Conferences

Conference
Proposals Due
Conference Dates
Links

FIELD: COMPOSITION

Conference on College Composition & Communication

(CCCC, C’s, 4C’s)

early May mid-March http://www.ncte.org/cccc
Research Network Forum

(RNF)

Held the Wednesday before CCCC –

*roundtable workshop environment

late October mid-March https://sites.google.com/site/researchnetworkforum/
Conference of Writing Program Administrators

(CWPA)

***also hosts pre-conference institutes for new WPAs

March July http://wpacouncil.org/wpa-conference
International Writing Centers Association

(IWCA)

***also meets at CCCC’s Annually

***also hosts summer institutes

October http://writingcenters.org/
Computers and Writing Conference

(#CWCon)

November June https://www.facebook.com/CandWCon/

(official website changes every year)

Conference on Community Writing

(CCW)

*held biannually/odd years

February October http://www.communitywriting.org/
Thomas R. Watson Conference on Composition and Rhetoric

(Watson, #WatsonConf)

***Hosted by the University of Louisville biannually

March October http://louisville.edu/conference/watson
Summer Institutes in Writing and Rhetoric at Dartmouth December July-August http://writing-speech.dartmouth.edu/research/summer-institutes-seminars
Digital Media and Composition Institute

(DMAC)

*hosted at OSU & free to OSU grad students

November-February

(registration)

May http://www.dmacinstitute.com/

FIELD: RHETORIC

Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference

(RSA, RSA Conference)

*every other year/even years

July late May http://rhetoricsociety.org/aws/RSA/pt/sp/conferences
Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Institute

(RSA, RSA Institute)

*every other year/odd years

October late May http://rhetoricsociety.org/aws/RSA/pt/sp/institutes
Feminisms and Rhetorics

(FemRhet)

*every other year/odd years

February October http://cwshrc.org/
International Society for the History of Rhetoric

(ISHR)

late July http://ishr-web.org/aws/ISHR/pt/sp/conference
American Society for the History of Rhetoric Symposium

(ASHR)

*held prior to RSA

September late May https://ashr.org/gatherings/symposia/upcoming-symposium/
Cultural Rhetorics

*every other year/even years

March October/November http://cultrhetconsortium.org/conference
National Communication Association Convention

(NCA)

November https://www.natcom.org/
Kenneth Burke Society Conference

(Burke Conference)

***held triennially

http://www.kbjournal.org/

FIELD: TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL WRITING

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

(ATTW)

***Held in conjunction with CCCC

mid-March http://www.attw.org/conference
Special Interest Group for Design of Communication

(SIGDOC)

January August https://sigdoc.acm.org/conferences/
International Association of Bussiness Communicators

(IABC World Conference)

June http://wc.iabc.com/
IEEE Professional Communications

(IEEE PC)

July http://sites.ieee.org/pcs/
Council of Programs in Technical and Science Communication

(CPTSC)

October http://www.cptsc.org/

RELATED FIELDS

Global Society of Online Literacy Educators

(GSOLE)

November January https://www.glosole.org/conferences.html
Nation Council of English Teachers

(NCTE)

January November http://convention.ncte.org/
Modern Language Association Convention

(MLA)

late-November January https://www.mla.org/Convention
National Women’s Studies Association

(NWSA)

February November http://www.nwsa.org/
Linguistic Society of America

(LSA)

January https://www.linguisticsociety.org/event
American Studies Association

(ASA)

February November https://www.theasa.net/annual-meeting
Pop Culture Association

(PCA)

***also hosts regional conferences

October March https://pcaaca.org/conference

 

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