Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop
At the University of ChicagoThere are three principal activities of the workshop. First, it is a forum for advanced graduate students to present papers and receive feedback from the group.
Second, it is a forum for all members of the workshop to discuss ancient philosophical texts. Each year we choose one or two texts to concentrate on. For the fall quarter of 2006 we will continue reading Plato's Philebus, and although we will consult other texts and commentaries, we shall rely primarily on the Oxford Classical Text. Our format is to have one student introduce the text to the group by highlighting philological and philosophical features of the text, and then we all take turns translating, taking frequent stops to discuss important issues as they arise.
Thirdly, the ancient philosophy workshop also sponsors talks by distinguished local, national, and international members of the ancient philosophy community. This year we have the privilege of hosting talks by David Reeve from the University of North Carolina, and Jessica Moss from the University of Pittsburgh, among others. The University of Chicago will also be one of the institutions hosting a Conference on Philosophy and Religion in Ancient Greece, which will feature feature many prominent members from the international ancient philosophy community.
Our meetings take place on Wednesday afternoons from 4:30 until 6:00 PM in room 26 in the Classics building at the University of Chicago (1010 East 59th Street). If you would like to be a part of our group, or attend one of our meetings please contact either Prof. Gabriel Lear or Prof. Jonathan Beere in the Philosophy Department, Prof. Elizabeth Asmis in Classics, or the graduate student coordinator, Erica Holberg, in the Philosophy Department.
Schedule
What follows is a tentative schedule for Fall 2006. Additional information for the 2006-2007 academic year will be posted at a later date. Meetings are on Wednesday at 4:30 in Classics 26 (1010 East 59th Street), unless otherwise noted.
Autumn Quarter 2006
September 27th, First Meeting. We will discuss Philebus up through 36c1.
October 4th, Rana Al-Saadi, from the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago, will present a paper entitled, "The Use and Abuse of Language in Plato's Ion."
October 11th, David Reeve, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present a paper entitled, "Goat-Stags, Philosopher-Kings, and Eudaimonism in the Republic."
October 18th, We will begin translating the Philebus, from 36c2 to38b3.
October 25th, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 38b4 to 39e7.
November 1st, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 39e8 to 41d10.
On Friday, November 3rd and Saturday November 4th,
Conference on Philosophy and Religion in Ancient Greece.
Friday, November 3rd at Northwestern University, Harris Hall, Room 108, 1881 Sheridan Road:
2:00-3:45 Patricia Curd, from Purdue University, will present a talk with comments by Brad Inwood, from the University of Toronto.
4:00-5:45 Stephen Menn, from McGill University will present a talk with comments by Victor Caston, from the University of Michigan.
Saturday, November 4th at University of Illinois at Chicago, Humanities Institute, Stevenson Hall (lower level), 701 S. Morgan:
9:00-10:45 David Sedley, from Christ's College, Cambridge University, will present a talk with comments by Sean Kelsey, from UCLA.
11:00-12:45 Gabor Betegh, from Central European University, Budapest will present a talk with comments by Tad Brennan, from Northwestern University.
Saturday, November 4th at University of Chicago, Regenstein Library S102, 1100 East 57th Street:
2:00-3:45 Alasdair MacIntyre, from the University of Notre Dame, will present a talk with comments by Jonathan Lear, from the University of Chicago.
4:00-5:45 Sarah Broadie, from the University of St. Andrew's will present a talk with comments by Martha Nussbaum, from the University of Chicago.
November 8th, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 41d11 to 43d3.
November 15th, Brian Johnson, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago will present a paper (title TBA).
There will be no meeting on November 22nd because of Thanksgiving Break.
November 29th, Nathan Rothschild, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago will present a paper (title TBA).
There will be no meeting on the 6th of December.
Winter Quarter 2007
January 3rd, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 43d4 to 46b4.
January 10th, Prof. Alan Code, from the University of California, Berkeley, will present a paper entitled, "What is the Body?: Aristotle's Hylomorphism."A copy is available here.
January 17th, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 46b5 to 49c7.
January 24th, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 49c8 to 52d2.
January 31st, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 52d3 to 55c2.
February 7th, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 55c3 to 59d6.
February 14th, Brian Johnson, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago will give a job talk to the workshop.
February 21st, We will continue translating the Philebus, from 59d7 to 64b9.
February 28th, Prof. John Cooper, from Princeton University, will present a paper entitled, "Political Community and the Highest Good."
March 7th, Nick Houlahan, from the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago will present a paper (title TBA).
Spring Quarter 2007
March 28th, We will translate and discuss the end of the Philebus, from 65a1 to 67b13.
April 4th, Planning meeting for next year, including which text we will translate and what speakers we will invite.
April 11th, Jay Elliott, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago will present a paper entitled, "Augustine's Critique of Philosophy."
April 18th, Jessica Moss, from the University of Pittsburgh, will present a paper entitled "Pictures and Passions in Plato."
April 25th, Micah Lott,from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago will present a paper on Aristotle and love for one's own life (title TBA).
