SWESSE

The tenth biennial conference of the Swedish Association for American Studies (SAAS) is entitled “Open Covenants: Pasts and Futures of Global America” and will be held in Stockholm, September 28–30, 2018. Confirmed keynote speakers are David R. Roediger (University of Kansas), Sylvia Mayer (University… Continue Reading →

‘Rhetorical Education and the Democratic Mission of the School: Preparing Students for Academic and Civic Life‘ is a conference at Örebro University, October 24-26, 2017. The 2011 Curriculum for Upper-Secondary School has put rhetoric back on the syllabus for both… Continue Reading →

Karlstad University, Sweden, 14–16 September 2017 Rhetoric, literature – what’s the difference? For hundreds of years, no one bothered to ask – literature was simply seen as a species of rhetoric. The two subjects were taught as one well into… Continue Reading →