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KB Journal 16.1 (Winter 2023)

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KB Journal Editor: David Blakesley
Associate Editor: Rochelle Gregory

  • Kenneth Burke’s Theory of Attention: Homo Symbolicus’ Experiential Poetics by David Landes
  • A Flash of Light to Blurred Vision: Theorizing Generating Principles for Nuclear Policy from The Day After Trinity to the Year 2021 by Cody Hunter
  • Kenneth Burke’s Late Theory of History: The Personalistic and Instrumentalist Principles by Michael Feehan
  • Kenneth Burke and the Gargoyles of Language: Perspective by Incongruity and the Transvaluation of Values in Counter-Statement and Permanence and Change by Jeremy Cox
  • A Survey of the Diverse Historical Uses of the Circumstantial Terms from Homer to Kenneth Burke and Beyond by Lawrence J. Prelli and Floyd D. Anderson
  • A Technological Psychosis: The Problem with “Overfishing” in the Magnuson-Stevens Act by Karen Gulbrandsen
  • The Morality Martyr Homology by Lisa Glebatic Perks
  • Slaying the Vile Beasts Within: Theorizing a Mortification Mechanism by Floyd D. Anderson and Kevin R. McClure
  • Review: Philosophical Turns: Epistemological, Linguistic, and Metaphysical by Robert Wess. Reviewed by Greig Henderson

The cover image is a screenshot from David Lynch's Twin Peaks, "The Return, Part 8" or "The Last Evening."

The 12th Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society 2025

Kenneth Burke, the Humanities, and Agency in the Era of AI

An Onsite and Virtual Inter-Conference and Film Festival

Fast Facts

Conference Dates: May 22–25, 2025 Location: Clemson University, Clemson, SC, and Online in Zoom, Gather, and New Art City
Proposal Submission Deadline: 1 March 2025. Submit proposals here.
Proposal Acceptance Notifications: 15 March 2025 or earlier
Registration Window: Early: 21 February 2025 – 15 April 2025. Late: 16 April 2025–22 May 2025
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE HERE
RENEW A MEMBERSHIP OR JOIN THE KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY HERE (All conference attendees and presenters must be current members of the Kenneth Burke Society)
Onsite Accommodation Options: TBA
For travel information including local airports, airport shuttle, and car rentals, look HERE (TBA).
You can also help support student travel to the conference: look HERE (TBA)

  • Conference Website: http://kbjournal.org/kbs25
  • Conference Chair: David Blakesley (dblakes@clemson.edu)
  • Program Chair: Taylor Wyatt (tjwyatt@g.clemson.edu)
  • Onsite Conference Coordinator: Andrew Okai (aokai@g.clemson.edu)
  • New Art City Coordinator: Eddie Lohmeyer (elohmey@clemson.edu)
  • Film Festival Coordinator: David Williams (dgwilli@g.clemson.edu)
  • Accessibility Coordinator: Ashlyn Walden (acwalde@g.clemson.edu)
  • Gather Coordinator: Dave Rochlin (drochli@g.clemson.edu)
  • Conference Keynotes: TBA

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