37.3288, Calls: Days of Ivo Škarić: 8th International Conference on Rhetoric (Croatia)

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Date: 12-Oct-2026
From: Alma Vancura [avancura at ffos.hr]
Subject: Days of Ivo Škarić: 8th International Conference on Rhetoric


Full Title: Days of Ivo Škarić: 8th International Conference on
Rhetoric
Short Title: DIS8
Theme: Fear, War and Persuasion: Rhetoric in Times of Crisis, Rhetoric
in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Rhetoric in Education

Date: 21-Apr-2027 - 24-Apr-2027
Location: Postira, Brač, Croatia
Web Site: https://hfiloloskod.hr/dis/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis;
Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng, stan1293)

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2026

Call for Papers:
We invite you to the eighth International Conference on Rhetoric “Days
of Ivo Škarić”, and would be honored if you contributed to its success
by sharing your research findings in the fields of rhetoric,
argumentation theory, stylistics, informal logic, communication
studies, and neighboring disciplines. The conference in honor of the
late Professor Emeritus Ivo Škarić, one of the most prominent and
influential Croatian experts in rhetoric, has become a biennial
meeting point for experts in the interdisciplinary field of rhetoric.
The 2027 conference will be organized from April 21st to 24th in the
town of Postira, on the beautiful island of Brač, Croatia. The
conference will feature keynote lectures by distinguished European
scholars. We are pleased to confirm that Dr. Olaf Kramer, Professor of
Rhetoric and Knowledge Communication at the Department of General
Rhetoric at the University of Tübingen (Austria), and Dr. Manfred
Kienpointner, retired Professor of General and Applied Linguistics at
the Department of Linguistics of the University of Innsbruck
(Austria), will be our keynote speakers.
The main themes of the conference are:
1. Fear, War and Persuasion: Rhetoric in Times of Crisis
2. Rhetoric in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
3. Rhetoric in Education
Conference themes include, but are not limited to:
 - argumentation and law
 - argumentation theory
 - history of rhetoric
 - rhetoric and philosophy
 - rhetoric and stylistics
 - rhetoric in the media
 - rhetoric of political discourse
 - rhetoric of religious discourse
 - rhetoric of science
 - visual rhetoric
The deadline for sending abstracts is November 15th 2026, and after
the peer review process, the final decisions will be announced by
December 15th 2026. Please send your abstract to
daniiveskarica at gmail.com. The deadline for early bird registration is
February 1st 2027, with the registration fee of 200 € (100€ for Master
and Ph.D. students).
The language of the conference is English. Abstracts should contain
between 350 – 400 words. The following information should be included:
Name of author(s)
Affiliation (for each author if more than one)
Contact email (for each author if more than one)
Title of presentation
Abstract (350 - 400 words)
Keywords (up to four keywords)
References (not required, but a maximum of four references can be used
if necessary).
Information about accommodation and transportation will be given on
the official website. For any additional information, please contact
us via email at daniiveskarica at gmail.com



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