Professor of Rhetoric and Visual Communication, University of Bergen (Uob)

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Curriculum vitae for Jens E. Kjeldsen (1967–)

Professor of rhetoric and visual communication, University of Bergen (UoB)

Research Interests: Political rhetoric and speech making; rhetorical theory; methodology in rhetorical research; visual and vernacular rhetoric; argumentation, reception-oriented rhetorical research.

Contact details: Department of information science and media studies. University of Bergen, Norway Tel: +47 55589127.

E-mail: . Homepage at University of Bergen: http://www.uib.no/persons/Jens.Kjeldsen

Blogg: Retorikkbloggen (in Norwegian): http://voxpublica.no/seksjon/allmenningen/retorikkbloggen/

1. Education and academic positions (selection)

2008 – present: Professor of rhetoric and visual communication at Department of information science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (UoB).

2008 – 2014: Professor of rhetoric (20 percent position) at Södertörn University, Stockholm.

2005 – 2007: Associate professor of rhetoric and visual communication at Department of media studies (UoB).

2002 – 2004: Assistant professor at Department of media studies (UoB)

2002: Dr. art (Ph.D.) in Media studies and rhetoric on the dissertation Visuel retorik (Visual rhetoric) at Department of media studies (UoB).

1997 – 2001: Ph.D-scholar at Department of media studies (UoB).

1996: Cand.mag. (Master of Arts) in Rhetoric, media studies and communication (Copenhagen University).

1994 – 1997: Research assistant at Program for Education and learning (1994-1997) and Department of media studies (1996-1997); both at the University of Bergen UoB).

2. Courses and service to students and home institution (selection)

Full course responsibility (selection)

“Strategic communication” MA-course, fall 2015.

“Media rhetoric”, BA-course. Regularly at UoB since 2007.

“Visual rhetoric”, BA-course. Regularly at UoB since 2006.

“Introduction to general and practical rhetoric”, BA-course. Regularly at UoB since 2005.

“Humour in the media”, MA-course at UoB, 2004.

“Credibility”, MA-course at UoB, 2002

“Rhetoric and television debate”, BA-course at UoB, 1997.

“Rhetoric”, MA-course at UoB. 1995 and 1996

“Text-analytical traditions”, BA-course at UoB/Agder University,

“Image analysis/image criticism”, BA-course at UoB 2007 and 2008.

“Research project development and academic writing”, MA-course at UoB, 1994 to 1996.

“Writing at the university”, MA-course at Copenhagen University 1994.

Supervision Ph.D-candidates

Iversen, Magnus. Political advertising. Information science and media studies, UoB. In progress.

Vatnøy, Vatnøy. Political Rhetoric in Social Media Information science and media studies, UoB. In progress.

Svensson, Trygve. Peace-keeping Rhetoric. Information science and media studies, UoB. In progress.

Andersen, Ida. Rhetorical norms in a new public. Information science and media studies, UoB. Co-adviser. In progress.

Dahl, John Magnus. Film, humor, and reception. Information science and media studies, UoB. Co-adviser. In progress.

Edberg, Helene. Critical thinking through creative writing. University of Södertörn. Dept of communication, media and IT. Defended 2015.

Andersson, Lena Lid. Lederskapende reorik [Leadershaping rhetoric – Dag Hammerskjöld and all of the General-Secretaries of the UN, as a scene for charisma, virtue and ideals for leaders. Stockholm School of Economics, EFI The Economic Research Institute (Co-adviser). Defended 2009.

3. Assignments and activities (selection)

2010 – present: Initiator (2010) and President (2013) of the organisation Rhetoric Society of Europe (RSE).

2015 – present: Initiator and leader of the public speaking competition “Seize the word” (Ta Ordet!).

2014 – 2016: Project leader for the research project “Political television debates in election campaigns”

2011 – 2014: Project leader for the research project “Rhetoric experts in the press”. An examination of the use of rhetoric experts in 18 newspapers in Denmark, Norway & Sweden from 2000 to 2010.

2013 – present: Advisory Board of the research journal Rhetorica Scandinavica.

1997 – 2013: Co-founder and editor of the research journal Rhetorica Scandinavica.

2009 – 2012: Project Leader for the research project “Presentation Practices: Rhetorical And Pedagogical Perspectives On The Use Of Digital Presentation Tools”.

