"Memory: Rhetoric’s Forgotten Canon," Federation Rhetoric Symposium 2009, Texas A&M University - Commerce, February 6, 2009.

“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.” — Cicero, De Oratore At the Federation Rhetoric Symposium two years ago, composition scholar Kathleen Blake Yancey focused our attention on The Fifth Canon – Delivery, foregrounding the many ways that this largely forgotten canon shapes and defines 21st century literacies. This year we’re extending the discussion by considering the fourth canon – Memory. In what ways does memory live in current rhetorical practices? How does this classical device both focus and fragment our research? How does memory mediate our pedagogy and practice? How are 21st century literacies mediated by memory? How does new/old media mediate memory? (And vice versa?) Deborah Brandt (University of Wisconsin-Madison), noted scholar in literacy studies, is the keynote speaker this year. Her book Literacy in American Lives (2001) was awarded the 2002 MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize, the 2003 Grawemeyer Award in Education, and the 2003 CCCC Outstanding Book Award. Brandt has additionally published Literacy as Involvement: The Acts of Writers, Readers, and Texts (1990) and has Literacy and Learning: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and Society forthcoming. We welcome submissions from all areas including but not limited to: Rhetoric and Composition, English, Journalism, Political Science, Education, History, Film Studies, Media Studies, Art, Psychology, and Sociology. We also welcome presentations via non-traditional modalities – video, audio-/image-based. Suggestions of possible areas of interest: Literacy Studies Critical Theory Pedagogy Rhetoric & Technology Composition & Rhetoric Creative Writing Memoir Writing Center Theory & Practice Basic Writing Theory & Practice Rhetoric & Philosophy TESOL, ESL & Composition Pop Culture Film Studies Rhetoric of Mass Media New Media Literature, All Genres Individual and Panel Proposals Welcome. Submissions and Additional Information: Email: Rhetoric_Symposium@tamu-commerce.edu Via USPS: Federation Rhetoric Symposium 2009 c/o Melissa Knous Department of Literature and Language PO Box 3011 Texas A&M University – Commerce Commerce, TX 75429-3011. Submission Deadline: November 21, 2008 Acceptance Notification: December 31, 2008 Visit the conference homepage here: http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/FRS/.