May 2nd, Erica Holberg, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago will present a paper (title TBA).
May 4th, Don Rutherford, from the University of California, San Diego, will give a talk to a joint meeting of the Ancient and Early Modern Philosophy Workshops, entitled "Freedom as a Philosophical Ideal: Nietzsche and His Ancient and Early Modern Antecedents."
May 9th, Connie Meinwald, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present a paper entitled "The Philebus: An Investigation Into Harmony."
May 16th, John Hannon, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper entitled "From Perception to Understanding: The Possibility of an Aristotelian Biological Science."
May 23rd, Jeff Kessler, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper (title TBA).
May 30th, Abby Dean, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper (title TBA).
Schedule from the 2005-2006 Academic Year.
Autumn Quarter 2005
September 28th, 2005, 4:30 PM in Classics 26: Introductory meeting for the Philebus, we will begin with the first page of the OCT text.
October 5th, 2005, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 12a2.
October 12th, 2005, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 12d6.
October 19th, 2005, Dave Woessner, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper entitled, "Learning How and What (But Maybe Not Whom) to Love in Plato's Lysis."
On Monday, 2005, October 24th, 4:30 PM in Wieboldt 408, Prof. Michael Frede, from Oxford University, will present a paper entitled, “Sextus Empiricus on the Origin of Philosophy.”
October 26th, 2005, in Wieboldt 408 Prof. Katerina Ierodiakonou, from the National Technical University of Athens, will present a paper entitled, “Aristotle on Colours.”
On Thursday, 2005, October 27th, 4:30 PM in Classics 10, Prof. Michael Frede, from Oxford University, will present a lecture entitled, “An Epictetean Notion of a Person.” This is a public lecture.
November 2nd, 2005, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 13e1.
November 9th, 2005, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 15a8.
November 16th, 2005, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 16c4.
There will be no meeting Wednesday, November 23rd due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.
November 30th, 2005, Prof. William Stephens from the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at Creighton University, will be presenting a paper on Epictetus.
Winter Quarter 2006
January 4th, 2006, Micah Lott, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper to the workshop entitled, "Ignorance, Shame and Love of Truth: Diagnosing the Sophist's Error in Plato's Sophist."
January 11th, 2006, Abby Dean, from the Department of Philosophy and the Committee on Social Thought of the University of Chicago, will present a paper entitled, "True Statements in the Sophist."
January 18th, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 17c11.
January 25th, 2006, Jay Elliot, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper to the workshop.
February 1st, 2006, Prof. M. M. McCabe, from King's College of the University of London, will give a paper on the Euthydemus of Plato entitled, "First Chop your Logos: Language and Argument in Plato's Euthydemus." An abstract is available here.
February 8th, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 18d3.
February 15th, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 20b1.
February 22nd, 2006, Steven Skultety, from the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University, will present a paper entitled, "The Role of Conflict in Aristotle's Ideal City."
March 1st, 2006, Erica Holberg, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper to the workshop entitled, "Aristotle and Pleasure."
March 8th, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 21d2. This will be the last meeting of the winter quarter.
Spring Quarter 2006
On Thursday, March 30th, 2006, 3:30 PM in CLASSICS 110 (the room on the first floor that was formerly known as Classics 10), Prof. David Wray, from the Classics Department of the University of Chicago, will present a paper entitled, "Phaedra's Virtue in Seneca's Tragedy." This workshop is sponsored both by the Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop and the Rhetoric and Poetics Workshop. Please note the day, time, and location.
April 5th, 2006, Brian Johnson, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper entitled, "The Role Theories of Epictetus and Cicero: Two Antagonists?"
April 12th, 2006, John Hannon, from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present a paper to the workshop entitled, "Analogy in Aristotle."
April 19th, 2006, Tushar Irani, from the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University will present a paper to the workshop entitled, "The Case for a Reality-Based Community: Forms, Kinds, Rest, and Change in Plato's Sophist."
April 26th, 2006, Prof. Elizabeth Asmis, from the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago, will present a paper to the workshop entitled, "Lucretius' New World Order: Making a Pact with Nature." An abstract is available here.
May 3rd, 2006, we will continue translating the Philebus, and will be starting with the generic account of pleasure at line 31a7.
May 10th, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 32c6.
May 17th, 2006, Isabelle Moulin, Ph.D. Sorbonne, will present a paper to the workshop entitled, "The Notion of Sustoikhia in Aristotle."
May 24th, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 33c7.
May 31st, 2006, we will continue with the Philebus, starting at 34e7. Last meeting of the 2005-2006 academic year.
Papers
Rana Al-Saadi's Paper for the October 4th Workshop
David Reeve's Paper for the October 11th Workshop
Alan Code's Paper for the January 10th Workshop
Contacts
Erica Holberg
Prof. Gabriel Lear
Prof. Elizabeth Asmis
Prof. Jonathan Beere
Other Links
Chicago Aria Consortium in Ancient Philosophy
Notre Dame Ancient Philosophy Workshop
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