2008 – 2010: Board member for the board of The Faculty of Social Sciences, (UoB).

2008 – present: Board member for the international media conference Nordic Media Festival.

2008 – present: Leader of the research group “Rhetoric” Department of information science and media studies, (UoB).

2008 – 2011: Deputy head of department at Department of information science and media studies (UoB).

2008 – 2011: Leader (with Asbjørn Grønstad) of the research group ”Visual culture and communication” at Department of information science and media studies, (UoB).

2007 – 2010: Member of the Nordic working group for the development of a Nordic Network and Master Program in Rhetoric.

2006 – present: Courses and consultancy work in rhetoric, communication, and speechwriting for a wide range of companies, CEOs, parties and ministries. Among clients: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Defence, and other Norwegian ministries.

2006 – 2010: Chief editor of the research journal Rhetorica Scandinavica.

2005 – 2014: Leader of the BA-program in rhetoric at the University of Bergen (UoB).

2005 – 2008: Leader of Ytringsfrihetsseminaret (Freedom of speech seminars).

2004–2007: Project-partner of the research project: “Words that work”. A project about political speech making in Norway from 1814 to present (with project-leader Anders Johansen), Department of information science and media studies, University of Bergen).

1998 – 2003: Board member of Norsk Medieforskerlag (NML, Norwegian Society for Media Scholars).

4. Publications (selection)

Books and edited editions (selection)

Rhetorical Audiences. On the use of reception studies in rhetoric. Palgrave MacMillan [forthcoming 2017]

Visual and Multimodal Argumentation. Special issue of Argumentation vol. 29, no. 2, 2015.

Hva er retorikk [What is Rhetoric] Universitetsforlaget, Oslo. 2014.

Ed. Scandinavian Studies in Rhetoric. Rhetorica Scandinavica 1997-2010 (with Jan Grue). Retorikforlaget, Ödåkra 2012.

Tale med billeder – tegne med ord [Speaking with pictures, drawing with words]. Spartacus forlag, Oslo 2011.

Retorik idag. [Rhetoric Today] 2008, Studentlitteratur, Stockholm..

Vår tids retorikk. En innføring i moderne retorisk teori (ny og utvidet utgave) [Rhetoric of our times. An introduction to contemporary rhetorical theory. New and revised Edition] Oslo 2006 (2004), Spartacus forlag (399 pages).

Virksomme ord. Politiske taler 1814–2005 (with Anders Johansen) [Words that Work. Political Speeches 1814-2005]. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 2005.

Ed. Krig, rett, retorikk. (with Siri Meyer) [War, Law and Rhetoric]. Rhetor förlag, Åstorp 2004.

Visuel retorik. [Visual Rhetoric]. Department of media studies, University of Bergen 2002.

Articles (selection)

Refereed and edited articles

“Visual rhetorical argumentation” Semiotica, Forthcoming, 2018.

Studying rhetorical audiences: A call for qualitative reception studies in argumentation and rhetoric”. Informal Logic 36(2), 2016

“Symbolic condensation and thick representation in visual and multimodal communication”. Argumentation and Advocacy 52, 2016.

“Where is visual argument?”, Chapter 8 in (eds.) Eemeren, Frans H. van; Garssen, Bart. 2015. Reflections on Theoretical Issues in Argumentation Theory. Springer 2015 108-117.

“The Study of Visual and Multimodal Argumentation”. Argumentation 29, 2015, 115-132.

“The rhetoric of thick representation: How pictures render the importance and strength of an argument salient. Argumentation 29, 2015. 197-215.

“Digitale presentasjonsteknologier i høyere utdanning – Foreleseres holdninger og bruk” [Digital presentation technologies in higher education – Lecturer’s attitudes and uses”, with Frode Guribye]. Uniped 3, forthcoming, 2015

“Reconceptualizing kairos”. In (eds.) Emilsson, Eyjólfur Kjalar; Maravela, Anastasia; Skoie, Mathilde PARADEIGMATA. Studies in Honour of Øivind Andersen. Athens: The Norwegian Institute at Athens 2014. 249-258

“Talernes fortolkere. Retorikkeksperter i norsk presse 2001-2014”. [Interpreters of Public Speeches. Rhetorical Experts in Scandinavian Newspapers 2001–2010. Rhetorica Scandinavica 2014 (65), 55-72.

