The Latest News
09/01/2026
ISHR 2026 Research Grant Recipients
I am pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s ISHR Research Grants. Congratulations to all recipients for winning this prestigious award and for their contributions to the study of the history of rhetoric.
07/07/2026
ISHR Mail ... 2026 Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition
Please consider applying to take part in one of the five workshops that make up the 2026 Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. The conference takes place November 5th-7th, 2026 in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
I suspect you all might take particular interest in the workshops on Engaging the Senses in Rhetorical Histories, featuring Vessela Valiavitcharska, Alex Mueller, and Megan Poole, and Pan-Historiography Revisited: the Act and Art of Writing Capacious Histories, featuring Debbie Hawhee and Christa Olson.03/12/2026
ISHR In memoriam notice for Jeffrey Walker
With great sadness, the International Society for the History of Rhetoric acknowledges the death of long-time ISHR member Dr. Jeffrey Walker, Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric at the University of Texas at Austin, on February 28, 2026.
