讲座题目：“Women, Rhetoric, and This Thing Called Hope”：The invigorating contributions women are making to rhetorical theory and practice（女性·修辞·希望：女性对修辞理论和实践的积极贡献） 主讲人：雪莉·葛岚，美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学杰出 教授（Cheryl Glenn, Pennsylvania State University） 讲座时间：2018 年 6 月 4 日上午 9:30 讲座地点：北京大学新闻与传播学院 105 会议室 主持人：刘璐，北京大学外国语学院副教授 讲座摘要：Rhetoric, in Aristotle's words, is “the ability,in each case, to see all of the available means of persuasion.” As such, rhetoric allows us to thoroughly investigate issues; artfully and rationally challenge unjust systems; (re)invent ourselves as educated, engaged citizens; cultivate and participate in a way of life that we believe in; and, above all, bank on hope (and possibility). Outstanding evidence for such purpose lies within women's rhetorical practices across a wide scope of human history. Our speaker, Professor Cheryl Glenn, Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies at Penn State University, will guide us along a journey of nearly 200 years of feminist rhetoric evolution in the United States, analyzing evidence and clarifying how these efforts have given rise to an innovative approach of feminist rhetoric in today’s world, as well as new hope and possibilities for a future we all share. （我们的演讲嘉宾，宾夕法尼亚州立大学英语与女性研究教授 Cheryl Glenn 将带领大家走近美国现当代女性作家，欣赏他们言说中修辞的力量并介绍修辞学研究的一种新路径。） 主讲人介绍： A leading scholar-teacher of rhetoric and writing, Cheryl Glenn is Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies, Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric. Glenn’s rhetorical scholarship has earned her three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), book awards from Choice and from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women, a Best Article of the Year Award from College Composition and Communication, an Outstanding Article Award from Rhetoric Review, and the 2009 Rhetorician of the Year Award. Her scholarly work focuses on histories of women’s rhetorics and writing practices, feminist theories and practices, inclusionary rhetorical practices and theories, and contexts and processes for the teaching of writing，which include Rhetoric Retold: Regendering the Tradition from Antiquity Through the Renaissance, Unspoken: A Rhetoric of Silence, Rhetorical Feminism and This Thing Called Hope, and many other book chapters and articles.