Robert M. Seiler

PUBLICATIONS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

Books and Journals

The Book Beautiful: Walter Pater and the House of Macmillan. London: Athlone Press, 1999.

Text in Context: Contributions to Ethnomethodology, eds. Graham Watson and Robert M. Seiler. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, Inc., 1991.

Walter Pater: A Life Remembered. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1987.

The Discourse Analysis Research Group Newsletter (Calgary: The University of Calgary), ISSN 0843-252X, 1985-97.

Walter Pater: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980.

Chapters in Books

"The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: The Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Poster, 1952-1972." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] In Max Foran (ed.), Icon, Brand, Myth: The Calgary Stampede. Edmonton: Athabaska University Press, 2008, pp. 294-323.
"Managing Contradictory Visions of the West: The Great Richardson-Weadick Experiment." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] In Beverly Rasporich and Lorry Felske (Eds.), Challenging Frontiers: The Canadian West. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2004, pp. 163-83.
"George Herbert Mead." In John K. Roth (Ed.), World Philosophers and their Works. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2000, ii, 1235-39 and 1243.
"Joe Clark." In James Powell (Ed.), Biographical Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders. 5 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 2000, i, 305-06.
"Advertising and Propaganda." In Robert Cole (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Propaganda. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1997, i, 4-9.
"1941: NBC and CBS launch Commercial Television." In Frank N. Magill (Ed.), Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture. 5 vols. Pasedena, CA: Salem Press, 1993, ii, 1211-16.

Articles in Journals

"Movie Exhibition in Manitoba: The Case of J.A. (John) Schuberg," Manitoba History. 58 (June 2008): 11-18.
"Nathanson, Zukor, and Famous Players: Movie Exhibition in Canada, 1920-1942." American Review of Canadian Studies 36.1 (Spring 2006): 59-80.
"Movie Exhibition on the Prairies: The Case of the Allens, 1910-15." Prairie Forum 31.1 (Spring 2006): 71-84.
"Presenting the Self in Everyday Life: The Personalized License Plate as Rhetorical Phenomenon." [Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler." Rhetor I (Autumn 2004). Available at http://www.cssr-scer.ca/rhetor
"Presenting the Self in Everyday Life: The Personalized License Plate as Rhetorical Phenomenon." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Rhetor 1 (Autumn 2004). Available at http://cssr-scer.ca/rhetor
"M.B. (Doc) Marcell: Official Photographer of the First Calgary Stampede." American Review of Canadian Studies 33.2 (Summer 2003): 219-39
"Cultural Activities and Urban Spaces: Cinemas on Stephen Avenue, Calgary, 1920-60." Prairie Forum 28.2 (Spring 2003): 67-80.
"David Alexander Colville: The Rhetoric of Ambiguity." Canadian Journal of Rhetorical Studies 13 (September 2002): 85-107.
"Selling Patriotism/Selling Beer: The Case of the I AM CANADIAN! Commercial." American Review of Canadian Studies 32 (Spring 2002): 45-66.
"Ceremonial Rhetoric and Civic Identity: The Case of the White Hat." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Journal of Canadian Studies 36 (Spring 2001): 29-49.
"High Anxiety: The Rhetoric of Crime Reporting in Canadian Newspapers." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Canadian Journal of Rhetorical Studies 10 (September 1999): 97-112.
"The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Posters, 1952-72." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Journal of Canadian Studies 33 (Autumn 1998): 51-82.

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

"Word-and-Image Interaction in the Newspaper: Commonsense-Constructions and Ideological Interpretations." In A.W. Halsall (Ed.), Proceedings of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric, 1993-94. Ottawa: C.S.S.R., 123-35.
"The Interactional Organization of News Interviews in Canada." In John Martin (Ed.), Proceedings of the Canadian Society for the History of Rhetoric, 1989-90. Calgary: C.S.H.R., 114-28.

