Société Canadienne pour l’Étude de la Rhétorique | |
Abbreviation | CSSR |
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Formation | 1980 |
Purpose | Advocate and public voice, educator and network for the study of rhetoric |
Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Region served | Canada |
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Affiliations | |
Website |
rhetcanada |
Formerly called |
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The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric (CSSR; French: Société Canadienne pour l’Étude de la Rhétorique [SCÉR]) is a bilingual scholarly society based in Canada that is open to scholars involved in the teaching or researching of rhetoric. While the CSSR was founded as a Canadian version of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric, and while—as implied by its original name, the Canadian Seminar on the History of Rhetoric (CSHR) [1]—it originally focused on the history of rhetoric, the CSSR now focuses on a range of rhetorical scholarship. Its membership typically includes scholars from North America and Europe (not just Canada) and its conferences typically include joint sessions with other societies as a "natural reflection of the interdisciplinary interests of [its] members." [2]
The CSSR publishes an online refereed journal, Rhetor, [3] and meets annually for an academic conference, usually as part of the annual Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences run by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. [4]