2009–2010 Schedule
nicholashoulahan on Sep 08 2009
All meetings, unless otherwise noted, take place in Classics 21, from 4:30–6:00. Please note the change in room location.
For papers that are not distributed in advance, the workshop typically consists of a 45-minute presentation, followed by a 45-minute question-and-answer session. For precirculated papers, the presentation is abbreviated in order to leave more time for discussion.
Fall Quarter, 2009
9/30 Introduction; Plato’s Sophist: beginning to 217a2
10/7 Sophist 217a3-218b5
10/9 Stephen Menn (McGill University) will present a paper entitled “Plato and Paradox” from 3.00-4.30PM in Harper 130 as part of the University’s celebration of its 500th convocation.
10/14 Sophist 218b6-219d4
10/21 Thomas Keith (University of Chicago, Classics) will present a paper entitled “Defining the ‘Philosopher in Politics’ in Roman Greece: The Lycurgan Test-Case”. To become more familiar with the material he will be covering, Thomas suggests that people read the following passages:
- Musonius Rufus: XI, XX, XXIX (Hense)
- Dio Chrysostom (Loeb edition), Orations XXII, XXV, XLIX, and LXXX
- And if you have the time, Plutarch, Lives of Lycurgus and Numa
10/28 Sophist 219d5-221c5
11/4 Sophist 221c6-223b6
11/11 Sophist 222c3-223b7
11/18 Sophist 223c1-224e5
11/25 no meeting due to Thanksgiving Holiday
12/2 Elizabeth Shurcliff (University of Chicago, Philosophy) will present a paper on Plato entitled “Argument as Incantation.” Elizabeth asks that participants try to read the paper beforehand. Please download the paper here.
Winter Quarter, 2010
1/6 (TBA)
1/13 (TBA)
1/20 (TBA)
1/27 (TBA)
2/3 (TBA)
2/10 (TBA)
2/17 Paul Woodruff (University of Texas at Austin), in co-sponsorship with the Rhetoric and Poetics Workshop will present a paper entitled “The Ajax Dilemma.”
2/24 (TBA)
3/3 (TBA)
3/10 (TBA)
Spring Quarter, 2010
3/31 (TBA)
4/7 (TBA)
4/14 Brad Inwood (University of Toronto)
4/21 (TBA)
4/28 (TBA)
5/5 (TBA)
5/12 (TBA)
5/19 (TBA)
5/26 (TBA)
6/2 (TBA)