This initiative was created to support instructors in expanding the teaching of rhetorical history beyond the times, geographies, and vocabularies that most often receive scholarly attention. These units are not a comprehensive resource on the history of rhetoric. Instead, these units provide an entry point for scholars looking to expand their rhetorical histories beyond the Greco-Roman canon and explore strategies for teaching an expansive rhetorical history.
New Pedagogy Units, Published Fall 2025:
Signs, Soul, and Resonance: Teaching Ayah as Rhetorical Orientation from the Islamic Tradition, Sophia Koleno, Ohio University
Early Buddhist Rhetorics, Ian E. J. Hill, University of British Columbia
I ka ʻŌlelo nō ke Ola (In Words there is Life): An Introduction to Hawaiian Rhetoric, Roberto S. Leon, Georgia College & State University
Latin American Rhetoric, José G. Izaguirre III, University of Colorado Boulder
The Florentine Codex and Indigenous Multimodal Rhetoric in Colonial Mexico, Miriam L. Fernandez, California State University, San Bernadino
From Bombingham to Thirdspace: The Smithfield Neighborhood and the Spatial Rhetoric of Exclusion, Marissa Boglin, University of Alabama
Crossroads of Rhetoric: Syriac, Greek, and Arabic Intellectual Exchange, Mara Nicosia, University of Padua (Italy)
Transnational Rhetorical Perspectives on Public Memory: Unsettling National Museum Narratives of World War II, Jin R. Choi (University of Maryland) and Megu Itoh (Rikkyo University)
Vāda Discussion as a Rhetorical Practice: Reimagining Dialogue through Ancient South Asian Traditions, Jagadish Paudel, Clemson University
The Rhetorics of West African Historical Feminists: A Pedagogical Resource, Nancy Henaku, University of Ghana