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 is:
The idea of humanity in the history of rhetoric.
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Founded at Zurich on 30 June 1977, The International Society for the History of Rhetoric includes members from thirty countries, and holds biennial congresses in Europe and North America.
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The Biennial Conference of ISHR brings together several hundred specialists in the history of rhetoric from around thirty countries.
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The journal publishes articles, book reviews, and bibliographies that examine the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages.
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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.
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ISHR 2025 Conference
Theme: The idea of humanity in the history of rhetoric.
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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2025 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas
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