Berkeley Rhetoric Department

Location :

7408 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Linked by a common interest in the functions of discourse in all its forms, faculty and students engage the theoretical, historical, and cultural dimensions of interpretation and criticism, in fields as diverse as political theory, gender, law, media studies, philosophy, and literature. The Department is also committed to the study of rhetorical traditions, from the classical era to contemporary rhetorical theory.

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  26 October 2018

  Don't Forget! This evening, Elizabeth Povinelli, will lecture on the "Four Axioms of Existence" in 370 Dwinelle!

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  26 October 2018

  Don't Forget! Tomorrow at 12:30 PM, there will be a film viewing of "The Mermaids, or Aiden Through Wonderland," a film by the Karrabing Film Collective. Followed by a Q & A with Elizabeth Povinelli, the visiting Rhetoric Colloquium Guest, and member of the Karrabing Film Collective.

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  19 October 2018

  Don't miss our two Elizabeth Povinelli events next week! Povinelli is a Professor of Gender Studies & Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and her writing has focused on developing a critical theory of late liberalism that would support an anthropology of the otherwise. Informed primarily by settler colonial theory, pragmatism and critical theory. This potential theory of the otherwise has unfolded primarily from within a sustained relationship with her... Indigenous Karrabing colleagues in north Australia and across five books, numerous essays, and six films with the Karrabing Film Collective.

  The first event will be her lecture on the "Four Axioms of Existence" and the second event will be a viewing of the Karrabing Film Collective Film ""The Mermaids, or Aiden through Wonderland" that Povinelli was a part of creating, followed by a post viewing Q & A with Povinelli. See our two events pages for more information on the individual events. Both events are free and open to the public!

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  02 October 2018

  Don't forget! Tomorrow at 5 pm, Daniele Lorenzini will be lecturing on the Emergence of Desire: Notes Toward a Political History of the Will in Foucault's "Aveux de la Chair". See you there in 3335 Dwinelle.

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  14 September 2018

  Don't forget! Today is the first Fall Rhetoric Colloquium Event of the year! Come to room 3335 Dwinelle at 5 pm for Davide Panagia's lecture "On the Political Ontology of the Dispositif"

  See the event below for more information

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  21 February 2018

  TODAY! Join us in 315 Wheeler Hall at 5:00pm. Be sure to arrive early to secure a seat, space is limited!

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  15 February 2018

  NEXT WEEK! Tuesday, February 20, 5:00-7:00pm, 315 Wheeler Hall

  The Rhetoric Spring Colloquium returns with a lecture by Jacques Rancière, “Shifting Borders: Art, Politics and Ethics Today.” This event is free and open to the public, but be sure to arrive early, because seating will be limited!

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  24 January 2018

  Spaces still available, enroll now! Freshmen and sophomores welcome!

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  24 January 2018

  Kris Paulsen (PhD Rhetoric, 2009) Art History, Ohio State Univ. Monday, Jan. 29, 6.30 pm Osher Theater BAMPFA UC Berkeley