BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4519-3bd12aab8ba3bab215b06c02133e3952@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260524T015659Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T133000 SUMMARY:Center for Democratic Deliberation Lecture: Pamela VanHaitsma DESCRIPTION:\nPamela VanHaitsma\, Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute and assistant professor of communication arts and sciences\, will present the following talk as part of the Center for Dem ocratic Deliberation'\;s lecture series. VanHaitsma'\;s research i s supported by a McCourtney Institute for Democracy research grant.\n\nT he rhetorical significance of women&rsquo\;s romantic friendships has be en underappreciated. Even in feminist and queer histories of rhetoric\, these relationships are ignored or oversimplified and dismissed as norma tive instances of sexual repression and social constraint. She recovers the civic importance of the relationships in her second book project\, t entatively titled \;The Erotic as Rhetorical Power: Romantic Friends hips between Women Teachers\, 1848&ndash\;1922. Through archival researc h in over twenty brick-and-mortar and digital collections\, this project investigates how the women&rsquo\;s intimate relationships enabled thei r public engagement as orators\, writers\, and teachers of rhetoric.&nbs p\;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cdd_pamela-vanh aitsma/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Pamela VanHaits ma, Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics Institute and assi stant professor of communication arts and sciences, will present the fol lowing talk as part of the Center for Democratic Deliberation's lect ure series. VanHaitsma's research is supported by a McCourtney Insti tute for Democracy research grant.

The rhetorical significance of women’s romantic friendships has been underappreciated. Even in fe minist and queer histories of rhetoric, these relationships are ignored or oversimplified and dismissed as normative instances of sexual repress ion and social constraint. She recovers the civic importance of the rela tionships in her second book project, tentatively titled The Ero tic as Rhetorical Power: Romantic Friendships between Women Teachers, 18 48–1922. Through archival research in over twenty brick-and-mo rtar and digital collections, this project investigates how the women&rs quo;s intimate relationships enabled their public engagement as orators, writers, and teachers of rhetoric. 

For more details: https://event s.la.psu.edu/event/cdd_pamela-vanhaitsma/

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