Network for Oratory and Politics: Events Forthcoming Events: New events will appear here shortly Past Events: 2020 9th June - Cicero Away Day XI 2019 15th October - Launch event: The Crisis of Rhetoric: Renewing Political Speech and Speechwriting3rd April - The Crisis of Rhetoric: Workshop 6 - Changing the State of Political Speech13th February - Hansard, Language and Politics: Churchill's Tears, Disraeli's Handkerchief and other Challenges 2018 13th September - The Crisis of Rhetoric: Workshop 5 - Media Rhetoric2nd July - The Crisis of Rhetoric: Workshop 4 - Reasons and Reasoning14th March - The Crisis of Rhetoric: Workshop 3 - Ethos & Identification 2017 12th December - The Crisis of Rhetoric: Workshop 2 - Concepts10th October - 'I am Antony yet': Reading Mark Antony's Mail13th September - Workshop 1: The State of Political Speech28th July - Literary 'spaces' for oratory and rhetoric from antiquity to the 20th century28th June - Rhetoric of Fear in Republican Rome: the Ciceronian Case8th June - Image management in politics: ancient and modern19th January - The State of Speech: Cicero and current research into Roman republican oratory [FULL VIDEO RECORDING] 2016 2nd December - Postgraduate Workshop: 'Speechwriting in Practice'30th November - From Inventio to Actio. Some Thoughts on Greek and Roman Rhetorical Theory and Practice7th November - Classical rhetoric in contemporary classrooms: an opportunity to cultivate responsible citizenship?20th October - Network for Oratory and Politics launch