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The International Society for the History of Rhetoric promotes the study of both the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages and the relationship of rhetoric to poetics, literary theory and criticism, philosophy, politics, religion, law and other aspects of the cultural context.
In the News
04/10/2013
From Antiphon to Autocue: Speechwriting Ancient and Modern London, 25-26 April 2013
04/01/2013
THE RHETORICA PRIZE
03/17/2013
Call for Papers
Weapons of Mass Seduction: Rhetoric and Political Discourse in The United States
One year after the 2012 US presidential elections an international conference will be held in the neighbouring towns of Middelburg (the Netherlands) and Ghent (Belgium). This four-day event (November 6-9, 2013) will be hosted jointly by the Roosevelt Study Center (Middelburg) and Ghent University.
03/04/2013
Planning your trip to Chicago?
Nineteenth
Biennial Conference
Chicago, USA
24-27 July 2013
The Society calls for papers that focus on the historical aspect of the theory and practice of rhetoric. The special theme of the conference will be "Rhetoric and Performance." Click for more details on the Conference site. Members pay reduced conference fees!
Events
May 22-25, 2013
Rhetoric as Equipment for Living. Kenneth Burke, Culture and Education
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
June 1-3, 2013
CSSR/SCER - "Rhetoric and Humanism"
Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island
June 3-9, 2013
RSA 2013 Summer Institute
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
