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.
08/21/2025
Announcement conference Romancing Rhetoric: Imperial Fiction and Late-Antique Rhetorical Theories and Practices
We are delighted to share the programme of the conference, which will take place in De Krook, Miriam Makebaplein 1, Ghent, On Thursday 25 – Friday 26 September 2025.
08/21/2025
ISHR mail: The Imagination Research Network
A somewhat new enterprise has come to our attention, and it may tickle your fancy.* It’s called The Imagination Research Network, and it’s run out of Queen Mary University of London.
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September 25 - 26, 2025
Voices Of Persuasion: Women Writers And Rhetoric In The Early Modern Italy
The conference aims to bring together scholars to explore the forms and methods of communication of women writers in the early modern period in Italy (1500-1699).
Rome, Italy
September 25 - 26, 2025
Romancing Rhetoric: Imperial Fiction and Late-Antique Rhetorical Theories and Practices
Registration Deadline September 12, 2025
De Krook, Miriam Makebaplein 1, Ghent
