Conference Sites

2025: Copenhagen, Denmark

25th Biennial Conference

Copenhagen, July 22-25, 2025

Theme: The idea of humanity in the history of rhetoric.

2024: Vancouver, Canada

24th Biennial Conference

Vancouver, July 23-26, 2024

Theme: Continuity and Change in the History of Rhetoric

(2024 ISHR program)

2022: Nijmegen, The Netherlands

23rd Biennial Conference

Theme: Topics and Commonplaces in Antiquity and Beyond

(2022 ISHR program)

2019: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

22^nd Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Populism

(2019 ISHR program)

2017: London, England

21^st Biennial Conference

Theme: The Spaces of Rhetoric

(2017 ISHR program)

2015: Tübingen, Germany

20^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric Across Cultures

(2015 ISHR program)

2013: Chicago, Illinois, USA

19^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Performance

(2013 ISHR program)

2011: Bologna, Italy

18^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Law

(2011 ISHR program)

2009: Montréal, Canada

17^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Innovative Perspectives in the History of Rhetoric

(2009 ISHR program)

2007: Strasbourg, France

16^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Religion

(2007 ISHR program)

2005: Los Angeles, California, USA

15^th Biennial Conference

(2005 ISHR program)

2003: Madrid, Spain

14^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric and Society

(2003 ISHR program)

2001: Warszawa, Poland

13^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric of Transformation

(2001 ISHR program)

1999: Amsterdam, Netherlands

12^th Biennial Conference

1997: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

11^th Biennial Conference

Theme: The Greco-Roman Rhetorical Tradition - Alterations, Adaptations, Alternatives

(1997 ISHR program)

1995: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

10^th Biennial Conference

(1995 ISHR program)

1993: Turin, Italy

9^th Biennial Conference

Theme: “Ethics and Rhetoric” and “Rhetoric and Pedagogy”

1991: Baltimore, USA

8^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Quintilian

1989: Göttingen, Germany

7^th Biennial Conference

1987: Tours, France

6^th Biennial Conference

Tours did not feature one theme.

(1987 ISHR program)

1985: Oxford, UK

5^th Biennial Conference

Theme: Rhetoric in the Academic Setting

1983: Florence, Italy

4^th Biennial Conference 

Themes: Cicero; The Concept of Invention through the Ages; Preaching; and Rhetoric and the Visual Arts. 

1981: Madison, USA

3^rd Biennial Conference

(1981 ISHR program)

1979: Amsterdam, Netherlands

2nd Biennial Conference

(1979 ISHR program)

1977: Zurich, Switzerland

Founding meeting

(photographs from the event)