Conference Sites

2025 - Copenhagen, Denmark

25th Biennial Conference

Copenhagen, July 22-25, 2025

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

2024 - Vancouver, Canada

24th Biennial Conference

Vancouver, July 23-26, 2024

Theme: Continuity and Change in the History of Rhetoric

2022 - Nijmegen, The Netherlands

23rd Biennial Conference

Theme: Topics and Commonplaces in Antiquity and Beyond 

2019 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

22^nd Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Populism

2017 - London, England

21^st Biennial Conference

Theme: The Spaces of Rhetoric 

2015 - Tübingen, Germany

20^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric Across Cultures

2013 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

19^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Performance

2011 - Bologna, Italy

18^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Law

2009 - Montreal, Canada

17^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Innovative Perspectives in the History of Rhetoric

2007 - Strasbourg, France

16^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Religion

2005 -Los Angeles, California, USA

15^th Biennial Conference

2003- Madrid, Spain

14^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Society

2001 - Warszawa, Poland

13^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric of Transformation

1999 - Amsterdam, Netherlands

12^th Biennial Conference

1997 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

11^th Biennial Conference

Theme: The Greco-Roman Rhetorical Tradition:   Alterations, Adaptations, Alternatives

1995 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

10^th Biennial Conference

1993 - Turin, Italy

9^th Biennial Conference

Theme: “Ethics and Rhetoric” and “Rhetoric and Pedagogy”

1991 - Baltimore, USA

8^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Quintilian

1989 - Göttingen, Germany

7^th Biennial Conference

1987 - Tours, France

6^th Biennial Conference

Tours will not feature one theme; instead, “each contributor is asked to locate his proposed paper inside one of several sections.

1985 - Oxford, UK

5^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric in the Academic Setting

1983 - Florence, Italy

4^th Biennial Conference 

Theme: Cicero, The Concept of Invention through the Ages, Preaching, and Rhetoric and the Visual Arts. NB

1981 - Madison, USA

3^rd Biennial Conference

1979 - Amsterdam, Netherlands

^2nd Biennial Conference

ISHR First Biennial Conference

1^st Biennial Conference