Obituaries

10/10/2023

Professor Peter Mack (1955-2023)

ISHR mourns the sudden passing of former Rhetorica editor and friend to many in the Society Peter Mack, on Thursday October 5, 2023

10/09/2023

Professor John O. Ward (1940-2023)

ISHR also notes and mourns the passing of John Ward, Emeritus Professor at the University of Sidney, who passed away in April 2023. A great scholar, John Ward was also for many years one of the most engaged and entertaining participants in ISHR’s biennial meetings, and likely the furthest travelled.

02/13/2023

ISHR Mourns the Passing of Craig Kallendorf

ISHR 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.

01/16/2023

ISHR mourns the passing of Past President Marc van der Poel, December 18, 2022.

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09/20/2022

ISHR mourns the death of George Kennedy

ISHR mourns the death of George Kennedy, who died July 28, 2022 at the age of 94. He was a giant in the history of ancient rhetoric, and a former President of ISHR (1983-85).

01/25/2022

ISHR - Carol Poster

Carol Poster, long time member of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric, died of colon cancer at the age of 65 on October 22, 2021.

12/26/2021

ISHR - Dr. James J. Murphy

With great sadness I inform you of the passing of James J. - Jerry - Murphy in the morning of 24 December, at the age of 98. Jerry’s name is a household word for several generations of scholars in the history of rhetoric, and he was a dear friend of many of them.

01/25/2021

ISHR - Dr. Alan Rosiene

With great sadness we report that Dr. Alan Rosiene of Melbourne, Fl. passed away on January 16th 2021 after a short illness. Alan was a much esteemed professor of English and languages at the School of Arts and Communication of Florida Institute of Technology.

06/28/2020

ISHR - Professor Marc Fumaroli

With sadness I inform you that professor Marc Fumaroli, one of the founders of our Society in 1977 and President in 1985-1987, has passed away on June 24, at the age of 88. After a period at the University of Paris-IV, Sorbonne, Marc Fumaroli was elected to a chair in Rhetoric and Society in Europe at the Collège de France, a post he held from 1986 until his retirement in 2002.

08/25/2019

ISHR Mourns the loss of Dr. Christoph Leidl

06/19/2017

Dr. Jan Swearingen

Dr. Jan Swearingen of Bryan, Texas passed away early on June 1st after seven months-long battle with cancer. She had recently retired from the Texas A&M University English Department after dedicating thirty-five years to the practice and study of rhetoric.