ISHR Twenty-Fifth Biennial Conference
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
July 22-25, 2025
The Twenty-Fifth Biennial Conference of the
International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR)
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
July 22-25, 2025
The 2025 conference theme was:
The idea of humanity in the history of rhetoric.
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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.
11/06/2025
The Colloquium for Ancient Rhetoric Works-in-Progress Series
The Colloquium for Ancient Rhetoric invites you to a fall session of the virtual Works-in-Progress series, on Thursday, November 13 at 12:00-1:00 PM (EST).
10/27/2025
Portuguese Society of Rhetoric and the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies of the University of Coimbra Call for Papers
The Portuguese Society of Rhetoric and the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies of the University of Coimbra are opening a call for proposals for the conference that will take place on July 2 and 3, 2026, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Coimbra about the Rhetoric of Silence: Places of Comfort, Resistance and Violence.
10/03/2025
ISHR Announcement: Royal Holloway Online Lecture Series
We are pleased to announce an online lecture series on Greek and Roman oratory and rhetoric, titled ‘Building Bridges: Exploring Graeco-Roman Oratory and Rhetoric from a Cross-cultural Perspective’, which will run from October 2025 to July 2026.
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November 13, 2025
12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
Colloquium for Ancient Rhetoric
Virtual Works-in-Progress Series
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