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Conferences & Festivals

Conferences

The University of South Carolina Conference on Rhetorical Theory

A biannual international conference sponsored by the rhetoric program and dedicated to the critical and interdisciplinary study of rhetorical theory. Visit Conference Site

The University of South Carolina Annual Comparative Literature Conference

Sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and held in Columbia every spring semester.

Southeast Association for Book Arts Conference

An interdisciplinary conference, coordinated by the USC departments of art and English and the USC Libraries, for book artists, scholars, researchers, historians, and aficionados. Held in the spring in odd-numbered years: 2009, 2011, etc.

The University of South Carolina Annual French Literature Conference

Sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and held in Columbia every spring semester.

Carolina Rhetorics Conference

Established by graduate students in the USC Composition and Rhetoric program, in partnership with graduate students in Clemson Universitys program in Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design, the Carolina Rhetorics Conference seeks to establish a recurring space where graduate students in composition and rhetoric throughout the Southeast can present and receive feedback on developing projects.

Graduate Conference in 19th-Century Studies

Festivals

• The Open Book
• Visit The Open Book Page

The Open Book, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and hosted by Elise Blackwell, is a literary series, public course, and community read all in one. The 2012 visiting writers are, in order of appearance: Colum McCann, Luis Alberto Urrea, Ann Patchett, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Ian McEwan. All events are free and open to the public. Please visit The Open Book website for full details.

• The Fall Literary Festival
• Visit The Fall Literary Festival Page

Jointly sponsored by the Department of English and the Thomas Cooper Library, the Fall Literary Festival brings noted poets and novelists to campus each November to read from their work and meet with students. Readings are free and open to the public. Recent series have featured Louise Gluck, Galway Kinnell, Bobby Ann Mason, and David Baldacci.