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 (2024 ISHR program)

2022: Nijmegen, The Netherlands

23rd Biennial Conference

Theme: Topics and Commonplaces in Antiquity and Beyond (2022 ISHR program)

2019: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

22^nd Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Populism (2019 ISHR program)

2017: London, England

21^st Biennial Conference

Theme: The Spaces of Rhetoric (2017 ISHR program)

2015: Tübingen, Germany

20^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric Across Cultures (2015 ISHR program)

2013: Chicago, Illinois, USA

19^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Performance (2013 ISHR program)

2011: Bologna, Italy

18^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Law

2009: Montréal, Canada

17^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Innovative Perspectives in the History of Rhetoric (2009 ISHR program)

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. 

1981: Madison, USA

3^rd Biennial Conference

1979: Amsterdam, Netherlands

^2nd Biennial Conference

ISHR First Biennial Conference

1^st Biennial Conference