Results of the 4th Conrado Eggers Lan Prize

The Editorial Committee of the International Plato Society has chosen the winner of the 4th Edition of Conrado Eggers Lan Prize. The IPS received 11 submissions of dissertations that had resulted in the award of the Ph.D. degree between July 31, 2021, and July 31, 2024. We are pleased to announce that the winner of the prize is Lea Aurelia Schroeder: Perception and Perceptual Judgment in Plato’s Theaetetus and Timaeus, a PhD Dissertation completed in 2022 at the Yale University under the supervision of Verity Harte. The Editorial Committee would also like to recognise the excellence of the dissertation written by Jiseob Yoon: The Role of Law in Plato’s Cities completed in 2024 at the Princeton University under the supervision of Melissa Lane. The Editorial Committee appreciates the high scientific quality of all submissions received. Our thanks go to all the applicants and their supervisors.  

Cornelia de Vogel Prize Awarded at the XIV Symposium Platonicum

With the generous support of the Cornelia de Vogel Foundation, the International Plato Society is pleased to announce that the Cornelia de Vogel Prize was awarded during the XIV Symposium Platonicum to Benny Kozian, Francisco Petrucci, Emma Ponce, and Lia Theodoroudi, in recognition of the best papers presented by young scholars. This prize aims to honor outstanding emerging researchers in Platonic studies, and we hope it will become a tradition in future Symposia, continuing to encourage new generations of scholars dedicated to the thought of Plato. The award bears the name of Cornelia Johanna de Vogel (1905–1986), a pioneering Dutch philosopher who held the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the University of Utrecht from 1947 to 1974. Her influence extended far beyond her official retirement, as she remained deeply committed to philosophical work. Even in the final year of her life, she was preparing Rethinking Plato and Platonism [...]

XIV Symposium Platonicum – Online / Programme and link

  INTERNATIONAL PLATO SOCIETY   XIV SYMPOSIUM PLATONICUM   Online Sessions (May 19-21, 2025)   UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   INSTITUTO SÉNECA Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/a56905789b044613bb59128a9dac667a   Programme   Monday, May 19th     11.00-12.00: Plenary Session: Chair: Luc Brisson Salomon Ofman: Theodorus' Mathematical Lesson (Theaetetus, 147c7-d6): A New Interpretation   12.00-12.40: Ordinary Session 1: Chair: Beatriz Bossi Diego García Rincón: Alteration and Indeterminacy in Plato’s Critique of Radical Flux (Theaetetus 182d1–183b5).   12.40-13.00: 20 min Break   13.00-13.40: Ordinary Session 2: Chair: Rodrigo Illarraga Rafael Moreno Gonzalez: La sabiduría del renacuajo. Semejanza, desemejanza y saber en el Teeteto de Platón   13.40-14.20: Ordinary Session 3: Chair: Zdenek Lenner Evan Keeling: Socrates’ Avowal of Knowledge: the case of the Theaetetus   14.20-15.30: Lunch Break   15.30-16.10: Thesis Dissertation 1: Chair: S.S. Meyer Jiseob Yoon: The Role of Law in Plato’s Cities (Supervisor: Melissa Lane)   16.10-16.50: Ordinary Session 4: Chair: Franco Trabattoni [...]

CfP: Conference on Plato’s Theory of Forms (Czech Plato Society)

Czech Plato Society nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha, Czech Republic E-mail: info@platonskaspolecnost.cz Call for Abstracts:   Plato’s Theory of Forms, XVth Symposium Platonicum Pragense   The Czech Plato Society is pleased to announce the XVth Symposium Platonicum Pragense on Plato’s Theory of Forms. The conference will be held on 16 – 18 October 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Czech Plato Society has organised international and national conferences on Plato’s philosophy since 1997.   We invite submissions of abstracts on any topic related to Plato’s Theory of Forms. Submissions should focus on substantive discussion and avoid overly introductory approaches or mere summaries of current scholarship. We especially welcome papers addressing the topic across multiple dialogues.   Please submit abstracts of a maximum of 1000 words to pragueforms2025@gmail.com, accompanied by your academic CV in a separate document, by 8 June 2025. Submissions can be in English, German or French. [...]

