ISHR Twenty-Fourth Biennial Conference
University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University
July 23-26, 2024
The Twenty-Fourth Biennial Conference of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR)
University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada
July 23-26, 2024
The 2024 conference theme is:
Continuity and Change 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.
03/03/2023
Reintroducing ISHR’s Event Support Grants
Before COVID-19, it had been the practice of ISHR to offer financial support for small, in-person, history-of-rhetoric events organized by ISHR members. We hereby resume that practice and expand it to include digital and hybrid events.
03/01/2023
ISHR 2024 Call for Papers Now Open!
As many of you know, the paper deadline for ISHR is quite early, this June for next year’s July conference: there are many things that have to be got into place in the meantime, international travel, funding to be applied for, invitations to be sent out, etc. So it’s important to get the paper proposals in by June a year ahead of time. You have three months.
02/13/2023
ISHR Mourns the Passing of Craig Kallendorf
Craig KallendorfISHR mourns the passing of Craig Kallendorf, a past editor of Rhetorica (1992-1997) and co-editor, with Laurent Pernot of the ISHR/Brill series International Studies in the History of Rhetoric.
