Call for Papers: The rhetoric of breaking the rules: achieving success against the norms
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02. May 2025
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Call for papers
Interdisciplinary Conference
The rhetoric of breaking the rules: achieving success against the norms
This call for papers is aimed in particular at young researchers in the humanities.
International conference, funded by the German Research Foundation
2-4 July 2026 (Thursday-Saturday), KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Languages: English and German
Organisers: Verena Schulz (Eichstätt) and Nicola Hömke (Rostock)
Deadline for abstracts:
250-300 words, short biography (not more than half a page)
Presentations are 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussion.
The results of the conference will be published in an interdisciplinary volume.
Please send your title, abstract, contact details and a short biography to both organisers before 1 September 2025: Verena.Schulz@ku.de and Nicola.Hoemke@uni-rostock.de
You can expect a response in the course of November 2025.
Topic of the conference:
Ancient rhetoric has left us one of the greatest sets of rules of antiquity. Countless rules regulate in detail how a speech should be invented, structured, formulated, memorised and delivered. Modern speech guides are also full of recommendations for successful rhetoric. Researchers have analysed critically the relationship between this wealth of theory and the actual practice of speaking. Both ancient and modern orators know very well that it is precisely the non-adherence to the rule, the exploration of licences, that can lead to rhetorical success. This is where our conference comes in: it explores rule-breaking in its process, its rhetorical realisation and its ethical, aesthetic and legal implications - in different eras and from the perspective of different disciplines.
For further information, please contact Verena.Schulz@ku.de and Nicola.Hoemke@uni-rostock.de or our website: https://www.ku.de/slf/klassische-philologie/team/professur-fuer-klassische-philologie-und-wirkungsgeschichte-der-antike/prof-dr-verena-schulz/rhetorik-des-regelbruchs.
The complete Call for Papers as PDF can be found here.
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