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.
01/15/2026
ISHR 2026 Research Grant Submission is Open
We are now calling for applicants for this year’s grants. The application deadline is 2 March 2026. To encourage our early-career membership, ISHR will seek to award at least one of the grants to a promising graduate student or post-doc.
10/03/2025
ISHR Announcement: Royal Holloway Online Lecture Series
We are pleased to announce an online lecture series on Greek and Roman oratory and rhetoric, titled ‘Building Bridges: Exploring Graeco-Roman Oratory and Rhetoric from a Cross-cultural Perspective’, which will run from October 2025 to July 2026.
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.