“Politisk retorik i tv, radio – och online [Political rhetoric on television, radio – and online”. In (eds.) Fischer, Otto; Mehrens, Patrick; Viklund, Jon Retorisk kritik. Teori och metod i retorisk analys. Retorikförlaget 2014. 337-352.

“Speaking to Europe. A Rhetorical approach to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s speech to the EU Parliament”. In Kjersti Fløttum (Ed.) Speaking of Europe. Approaches to complexity in European political discourse. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013, pp. 19-42.

“Formulas of Prize Winning Press Photos”, p. 461–486 in (ed.) Hilde van Belle Verbal and Visual Rhetoric in a Media World. Leiden: Leiden University Press 2013.

“Speaking to Europe. A Rhetorical approach to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s speech to the EU Parliament”, pp. 19-42 in (ed.) Kjersti Fløttum Speaking of Europe. Approaches to complexity in European political discourse. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.

“Strategies of visual argumentation in slideshow presentations: the role of the visuals in an Al Gore presentation on climate change.” Argumentation 27 (4) 2013, 425-443.

“Planerad och iscensatt fotojournalisti [Planned photojournalism], with Gunnar Nygren. Journalistica 1, 2013, 209-243.

“Pictorial Argumentation in Advertising: Visual tropes and Figures as a Way of Creating Visual Argumentation”, pp. 239-256 in (eds). F.v. Eemeren & B. Garssen Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory. Twenty Exploratory Studies. Springer 2012.

“At argumentere med billeder”. Rhetorica Scandinavica 60, 2012, 27-49

“The study of rhetoric in the Scandinavian countries” (with Jan Grue), in (eds.) J. Kjeldsen og J. Grue Scandinavian Studies in Rhetoric. Rhetorica Scandinavica 1997-2010. Retorikforlaget, Ödåkra 2012.

“Scandinavian research in rhetoric. Challenges of the media society to two demarcations of the study of rhetoric”, in (eds.) J. Kjeldsen & J. Grue Scandinavian Studies in Rhetoric. Rhetorica Scandinavica 1997-2010. Retorikforlaget, Ödåkra 2012.

”Bilder og tekstbilder i foredrag og forelesning” [Pictures and image-texts in talks and lectures”], pp. 236-289 in (eds.) A. Skodvin, K. H. Flyum, G. Knudsen & E. Simonsen Forelesningens kunst. Unipub forlag 2011.

“Pictorial Argumentation in Advertising: Visual tropes and Figures as a Way of Creating Visual Argumentation”, pp. 239-356 in (eds.) Frans van Eemeren & Bart Garssen Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory. Twenty Exploratory Studies. Springer 2012

Retorikkens samfund - samfunnets retorikk [The rhetoric of society, the society of rhetoric]. pp. 213-232 in (eds.) K. Dahlgren & H.E. Næss Tanker om samfunn. Universitetsforlaget 2012.

“Nonverbal communication as argumentation” (with Marie Gelang). pp. 567-576 in (eds.) F. H. van Eemeren et al Proceedings of the 7th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. Rozenberg Publishers 2011.

”Visual tropes and figures as visual argumentation”, pp. 949-960 in (eds.) F. H. van Eemeren et al Proceedings of the 7th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. Rozenberg Publishers 2011.

“Retorisk genreanalyse” [“Rhetorical genre criticism”], pp. 85-114 in (Eds.) Hanne Roer og Marie Lund Klujeff Retorikkens aktualitet. Grundbog i retorisk kritik [The Actuality of Rhetoric. Introduction to rhetorical criticism]

”Visualizing egalitarianism – political print ads in Denmark”, pp. 139-160 in (eds.) J. Strömbäck, T. Aalberg & M. Ørsten (red): Political Communication in the Nordic Countries. Nordicom, 2008.

”Retoriske omstændigheder. Den retoriske situation og det retoriske studie i en kompleks, omskiftelig og medieret verden” [Rhetorical circumstances. The rhetorical situation and studies of rhetoric in a complex, chagable and mediated world”]. Rhetorica Scandinavica 48, 2008, 42-63.

