We're official!

Our chapter has been officially added to the list of RSA student chapters. You can see the others by going to http://rhetoricsociety.org/ and clicking on the "Membership" tab.

A few next steps:

1. Let's start a discussion here about possible readings for a discussion group. After finishing J.G.A. Pocock's Machiavellian Moment, some were interested in reading more Paul Ricœur Rule of Metaphor. For a shorter read, I might also suggest ["Explanation and Understanding" in From Text to Action, trans. Kathleen Blamey and John Thompson (Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press, 1991).] If somebody has selections from Rule of Metaphor, Time and Narrative, or other works (or even non-Ricœur readings), let's put them out on the table. Patrick can take those suggestions and finalize plans, perhaps in collaboration with Dilip and/or Keith.

2. I'd like to hold at least one Cumnock colloquium in May for graduate students (and possibly faculty) to present papers-in-progress developed or further edited outside of seminars. This is a friendly setting to work on presentation skills and discuss ideas that may not be fully articulated (or even coherent). Several of us are going to the Alta Conference this summer, and could present a first draft of those presentations here. Others might be going to the RSA Institute or the NCA Summer Conference. In any case, let's tentatively say 7pm on Monday, May 21. If that's not a good time for some of you who want to come, we'll reconsider.

3. I'd also encourage everyone to attend the Derby party at the Webster's home if you received an invitation. Last time the attendance from the Rhetoric and Public Culture "clan" was quite low and noted by the other party-goers. We don't want to be perceived as the South Campus isolates!