NCA/AFA Summer Argumentation Conference 
New Alta Conference Webpage

Held biennially in Alta, Utah, in the mountains near Salt Lake City and cosponsored with the National Communication Association and the University of Utah, this conference is a premier venue for argumentation research.  The conference is marked by its opportunity for extensive exchange among scholars working on common problems.

Call for 2009

Table of Contents of Alta Conferences

These files contain tables of contents from the Alta Conferences.  Search capabilities are available below.

• First Conference on Argumentation, 1979
• Dimensions of Argument, 1981
• Argument in Transition, 1983
• Argument and Social Practice, 1985
• Argument and Critical Practices, 1987
• Spheres of Argument, 1989
• Argument in Controversy, 1991
• Argument and the Postmodern Challenge, 1993
• Argumentation and Values, 1995 (available for purchase from AFA)
• Argument in a Time of Change, 1997
• Argument at Century's End, 1999 (available for purchase from AFA)
• Argument: Communication and Culture, 2001 (available for purchase from AFA)
• Critical Problems in Argumentation, 2003 (available for purchase from NCA)
• Engaging Argument, 2005 (available for purchase from NCA)

• Comprehensive Contents

The AFA thanks Kelly McDonald and his students at Western Washington University for preparing the material reproduced on this site.

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