Conrado Eggers Lan Prize – International Plato Society

Conrado Eggers Lan Prize (3rd Ed.) for Best Dissertation on Plato: Call for Submissions

Conrado Eggers Lan was Ancient Philosophy Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires, Heidelberg and Autónoma de México (UNAM). Co-founder of the International Plato Society and host of the First Symposium Platonicum held in Mexico City in 1986. In accordance with its mission to promote Platonic studies throughout the world as well as communication between scholars of diverse disciplines working on Plato and the publication of books and series on Plato, the International Plato Society is glad to announce the 3nd edition of the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of Platonic studies. We invite submissions of dissertations that resulted in the award of the Ph.D. degree between July 31, 2018, and July 31, 2021. The submissions will be judged by a special committee appointed by the IPS Editorial Board. The prize-winning dissertation will be offered the opportunity of publication as a book in one of the leading IPS [...]

Jonathan Greig2021-03-24T07:44:22+00:00Categories: Announcements, Conrado Eggers Lan Prize, Other Announcements|

Results for the 2nd Ed. Conrado Eggers Lan Prize

Every three years the International Plato Society awards a prize for the best dissertation on Plato. The prize is in honor of Conrado Eggers Lan (pictured left), Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Universities of Buenos Aires, Heidelberg, and Autónoma de México (UNAM), host of the First Symposium Platonicum (Mexico City, 1986), and one of the founders of our society. The Editorial Committee of the IPS has now evaluated the dissertations on Plato written between 2016 and 2019 that were submitted for the award and come to a decision. We are pleased to announce that the winner of the prize is: Evan Glenn Rodriguez, Exploring Both Sides: Plato's New Method for First Principles, a PhD dissertation completed in 2016 at Yale University and supervised by Verity Harte. The Editorial Committee would also like to recognize the excellence of two other dissertations written by: Carmen Di Lorenzo (second) and Lorenzo Giovanetti (third). [...]

Jonathan Greig2021-05-07T12:37:08+00:00Categories: Announcements, Conrado Eggers Lan Prize|

Conrado Eggers Lan Prize – 2nd edition

International Plato Society Best Dissertation on Plato “Conrado Eggers Lan” Prize Call for submissions Conrado Eggers Lan was Ancient Philosophy Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires, Heidelberg and Autónoma de México (UNAM). Co-founder of the International Plato Society and host of the First Symposium Platonicum held in Mexico City in 1986. In accordance with its mission to promote Platonic studies throughout the world as well as communication between scholars of diverse disciplines working on Plato and the publication of books and series on Plato, the International Plato Society is glad to announce the 2nd edition of the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of Platonic studies. We invite submissions of dissertations that resulted in the award of the Ph.D. degree between January 1, 2014, and July 31, 2018. The submissions will be judged by a special committee appointed by the IPS Editorial [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-14T13:34:16+00:00Categories: Announcements, Conrado Eggers Lan Prize|

Results of Plato “Conrado Eggers Lan” Prize

International Plato Society Best Dissertation on Plato “Conrado Eggers Lan” Prize Results Conrado Eggers Lan was Ancient Philosophy Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires, Heidelberg and Autónoma de México (UNAM). Co-founder of the International Plato Society and host of the First Symposium Platonicum held in Mexico City in 1986. Dissertations Prize Results We are delighted to announce, on behalf of Professor Franco Ferrari, head of the IPS Editorial Committee, that we have a winner for the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of Platonic studies. Evaluation has been carried out by an ad hoc Committee, chosen by the Editorial Committee and coordinated by Franco Ferrari: Mario Vegetti, Luc Brisson, Francesco Fronterotta, Lesley Brown, Alonso Tordesillas, Francisco Gonzalez, Francisco Lisi, Marcelo Boeri, Irmgard Männlein-Robert and Mauro Tulli. The winning dissertation is Sergio di Girolamo’s Il tutto, l’intero e l’uno: alcuni temi del [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-14T13:28:52+00:00Categories: Announcements, Conrado Eggers Lan Prize|

“CONRADO EGGERS LAN” PRIZE

International Plato Society Best Dissertation on Plato “Conrado Eggers Lan” Prize Call for submissions Conrado Eggers Lan was Ancient Philosophy Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires, Heidelberg and Autónoma de México (UNAM). Co-founder of the International Plato Society and host of the First Symposium Platonicum held in Mexico City in 1986. In accordance with its mission to promote Platonic studies throughout the world as well as communication between scholars of diverse disciplines working on Plato and the publication of books and series on Plato, the International Plato Society is glad to announce the institution of the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of Platonic studies. We invite submissions for the best dissertation that resulted in a Ph.D. degree being awarded between January 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2013. The submissions will be judged by a special Committee appointed by the IPS Editorial Board. The prize-winning [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-14T13:29:02+00:00Categories: Announcements, Conrado Eggers Lan Prize|