”Visual Argumentation in Scandinavian Political Advertising: A Cognitive, Contextual, and Reception Oriented Approach”. Argumentation & Advocacy, 43 (3 & 4) 2007, 124-132.

”Øjets frygt og ærefrygt” [Fear and Awe of the Eye. On the Encomium of Helen and the Aversion to Rhetoric and Visual Appeals”]. Rhetorica Scandinavica no. 41, 2007.

”The Rhetoric of PowerPoint”. In Seminar.net Media, Technology & Lifelong learning. Vol. 2 - Issue 1 2006. See: http://seminar.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=1

“Tilbakemelding på tekst” [Feedback response on academic writing], pp. 162-182 in (eds.) O. Dysthe og A. Samara Forskningsveiledning på master- og doktorgradsnivå [Research counselling on the master and bachelor levels]. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag, 2006.

“11. septembers visuelle retorik” [The Visual Rhetoric of 9/11]. Rhetorica Scandinavica 29/30, 2004, 50-69.

“Talking to the Eye – Visuality in Ancient Rhetoric”. Word & Image 19 (3) 2003, 133-137.

“Skandinavisk retorikvidenskab. Mediesamfundets udfordringer til to afgrænsninger af retorikken som videnskab og fag” [Scandinavian Research in Rhetoric. Challenges of the Media Society to two delimitations of Rhetoric as a Field of Study]. Rhetorica Scandinavica, no. 20, 2001.

”What the Metaphor could not tell us about the Prime Minister`s Bycycle Helmet. Rhetorical Criticism of Visual Rhetoric”, in: Nordicom Review no. 21, 2000.

Other articles (selection)

”The broadcasting of authenticity. How the media transforms public politics into personal feelings” (with Anders Johansen), in I. T. Tomanic et al. (eds.) ECREA summer school book 2011. Tartu 2011: Tartu University Press. 2012).

“Rhetorical situations in everyday discourse” (with Gerard Hauser), pp. 91-100 in (eds.) J. Kangira and P.-J. Salazar Gender Rhetoric. North-South. The African Yearbook of Rhetoric. Poly Press 2010.

”Billederne på væggen. Retorisk og didaktisk brug af præsentationsteknologier” [Pictures on the wall. Rhetorical and didactical use of presentation technologies], pp. 51-63 in K. Adelmann (ed.) Texter om svenska med didaktisk inriktning SMID, Malmö 2010.

”Rhetorical situations. The rhetorical situation and the rhetorical study in a complex, changeable and hypermediated World”, in (Eds.) N. Carpentier P. Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt Democracy, Journalism and Technology: New Developments in an Enlarged Europe. Tartu University Press, 2008

“The Rhetorical Power of Pictures”, pp. 132-157 in (eds.) J. Gripsrud and F. Engelstad Power, Aesthetics, Media. 33. utg. Makt- og demokratiutredningen. Oslo 2001, Unipub forlag.

Conference Keynote presentations

“Studying Rhetorical Audiences” (18.05.2016). Keynote at the 11th OSSA Conference 11: Argumentation, Objectivity and Bias (Windsor, Canada).

“Persuasive imagery: Visuality in rhetoric and argumentation” (16.06.2016). Keynote at GRT16. Trento Days on Rhetoric. 7th ISLL Italian Society for Law and Literature (Trento, Italy)

Honours, fellowships, peer reviewing and editorial boards (selection)

Visiting scholar at Department of Communication at University of Northwestern, August 2012 to July 2013.

Visiting scholar at Department of Rhetoric at University of California, Berkeley, October 1999 to June 2000

Visiting scholar at Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Rhetoric at Copenhagen University, August 1998 to November 1998.

Awarded best teaching course at Department of Information science and media studies in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 (The prize is was not awarded after 2011).

Cicero Speechwriting Award 2016: Honourable Mention for the speech “Speaking to the Eye”

Peer reviewing for journals such as: Argumentation, Ideas in History, Rhetorica Scandinavica. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Argumentation & Advocacy, Norsk medietidsskrift.

Peer reviewing/consultant for publishers such as: Cambridge University Press, Springer, Cappelen, Spartacus, Aschehoug.

On editorial board of journals such as Argumentation & Advocacy, Rhetorica Scandinavica.

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