Invited Conference Papers

"Movie Exhibition in Calgary: The Case of the Empress Theatre (1911)." Paper presented at a meeting of the Chinook Historical Society, Fort Calgary, 23 February 2010.
"A Grand Venue for Grand Entertainment: The Grand Theatre, the City of Calgary, and Patterns of Boosterism." Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) annual conference, Albuquerque, NM, 10 February 2006.
"Nathanson, Zukor, and Famous Players: Movie Exhibition in Canada, 1920-1942." Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) annual conference, Albuquerque, NM, 12 February 2005.
"Movie Exhibition on the Prairies: The Case of the Allens, 1910-15." Paper presented at the Film Studies of Canada conference, University of Manitoba, 2 June 2004.
"The Rise and the Fall of the Allen Empire: Movie Exhibition in Canada, 1906-23." Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) annual conference, San Antonio, Texas, 9 April 2004.
"Cultural Activities and Urban Spaces: Cinemas on Stephen Avenue, Calgary, 1920-70." Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) annual conference, Sheraton Hotel, Albuquerque NM, 13 February 2003.
"Selling Dreams: The Rhetoric of Movie Theatre Design on the Prairies, 1920-70." Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 29 May 2003.
"Rhetorics of Praise and Blame: The Case of the Intellectual." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Toronto, 25 May 2002.
"David Alexander Colville: The Rhetoric of Ambiguity." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Carleton University Centre for Rhetorical Studies Colloquium on Rhetoric and the Arts, Ottawa, 5 April 5 2002.
"M.B. ("Doc") Marcell: Official Photographer of the first Calgary Stampede." Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) annual conference, Hilton Albuquerque Hotel, Albuquerque NM, 15 February 2002.
"Exposing false Prophets and debunking worn out Traditions: Mark Kingwell, a Canadian Public Intellectual." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Canadian Studies conference called "Alternatives to Mainstream Canada," Laval University, Quebec City, 25 May 2001.
"Alex Colville and the Rhetoric of Ambiguity." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, Laval University, Quebec City, 24 May 2001.
"Selling Patriotism/Selling Beer: The Case of the I AM CANADIAN! Commercial." Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) annual conference, Sheraton Hotel, Albuquerque NM, 7 March 2001.
"Managing contradictory Visions of the West: The great Richardson/Weadick Experiment." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the third interdisciplinary ACUS-in-Canada Colloquium called "Western Mindscapes," the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Palliser Hotel, Calgary, 16 September 2000.
"The White Hat Ceremony as a Site of Struggle." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Association for Canadian Studies conference on The Challenge of Pluralism, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 29 May 2000.
"Ceremonial Rhetoric and Civic Identity: The Case of the White Hat Ceremony." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 26 May 2000.
"Origins of the Calgary Stampede." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] A talk given to the Gyro Club, Blackfoot Inn, Calgary, 5 January 2000.
"The last Roundup or the first Stampede: Origins and Developments." Talk given at the Pan-Canadian Club, in conjunction with the Humanities Institute, Palliser Hotel, Calgary, 25 June 1999.
"High Anxiety: The Rhetoric of Crime Reporting in Canadian Newspapers." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Carleton University Centre for Rhetorical Studies Colloquium on the History of Rhetoric in Canada, Ottawa, 9 April 1999.
"The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy: Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Posters, 1952-72." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the conference on The Canadian Cowboy: New Perspectives on Ranching, an historical conference sponsored by the University of Calgary, Parks Canada, and the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, September, 1997.
"Presenting the Self in everyday Life: The Personalised License Plate as rhetorical Phenomenon." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, July, 1997.
"The Social Construction of the Canadian Cowboy." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Boundaries and Identities conference, University of Edinburgh, May, 1996.
"The Last best West: Representations of the Cowboy at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, 1952-72." [With Tamara P. Seiler.] Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Quebec at Montreal, May, 1995.
"The Management of Misunderstanding in Cross-Sex Conversation." Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Calgary, May, 1994.
"Toward a Rhetoric of the News-Photo." Paper presented at the Third International Congress of the Association of Word and Image Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, August, 1993.
"Word and Image Interaction in the Newspaper: Commonsense-Constructions and Ideological Interpretations." Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, May, 1993.
"The Social Organization of Documentary Reality: Some Features of Textual Organization and Textual Practice." Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, May, 1992.
"Hockey Talk: Accounting for Winning and Losing." Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association conference, Queen's University, Hamilton, May, 1991.
"The Interactional Organization of Hockey Talk." Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, Queen's University, Hamilton, May, 1991.
"Things are not what they Seem: The Visual Rhetoric of M.C. Escher." Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, University of Victoria, May, 1990.
"The Interactional Organization of News Interviews in Canada." Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric conference, Laval University, Quebec City, May, 1989.

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