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Summer School on Argumentation in Context 2014
The International Learned Institute for Argumentation Studies Amsterdam organizes in the week preceding the 8th ISSA Conference the Summer School on Argumentation in Context 2014. The program focuses on the analysis and evaluation of strategic maneuvering in argumentative activity types from various domains, including the political, the medical, the legal and the academic domain. The Summer School will be taught by the members of the research group Argumentation and Rhetoric of the University of Amsterdam:
Corina Andone, Frans van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, Eveline Feteris, José Plug, Francisca Snoeck Henkemans and Jean Wagemans.
The Summer School on Argumentation in Context 2014 will be held from Monday, June 23 to Friday, June 27. Participation is open to all international PhD students specializing in argumentation or having a strong interest in argumentation. The participation fee, which includes lunches and receptions, is € 150. Lodging is not included in this price, but will be offered against reduced rates. Because no more than 20 PhD students can be admitted to the course, interested students are advised to register as soon as possible, but no later than March 1. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
Further specific details about schedule, housing, payment procedure and social programme will be announced on this website in due time.
If you would like to participate in the Summer School, please send an e-mail with your personal data to Corina Andone (C.Andone@uva.nl).
The teaching team is looking forward to welcoming you to the course!
TAR Research colloquium
Once a month the department organizes a research colloquium during which students (MA/Phd) and guest research present their ongoing research. All presentations and subsequent discussions are held in English. Master students and un
Location: Spuistraat 134 (P.C. Hoofthuis, room 1.05)
Time: Fridays, 15.00-17.00
ISSA Conference
The International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA) was founded at the end of the First International Conference on Argumentation held at the University of Amsterdam in 1986.
ISSA’s main goals—as stated in its Constitution—are:
- to promote and improve the extent and quality of research in the field of argumentation theory and its application;
- to facilitate the professional cooperation of its members;
- to sponsor, organize, or support public and professional meetings in the field of argumentation;
- to support or produce publications relevant to these objectives;
- and to support and cooperate with individuals and organizations expressing related interests.
Every four years ISSA organizes an international conference in Amsterdam, where ISSA members and others interested in argumentation meet. The ISSA conferences attract a growing number of scholars from every part of the world, representing all kinds of approaches to argumentation and a wide range of academic disciplines: philosophy, (speech) communication, psychology, law, linguistics, classical and modern rhetoric, formal and informal logic, critical thinking, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and artificial intelligence.
The Proceedings of the previous conferences—containing many important, often cited papers and keynote addresses from prominent argumentation scholars—are available in hard copy (printed by Foris in 1986 and Sic Sat in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006).
One of the highlights of the ISSA conferences is the presentation of the winners of the Annual ISSA Distinguished Research Award. This prize is awarded to scholars who have made a substantial contribution to the study of argumentation.
The Amsterdam Argumentation Chronicle
The Amsterdam Argumentation Chronicle is a semi-annual newsletter published by the department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric of the University of Amsterdam. Its aim is to keep both students and alumni of the master programme Discourse and Argumentation Studies Amsterdam (DASA), the research master programme Rhetoric, Argumentation and Philosophy (RAP), and the PhD programme Argumentation in Discourse (AD) informed about the various academic and educational activities that take place in their (former) department. It includes information on the latest publications by members of the department as well as matters pertaining to research advancements and student and alumni activities.