ISHR Twenty-Sixth Biennial Conference
Mexico City, Mexico
July 27–30, 2027
Note: Submission Deadline Extend to August 1, 2026
(Possible new dates: August 4-6 2027)
The 2027 conference theme is:
The time 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.
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.07/06/2026
ISHR 2027 Conference ... Submission Deadline to Extended to August 1, 2026
We have received a robust slate of submissions to our 2027 congress. I am excited to see such a vibrant and stimulating array of proposals! I write now to say that, after consulting with the chair of the program committee, Bob Sullivan, we have decided to extend the submission deadline to August 1.
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.
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July 29, 2026
11:00AM - 1:00PM EDT
ISHR Council Meeting (Zoom)
November 5 - 7, 2026
2026 Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition
Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA
