Rethinking Epideictic Rhetoric Thu 22 Oct

Early modern painting depicting the allegory of Rhetoric
Laurent de la Hyre: Allegory of Rhetoric (1650)

The Academy Project "The Verses of Learning: Epideixis and the Cultural Stories of Nature at Early Modern Universities (VERSITAS)" organises a seminar on epideictic rhetoric in Tampere university in 22 Oct 2026. The seminar is in English and open to anyone interested.

Rethinking Epideictic Rhetoric

Pinni B4113, Kanslerinrinne 1, Tampereen yliopisto

 

Program

12:30 Opening words: Sari Kivistö

Session 1 (chair: Eeva-Liisa Bastman)

12:45 Raija Sarasti: Descriptive Epideictic Rhetoric: How to Praise Natural objects

13:15 Erika Pihl: The Cosmic Union: Natural Philosophy and the Vasa-Jagiellon Alliance in Henricus Mollerus’ Epithalamium (1562)

13:45 Päivi Mehtonen: Colonialist Dedication. The Persistent Patriotism of New Sweden Literature

14.15 coffee

Session 2 (chair: Erika Pihl)

14.45 Peter Sjökvist: Poetical Friends, and a Teacher in their Midst – From the Golden Age of Latin Poetry in Sweden

15.15 Eeva-Liisa Bastman: From Charm to Praise: Incantatory Rhetoric in an Early Modern Finnish Wedding Poem

15.45 Hannu Riikonen: Views on the Relationship between Music and Rhetoric in Dissertations at the Royal Academy of Turku

16.15 end discussion and publication