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 is:

The idea of humanity in the history of rhetoric.

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ISHR Twenty-Fifth Biennial Conference

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Founded at Zurich on 30 June 1977, The International Society for the History of Rhetoric includes members from thirty countries, and holds biennial congresses in Europe and North America.
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Peer-reviewed scholarly monographs in the history of rhetoric in its broadest sense.
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The Biennial Conference of ISHR brings together several hundred specialists in the history of rhetoric from around thirty countries.
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The journal publishes articles, book reviews, and bibliographies that examine the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages.
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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.

10/16/2024

Symposium on the History of Rhetoric: a Tribute to Marc van der Poel (1957-2022)

Radboud University Nijmegen, Huize Heyendaal, Faculty Club, Marijnenkamer

Friday 10 January 2025

Announcing the Detailed Theme for 2025 ISHR Conference in Copenhagen
08/16/2024

Announcing the Detailed Theme for 2025 ISHR Conference in Copenhagen

As you may have noticed, ISHR soon will return its biennial conference to odd years: the meeting after Vancouver will be in 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This tight turnaround requires careful sequencing on the part of the organizers, especially current Vice President of ISHR, Dr. Hanne Roer. Please click the title above to view the 2025 Call for Papers.

08/15/2024

ISHR - Winner of the 2024 Rhetorica Prize

The Rhetorica prize committee is pleased to report that the winner of the 2024 prize for the best article published in Rhetorica is Michael R. Kearney, “Melanchthon's Didactic Genre and the Rhetoric of Reformation,” Rhetorica 40.1 (Winter, 2022): 23–42. The winner was chosen from among the twenty-four articles published in Rhetorica 39.3–41.1.

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January 10, 2025
9:50AM - 7:00PM CEST

Symposium on the History of Rhetoric: a Tribute to Marc van der Poel (1957-2022)

Radboud University Nijmegen, Huize Heyendaal, Faculty Club, Marijnenkamer

July 22 - 25, 2025

ISHR 2025 Conference

Theme: The idea of humanity in the history of rhetoric.

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 November 2024 
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