Results for the third ed. Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for Best Dissertation, 2018–2021
The International Plato Society is pleased to announce that Julia Pfefferkorn has won the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for Best Dissertation on Plato for 2018–2021, with her dissertation titled, Platons tanzende Stadt: Moralpsychologie und Chortanz in den Nomoi. The Editorial Committee would also like to recognize the dissertation written by Roberto Granieri, with his dissertation titled, Being as a Kind in Plato’s Sophist. See the announcement post for more information »
For the last, second call for the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize, Evan Glenn Rodriguez won the prize for his 2016 dissertation, Exploring Both Sides: Plato’s New Method for First Principles. See the post for more information »
Symposium Platonicum XIII: Plato’s Sophist
July 18-22, 2022
Athens, Georgia, USA
The International Plato Society organizes a symposium on a single Platonic dialogue every three years. We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the XIII Symposium Platonicum: Plato’s Sophist.
The Symposium will take place July 18–22, 2022, at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA. Submissions on any aspect of the dialogue, including its Presocratic sources and later reception, will be considered. While Analytic philosophers have tended to read the Sophist as a work on the philosophy of language and Continental philosophers have seen the dialogue as an account of Being, these valuable approaches do not exhaust the richness of this complex dialogue. We welcome submissions of high quality from these and all other perspectives.
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IPS Mid Term Meeting
The IPS is pleased to announce that the Mid-Term Meeting for the period 2022-2025 will be split into two parts, on close themes, and will be organized by two different teams: Part I will be [...]
Just published: Gerard Naddaf with Louis-André Dorion, Making Sense of Myth: Conversations with Luc Brisson
Dear friends, It's a pleasure to announce the publication of this book by Gerard Naddaf with Louis-André Dorion, Making Sense of Myth: Conversations with Luc Brisson, with McGill-Queen’s University Press. https://www.mqup.ca/making-sense-of-myth-products-9780228020714.php
In memoriam Anne G. Wesinger
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Anne Gabrièle Wersinger in January 2024. A. G. Wersinger studied literature and philosophy (in preparatory classes and at the Université de Strasbourg), [...]
The 4th Asia Regional Meeting of the International Plato Society “Plato and Gods” 11-13 September 2024, Nagoya University, Japan
According to a middle Platonist, Alcinous, the aim of life is to become as godlike as possible, a theme that Plato addresses in various ways. Indeed, in Republic X, it is said that those who [...]
In Memoriam Giovanni Casertano (1941-2023)
Giovanni Casertano was a founding member of the IPS, was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere on 6 March 1941. A pupil of Giuseppe Martano, the first holder of the History of Ancient Philosophy chair [...]
Plato Journal, Volume 23 (2022)
The International Plato Society's journal, Plato Journal, has released its 23rd volume for 2022, available now at impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal. (See here for the full PDF.) Articles by Lucas Alvarez, Athanasia Giasoumi, Michael Wiitala, Manlio Fossati, Noburu Notomi, Bernard Suzanne, [...]
New Publication: Séparation et relation chez Platon et chez Plotin
Séparation et relation chez Platon et chez Plotin By Michel Fattal. 2022. 100 pp. 12.00 EUR softcover. ISBN: 978-2-343-25507-1. Paris: L'Harmattan. (Ouverture Philosophique) French/Français: L'originalité de la philosophie de Platon et de Plotin est de [...]
Plato Journal, Volume 22 (2021)
The International Plato Society's journal, Plato Journal, has released its 22nd volume for 2021, available now at impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal. (See here for the full PDF.) Introduction by Richard Perry, with dossiers from Michael Augustín, Renato Matoso, Xin [...]