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Report on Socrates, Alcibiades, and the Divine Lover/Educator, Newcastle (Australia), December 2008

On December 4–6 2008 a conference was held entitled Socrates, Alcibiades, and the Divine Lover/Educator was held in Newcastle, Australia. It was sponsored by the University of Newcastle’s Research Group on Religious and Intellectual Traditions and by the School of Humanities and Social Science. It was also held under the auspices of the Australasian Society for Ancient Philosophy. The aim of the conference was to explore a variety of topics—philosophical, literary, historical—which have a bearing on the interpretation of the dialogue Alcibiades I. The question of the authenticity of the dialogue was not the prime focus of the conference, but naturally it was discussed in a number of papers and also in discussions held after them. The conference was attended by about 30 people, including a number of overseas guests. There were fifteen papers presented in the following sequence: Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle): ‘Improving persons through love alone? Aeschines [...]

Report on VI International Plato Symposium, Prague, October 2007

Conference Report THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL PLATO SYMPOSIUM IN PRAGUE focused on Plato’s Theaetetus Since 1997, the Czech Plato Society (CPS) has been holding annually a conference on a particular Platonic dialogue. Every even year, the meeting brings together Czech scholars to discuss one of the “lesser” Platonic dialogues (the Meno in 1998, the Lysis in 2000, the Hippias Minor in 2002, the Charmides in 2004, and the Euthydemus in 2006). Every odd year, a larger conference on one of the more significant Platonic dialogues takes place with participation of experts from all over the world (the Republic and the Laws in 1997, the Phaedo in 1999, the Protagoras in 2001, the Parmenides in 2003, and the Symposium in 2005). All papers are subsequently collected in a proceedings volume and published by OIKOYMENH Publishers. The symposia take place in the representative Villa Llana, belonging to the Czech Academy of Sciences and [...]