Lecture | Workshop

Informal workshop Global rhetoric

Date

Friday 2 May 2025

Time

13:15 - 17:00 hour

Address

Johan Huizinga
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden

Room

0.26

Global rhetoric: an informal workshop on theories and practices of persuasion across cultures

How do people convince each other? Every day we are confronted with the rhetoric of Trump, Putin, and Meloni. Rhetoric, the art of speaking and persuading, is often considered an invention of the Greeks and Romans, courtesy of Aristotle and Cicero. The history of rhetoric is therefore mainly seen as primarily Western. In this workshop, we will explore theories and practices of persuasion in different cultures worldwide. The Leiden Faculty of Humanities is blessed with a large number of experts in persuasion techniques, from the Hebrew Bible to the Epic of Gilgamesh, from Seoul to Washington DC, and from Japan to Russia. On Friday 2 May between 1 and 5 p.m., we will learn from each other about the rhetorics of different world cultures; With this, we also explore possible collaborations in research and education. Everyone is welcome!

Programme

13.15-13.30	Introduction
13.30-13.50	Michela Piccin: ‘Forms of persuasion: Comparing writing styles in ancient Mesopotamian texts’
13.50-14.10	Ivo Smits: ‘Poetry's dual rhetoric: Poetic treatises in classical Japan’
14.10-14.30	Casper de Jonge: ‘Peitho, Greek goddess of persuasion’
14.30-14.50	Remco Breuker: ‘Yi Kyubo and rhetoric in medieval Korean texts written in Classical Chinese’
14.50-15.10	Break
15.10-15.30	Charlotte van der Voort: ‘Deniable rhetoric and the dilemmas of dog-whistling’
15.30-15.50	Jonathan Stökl: ‘Rhetoric in the Hebrew Bible’
15.50-16.10	Christoph Pieper: ‘Greek rhetoric for Roman politicians. Cicero’s rhetorical oeuvre’
16.10-16.30	Egbert Fortuin: ‘The language, argumentation and rhetoric of Russian propaganda’
16.30-17.00	General discussion; possibilities for teaching and research on global rhetoric
17:00	Drinks

 

Registration

If you would like more information or want to register for this event, please email Casper de Jonge: [e-mail]