September 15, 2004

4-6 p.m.

Location: SOS B40

Hayward R. Alker

McCone Professor of International Relations

will speak on the topic

“Chains of Argument in Political Debates”

Everyone is invited.

Refreshments will be served.

If you wish to read something in preparation for the talk and discussion, we would recommend “The Dialectical Logic of Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue,” Chapter 1 of Alker’s Rediscoveries and Reformulations: Humanistic Methodologies for International Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1996). Master copies of the chapter will be available in the Linguistics Department and the library of the Center for International Studies.

I/IDS (International/Interdisciplinary Discourse Seminars) is an informal organization of USC students and faculty with research interests in discourse. It started in May 2004 when students and faculty from USC’s departments of Linguistics, Spanish, International Relations, and the Marshall School of Business met to identify and nurture a campus-wide group interested in discourse. For its inaugural year, I/IDS has received support from the Center for International Studies. Meetings will be held once a month during the academic year, alternating between the Center for International Studies and the Linguistics Department. If you’d like to be added to our e-mail list for announcements, please send your details to Fleur van der Houwen: vanderho@usc.edu