XIV Symposium Platonicum – Programme with Abstracts

PROGRAMME     Facultad de Filosofía Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria Campus de Moncloa Plaza Menéndez Pelayo sin número   Monday, May 5 8.00-9.00: Reception of the Participants (Central Hall, Ground floor) 9.00-10.00: Opening Ceremony (Paraninfo, Ground floor) -          Welcome to the XIV Symposium: Beatriz Bossi (President of the IPS) -          Juan José García Norro (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy) -          Antonio Rivera (Director of the Department ‘Philosophy and Society’)   Memorial to Honor our Dearest Members:   -          Thomas More Robinson (Livio Rossetti: online) -          Tomás Calvo Martínez (Álvaro Vallejo Campos) -          Gianni Casertano (Lidia Palumbo) -          Maurizio Migliori (Elisabetta Cattanei) -          Holger Thesleff (Olga Alieva) -          Thomas Szlezák (Francisco Lisi) 10.00-11.00: Plenary Session (Paraninfo) - Chair: Claudia Marsico -          De Vogel Lecturer: Prof. Christopher Rowe: ‘On (Mis-translating) Plato on Belief and Knowledge: the Theaetetus and Other Dialogues’ 11.00-11.30: Coffee Break (Cafetería de Profesores, downstairs)   Parallel Session 1: Plato [...]

Programme – XIV Symposium Platonicum (Last version)

PROGRAMME     Facultad de Filosofía Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria Campus de Moncloa Plaza Menéndez Pelayo sin número   Monday, May 5 8.00-9.00: Reception of the Participants (Central Hall, Ground floor) 9.00-10.00: Opening Ceremony (Paraninfo, Ground floor) -          Welcome to the XIV Symposium: Beatriz Bossi (President of the IPS) -          Juan José García Norro (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy) -          Antonio Rivera (Director of the Department ‘Philosophy and Society’)   Memorial to Honor our Dearest Members:   -          Thomas More Robinson (Livio Rossetti: online) -          Tomás Calvo Martínez (Álvaro Vallejo Campos) -          Gianni Casertano (Lidia Palumbo) -          Maurizio Migliori (Elisabetta Cattanei) -          Holger Thesleff (Olga Alieva) -          Thomas Szlezák (Francisco Lisi) 10.00-11.00: Plenary Session (Paraninfo) - Chair: Claudia Mársico Cornelia de Vogel Lecturer Prof. Christopher Rowe: ‘On (Mis-translating) Plato on Belief and Knowledge: the Theaetetus and Other Dialogues’ presented by Mary Margaret Mc Cabe   11.00-11.30: Coffee Break (Cafetería de [...]

Plato’s Sophist Selected Papers of the Thirteenth Symposium Platonicum Published by Prof. Dr. Luc Brisson, Prof. Dr. Edward C. Halper, Prof. Dr. Richard D. Parry Karl-Alber-Verlag, 1. Edition 2024, 573 Pages The book is part of the series International Plato Studies OPEN ACCESS https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9783495991367-1/titelei-inhaltsverzeichnis?page=1

Newsletter Feb. 2025

  INTERNATIONAL PLATO SOCIETY   XIV SYMPOSIUM PLATONICUM In person Sessions MADRID   Venue: FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA Y FILOLOGÍA EDIFICIO A UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID CAMPUS DE MONCLOA PLAZA MENÉNDEZ PELAYO SIN NÚMERO      Confirmed Plenary Speakers:   Christopher Rowe (Durham University) (De Vogel Lecturer online) Ronald Polansky (Duquesne University) (De Vogel Lecturer in person) Mary Margaret McCabe (King’s College, London) Franco Ferrari (Università di Pavia) Marcelo Boeri (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) Franco Trabattoni (Università di Milano) Mi-Kyoung (Mitzi) Lee (Colorado University at Boulder) Anne Balansard (Aix-Marseille Université)  Barbara Sattler (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle, Australia) Laura Marongiu (Università di Milano) We kindly encourage you to post your full paper in English by April 25(or at least your main hypotheses and arguments). Upload it to  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HxsEvTdh1iGQm97QbvbDKTHagkyToryt?usp=sharing indicating your surname in the filename or send it to symposiumplatonicum14@gmail.com so that everyone can follow your presentation even if the language of your [...]

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