik (Wrocław): On the Contemporary Rhetoric of Conflict
- Sergio Tapia Velasco (Rome): Do we Manipulate Every Time We Try to Convince? A Reflection on the Frontiers of Daily Dialogue.
- Rafael Jiménez Cataño (Rome): Rhetorical Ethos and the Dynamicity of the Self. How to Deal Image and Person in Progress.
conference papers:
- Aneta Daniel (Wrocław): The Rhetoric of Medical Discourse – Past and Present Perceptions Towards Disability
- Pawel Giwojno (Wrocław): Mao Zedong’s Vision of China: The Birth and Development of Maoist Rhetoric
- Monika Piechota (Wrocław): On the Pruchnik Narrative in the Media Discourse
- Aleksandra Misior-Mroczkowska (Wrocław): Churchill’s Rhetoric: A Retrospective Analysis of Selected Speeches Delivered between 1938 and 1945
- Leszek Wojteczek (Wrocław): War Messages as Performative Acts. On the Basis of President James Madison’s Speech Delivered to Congress on June 1, 1812
- Agata Figiel (Wrocław): The Ministry of Silly Walks: On the Rhetoric of Political Colours of Humour
- Alicja Cimała (Wrocław): Visual Rhetoric in Architecture
organizers:
Rhetoric & Anthropology, Rome (University of the Holy Cross);
College for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Wroclaw;
Institute of English Studies, University of Wroclaw;
Committee for Philology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw Branch.
