The Rhetorics of Healing

Exploring the rhetoric of the terms “healing”, “cure”, “illness” and “disease”, we chose not to accept their definitions at face value, but believing them to take on specific meanings and practices, we asked scholars from all over the world to explore how they are used.  By keeping our questions intentionally vague, we attracted perspectives from across the spectrum of disciplines: biomedical ethics, classics, anthropology, comparative literature, economics, biblical studies and medicine.  All articles are copyrighted by the authors and presenters.

Rhetorics, Ethics and Moral Persuasion
A collaborative effort on the part of the editors of Queen and the conference organizers for the Heidelberg Conference in July 2002, the purpose of the conference was to bring together scholars who work from the perspective of rhetorical analysis and ask them to reflect upon concepts of “ethos” and “ethics” with respect to Hellenistic moral philosophy.

Intersex - Perspectiven von Geschlecterforschung und Ethik

This conference was a collaborative effort between the editors of Queen and the Arbeitsbereich geschlectersudien und Ethik in den Wissenschaften of the Interfakultäres Zentrum für Ethik in den Wissenschaften of the Eberhad-Karls Universität Tübingen.  The conference was held in April 2003 and brought together experts in the fields of culture criticism, gender theory, medicine, literature, critical rhetorics, as well as representatives of specific intersex patient advocacy communities.

Rhetoric, Violence & Evil: Connections, Reflections and Responses

The conference was held in January 2004 and was an intense discussion of the nature of evil, violence and their connection with rhetoric (often a discipline associated with manipulation and amorality). Disciplinary contributions came from fields as diverse as biblical studies, rhetorical theory, cultural history, religious history, culture criticism and philosophy.

Rhetorics of Identity: Place, Race, Sex and the Person

Scholars from all over world came to join us in January 2005 for our latest conference.  Here we met with folks from Australia, the Netherlands, France, South Africa and Botswana.  We explored film, racial identity, queer theory, religion and religious history, pragmatism, communalism, sex and sexuality, conversion theory, cultural history, media criticism, epistemology and communication theory.