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25-27 April 2014, Regional IPS meeting: “Plato and Rhetoric,” Tokyo, Japan

International Symposium “Plato and Rhetoric” organized by the JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Project Organizing Committee: Noburu Notomi (Keio University), Yuji Kurihara (Tokyo Gakugei University), Satoshi Ogihara (Tohoku University) From the evening of 25 to 27 April 2014 Venue: Raiosha Building, Hiyoshi Campus, Keio University, Yokohama <http://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/hiyoshi.html> Rooms: Symposium Space (1st fl.): Opening, Plenary, Parallel A Large Meeting Room (2nd fl.): Parallel B Regional Meeting of the International Plato Society The JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Project Plato is usually thought to be hostile to rhetoric in contrast to philosophy. However, we can observe that his dialogues are deeply embedded in the rhetorical tradition: in particular, the Apology of Socrates (forensic) and Menexenus (epitaphic). Speakers of the dialogues make much use of rhetorical skills to persuade others. Even the Gorgias and Phaedrus, the two main examinations of rhetoric, seem to propose the genuine art of rhetoric (which may be dialectic). In this conference, we would like to re-examine the notion and [...]

Olivier RENAUT2020-05-25T10:28:42+00:00Categories: Announcements, Previous Conferences, Regional meetings|Tags: Rhetoric|

Spring 2014 : West Coast Plato Workshop on Plato’s Hippias, University of California

Plato's Hippias Minor and Hippias Major, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. To be held in Spring 2014

Olivier RENAUT2014-01-09T20:46:26+00:00Categories: Announcements, Regional meetings|Tags: Hippias Major, Hippias Minor|

The X Symposium Platonicum : Plato’s Symposium, Pisa

The X Symposium Platonicum was held in Pisa, 15th-20th July 2013. Please see Poster, Program and Proceedings. http://www.aicgroup.it/x-symposium-platonicum

Olivier RENAUT2014-05-30T06:29:40+00:00Categories: Announcements, Symposium Platonicum|

18-19 May, West Coast Plato Workshop: Plato’s Cratylus, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

West Coast Plato Workshop – the Cratylus May 18-19, 2013 Stanford University

Olivier RENAUT2013-11-16T15:54:00+00:00Categories: Events|Tags: Cratylus|

10-12 April 2013, Sophistes: Plato’s Dialogue and Heidegger’s Lecture in Marburg (1924/25), Marburg, Germany

10-12 April, Sophistes: Plato’s Dialogue and Heidegger’s Lecture in Marburg (1924/25), Philipps-University of Marburg and the Institute for Classical Philology and Philosophy of the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg Marburg, Germany.

Olivier RENAUT2013-12-18T09:00:28+00:00Categories: Events|Tags: Sophistes|

Issue 01/2013 of Norsk Filosofisk Tidskrift is devoted entirely to Plato’s Symposium

Issue 01/2013 of Norsk Filosofisk Tidskrift is devoted entirely to Plato's Symposium

Olivier RENAUT2013-11-12T15:47:04+00:00Categories: Announcements, Just published|

12-16 December 2012, International Conference, Plato’s Academy: A Survey of the Evidence, Athens, Greece

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS International Conference on PLATO’S ACADEMY: A Survey of the Evidence ________ Athens, 12 – 16 December 2012 Organizing Committee: Chloe Balla (University of Crete) Effie Baziotopoulou-Valavani (3d Ephorate of Antiquities, Athens) Paul Kalligas (University of Athens) Vassilis Karasmanis (Technical University of Athens) Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Hall of Ceremonies, University of Athens Morning Session. Chair: Paul Kalligas (Athens) 09:30-10:00 Paul Kalligas: Welcoming Address – Introduction 10:00-10:40 Paul A. Cartledge (Cambridge): ‘How Academic was Plato’s Academy? A Historian’s Judicious Review’ 10:45-11:25 Alexander Nehamas (Princeton, NJ): ‘The Academy at Work: Dialectic in Plato’s Parmenides’ 11:30-12:00 Coffee Break 12:00-12:40 István Bodnár (Budapest): ‘The Study of Natural Kinds in the Academy’ 12:40-13:30 Discussion 13:30-14:30 Lunch Afternoon Session. Chair: Dionysios Anapolitanos (Athens) 17:00-17:40 John M. Dillon (Dublin): ‘Polemon, the “grosse Schatten” of the Old Academy’ 17:40-18:00 Discussion 18:00-18:40 David Sedley (Cambridge): ‘Carneades’ Theological Arguments’ 18:40-19:00 Discussion [...]

Olivier RENAUT2013-11-12T14:53:15+00:00Categories: Events|

4-7 October 2012, First U.S. Regional Meeting of the IPS, Plato’s Moral Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Plato's Moral Psychology U.S. Regional Meeting of the IPS University of Michigan, Ann Arbor October 4-7, 2012 The Departments of Classical Studies and Philosophy at the University of Michigan, along with the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University, held the first-ever U.S. regional meeting of the International Plato Society. The conference featured seven plenary speakers with commentators and seventy-five contributed papers in parallel sessions.

Olivier RENAUT2013-11-18T08:24:28+00:00Categories: Events|

20-24 August 2012,Latin American Area Conference of the IPS, X Internacional Archai Seminar: Plato’s styles and characters: between literature and philosophy, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil

20-24 August, First Latin American Area Conference of the IPS, X Internacional Archai Seminar: Plato's styles and characters: between literature and philosophy, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil.

Olivier RENAUT2013-11-12T14:48:42+00:00Categories: Events|

6-7 August 2012, Freedom and the State: Plato and the Classical Tradition, Oxford, U.K. [program]

Freedom and the State: Plato and the Classical Tradition 6-7 August 2012Seminar Room (1F), Classics Centre, 66 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LUJointly sponsored by Corpus Christi College Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity and JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Project: Comprehensive Study on Interpretations and Receptions of Plato’s Theory of Justice Those who will attend, please contact Yoshinori Sano (e-mail: ysano@icu.ac.jp).

Olivier RENAUT2013-11-12T14:44:34+00:00Categories: Events|