POLITICAL RHETORIC

• Rhetoric and Censorship
• L' antidote au mal politique (Rhetorical Reading of Evil) - Littérature n° 149 (1/2008) - PDF Document
• Working Papers, vol 56, College international de philosophie.
• Rhetoric's View of Anthropology. (By courtesy of the Editor of Revista de Antropologiá)
• Legal rhetoric and Reconciliation(from Quest, XVI.1-2, 2002,p. 178-185)

HISTORY OF RHETORIC

• L’écrivain et le politique
• Heidegger and Rhetoric
• Introduction to Thirty Years of Rhetoric Research in France (by courtesy of the author)
• French Rhetoric and Philosophy (from Philosophy and Rhetoric, 40.1, 2007, p. 71-88)

GAY STUDIES

• Left Bank, Right Bank. Roland Barthes' Gay Stroll
• Herculean Lovers. Towards a History of Men’s Friendship in the 17th Century, Thamyris,1997, 4/2, 249-266.

ON DERRIDA

• The Disappearance of Jacques Derrida (page 2) (by courtesy of the author)

HONORARY ASSOCIATES:

Prof Abdelhai Azarkan,
University of Fes, Morocco
a.azarkan@yahoo.fr

Read paper on The Art of Governing and Michel Foucault

Dr Barbara Cassin
CNRS, Paris, France
barbara.cassin@wanadoo.fr

Removing the perpetuity of hatred: on South Africa as a model example

Professor Maurice Charland
Concordia, Montréal, Canada.
Maurice.Charland@Concordia.ca

Read his presentation on Reconciliation, Identity, and Impiety, delivered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, colloquium on Reconciliation, 2006 (to appear shortly in print)

Professor Erik Doxtader
South Carolina, USA.
doxtader@rhetoricaltheory.com

http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/faculty/faculty_pages/doxtader/doxtader.html

Professor Reingard Nethersole
Witwatersrand and Richmond,USA
NethersoleR@GSH.wits.ac.za

Professor Cezar Ornatowski
San Diego,SU., USA.
ornat@mail.sdsu.edu

Read recent article in The Writing Instructor, September 2007: Science and Rhetoric: A Changing Relationship

Professor C. Jan Swearingen
A&M, Texas, USA
cjan@tamu.edu

EXTERNAL EXAMINER:

Dr Jairos Kangira,
Polytechnic of Namibia
jkangira@polytechnic.edu.na

Read his recent article: Negative Advertising as a Strategy of Persuasion in the 2002 Presidential Election Campaign in Zimbabwe, Zambezia, Summer 2007 (advanced proofs, by courtesy of the author).

Review of The Rhetoric of Sir Garfield Todd: Christian Imagination and the Dream of an African Democracy. By Michael W. Casey. Texas: Baylor University Press, 2007; pp xii + 389. This review was presented at a session of NCA, Chicago, 2007 and will shortly appear in Rhetoric and Public Affairs (courtesy of the author).
Download Paper

Women writers'use of metaphore as gender rhetoric (by courtesy of the author) .
Download Paper

WHO ARE OUR STUDENTS?

Rhetoric graduates are in demand and most of them have successful and challenging careers where rhetoric meets public service. Among them:

Ms Sebolelo (Mpokotho) Mvulane (M Rhetoric graduate)
Director: Office of the Premier
Premier of the North West Province
Mafikeng
Cell: 083 6261 021
Smvulane@pgwc.gov.za

Ms Bridget (Young) Kwinda (M Rhetoric graduate)
National Democratic Convention
Researcher and speech writer
M361 Marks Building
Parliament of South Africa
P.O. Box 15
Cape Town
8000
Tel: +27 21 403 3938
Fax: +27 21 403 8601
bkwinda@parliament.gov.za

Mr S’fiso E Ngesi (PhD Rhetoric candidate)
Researcher: Select Committee on Public Services
Parliament of RSA: Research Unit
PO Box 15
Cape Town
8000
Tel: +27 21 403 8166
Fax: +27 21 403 8118
Cell: 076 863 6294
sngesi@parliament.gov.za

Mr Audrin Mathe (PhD Rhetoric, candidate)
Public Relations
Roads Authority
Private Bag 12030
Ausspannplatz
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel.: +264 61 284 7059
Cell.: +264 811 278 436
fax.: +264 61 284 7158
mathea@ra.org.na
www.ra.org.na

Mr Themba Ratsibe (Honours Rhetoric 2007)
Marketing
L'Oréal South Africa, Johannesburg
themba10@gmail.com

Read his recent articles
Language collectives give journalism a bad name
Anonymous sources are bad for journalism

Ms Zarina (Rhaman) Adhikari (Mphil Rhetoric candidate, dissertation)
Director: Parliamentary Services
Ministry of Finance
Tel: 021 464 6144
Fax: 021 465 5950
Cell: 082 345 2919
Cell: 079 871 5998
ZarinaAdhikari@treasury.gov.za

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 2008:

Miss Jessica Jenkin
Mrs Bridget Kwinda
Mr Sifiso Ngesi
Mr Themba Ratsibe

PHD CANDIDATES:

Mr Monwabisi Gebhuza, UCT Mellon Fellow june16@ananzi.co.za
Mrs Bridget Kwinda bkwinda@parliament.gov.za
Mr Audrin Mathe MatheA@ra.org.na
Mr S'fiso Eric Ngesi sngesi@parliament.gov.za

UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC ARGUMENTATION 1st SEMESTER COURSE 2008
Outline and Schedule of Course

RHETORIC COURSES OFFERED IN 2008:

The taught courses and dissertation courses listed below are open to all registered qualifying students (typically, requirements are a 3rd-level degree for the 4000 level; a 4th-level degree or equivalent for the 5000 level; for the MPhil and the PhD consult Professor Salazar). Regarding the dissertation courses FAM 4030X and FAM5031W (thesis component of a Honours or M taught degree), two examples: a 5th year level Political Communication student can do the thesis component of that degree by taking FAM5031W, or a 4th year English student the minor dissertation FAM4030X (home department's approval must be secured).

FAM4032Z	Understanding Public Argumentation	(1st sem)
FAM4031Z	South African Public Rhetoric	(2nd sem)
FAM4030X	Rhetoric Studies Honours-level Dissertation	(All year)
FAM5031X	Rhetoric Studies M-level Dissertation	(All year)
FAM5030W	MPhil in Rhetoric Studies (by thesis only, over 2-3 years)	(All year)
FAM6003W	PhD in Rhetoric Studies (by thesis only)	(All year)
RHETORIC COURSES NOT OFFERED IN 2008:
FAM5036Z	Rhetoric of SA Social Memory	:
FAM5032Z	Economy and Public Rhetoric
FAM5033Z	Public Deliberation and Freedom of Expression
FAM5034Z	Rhetoric Development
FAM5035Z	Rhetoric of Advertising

GUIDELINES FOR M AND PhD PROPOSALS