"The Greco-Roman Rhetorical Tradition: Alterations, Adaptations, Alternatives" will be the theme of the Eleventh Biennial Conference of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 22-26 July 1997.

The focus on "Alterations" and "Adaptations" recognizes that the art of rhetoric has emerged and changed with the societies that have produced the Greco-Roman tradition of discourse or adapted it to new institutional and cultural conditions and uses throughout its history. The focus on "Alternatives" acknowledges other discourses that have challenged and continue to challenge the Greco-Roman tradition wherever Europeans have transplanted it throughout the world.

Proposals for 20-minute papers in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish should be submitted by 9 February 1996 to the ISHR President. Please contact her for a form:

Professor Judith Rice Henderson
Dept of English 9 Campus Dr
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
S7N 5A5

Telephone: (306) 966-5497
Fax: (306) 966-5951
Email: HENDRSNJ@duke.usask.ca

A seminar on "Women and the Rhetorical Tradition" will be organized by Professor Christine Sutherland. Scholars wishing to contribute on this topic should submit proposals directly to her by the deadline of 9 February 1996. Since the Society may publish proceedings of this seminar, participants will be asked to circulate completed papers in the autumn of 1996. Contact:

Professor Christine Sutherland
University of Calgary
Faculty of General Studies
2500 University Dr NW
Calgary, AB, Canada
T2N 1N4

Telephone: (403) 220-7339
Fax: (403) 282-6716
E-mail: SUTHERLA@acs.ucalgary.ca

The Society will be applying for a modest conference grant to assist the travel of participants who cannot otherwise attend. Graduate students, independent scholars, and other scholars who expect inadequate government/institutional support should enclose with their proposals a brief explanation of their circumstances and a realistic budget. Support subsequently awarded by other sources must be reported immediately to Professor Henderson.

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. The Society is not concerned with the furthering of practical rhetorical skills as such.

Scholars may join the ISHR by subscribing to its official journal, Rhetorica, published quarterly. To subscribe, send U.S. $40 (U.S. $16 for students) to:

Rhetorica
University of California Press
Journals Division
2120 Berkeley Way #5812
Berkeley, CA 94720-5812

Orders by Visa or MasterCard only may be faxed to (510) 642-9917.

[JM 29 January 1996]