Call for Chapters: Rhetoric and Communication. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
Organization: University of Madeira
Call for Chapters
Rhetoric and Communication. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
The intersection of Rhetoric and Communication continues to attract the interest of many scholars, particularly within the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The scope of analysis is wide-ranging, encompassing literature and culture, language studies and advertising, communication studies and politics, among other domains.
In this Volume, we aim to bring together a set of studies that focus directly on topics shared by Rhetoric and Communication, from Classical Antiquity to the present, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Scholarly contributions across the Humanities will enhance our understanding of the influence of rhetoric and communication on society, taking into account, on the one hand, there is a vast legacy that merits further study and, on the other, new forms of communication require us to reassess the impact of the rhetorical art.
This Volume welcomes contributions of a theoretical or empirical nature, including case studies, from within the field of the Humanities.
Possible topics include:
· Rhetorical and communication theory applied to discourse;
· Treatises on rhetoric and communication;
· The presence of rhetorical genres in contemporary forms of communication;
· Argumentation techniques and persuasion in literary texts, the media, advertising, or other narrative forms;
· The contemporary relevance of teaching rhetoric and communication;
· The contemporary application of classical rhetoric in the media;
· Rhetoric in political discourse and in literary composition;
· Philosophical perspectives on rhetoric and communication;
· The role of the audience and the addressee in rhetorical theory and in the communicative process;
· Representations of rhetoric and communication in the Arts.
Editors:
Cristina Santos Pinheiro, Joaquim Pinheiro, Rui Carlos Fonseca, Samuel Mateus, Telmo Reis e Vanessa Cesário
Proposals, in Word format, should be submitted by 10 September 2026 to the following email address: retorica.comunicacao@mail.uma.pt
The Volume is scheduled for publication in March 2027 by a leading national publisher.
All submissions will be subject to scientific evaluation (blind peer review).
Authors will be notified of the review decision by 30 November 2026.
1. Accepted languages
Submissions will be accepted in Portuguese, French, English, and Spanish.
2. Formatting guidelines
2.1. Length and formatting: main text: maximum of 20 A4 pages and minimum of 12 A4 pages; font: 11 pt, Aptos, 1.5 line spacing; footnotes: 10 pt, Aptos, single spacing.
2.2. Title centred, 12 pt, bold, Aptos.
2.3. Author name(s), affiliation (University, Institute, Research Unit or equivalent), email address, and ORCID should be provided in 11 pt, Aptos.
2.4. Two abstracts (maximum 250 words each) must be included: one in the language of the article and one in English, followed by up to five keywords.
3. General guidelines
3.1. Citations and references should follow APA style (7th ed.); all citations must be properly identified.
3.2. Quotations longer than three lines must be indented 1 cm from the left margin.
3.3.
a) Italics should be used for the titles of works, modern monographs, and journals.
b) Quotation marks (“ ”) should be used for quotations from modern texts.
c) Italics should not be used for Latin abbreviations (op. cit., loc. cit., cf., ibid., in…).
4. Footnotes
Footnotes should be brief.
5. Images/Graphs/Tables
5.1. Any graphical elements must be clearly identified and numbered.
5.2. Images must be submitted in .jpeg format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, be free of copyright fees, and accompanied by official proof of permission or purchase of rights for academic publication. Each submission may include no more than four images (printing will not be in color).
6. Final bibliography
The bibliography should be limited to essential works or cited references and must conform to APA style (7th ed.).
7. Publication
The Volume will be published by a Portuguese publisher with extensive experience in scientific publishing. It will also be made available as an e-book in institutional repositories.
8. Copyright statement
Submissions must be original, and authors grant publication rights upon acceptance.
retorica.comunicacao@mail.uma.pt
Joaquim Pinheiro