Ancient Philosophy Society

News and Announcements

• 2024 Annual Meeting Program
• Conference Registration and Travel Information

  The Registration Link is now live for the 2024 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society in Toronto. Here is some useful travel information for the event: Transportation from Toronto Airports to Hotel: -There are two airports servicing the Toronto area:  Pearson International Airport (which is about a half hour’s car ride from downtown Toronto), and Billy Bishop Airport (which is within the city limits). -To get to the Chelsea Hotel from Pearson Airport, you can . . . Read More

• Teaching Plato in Italian Renaissance Universities

  During the Renaissance, the Arts curriculum in universities was based almost exclusively on the teaching of Aristotle. With the revival of Plato, however, professors of philosophy started to deviate from the official syllabus and teach Plato’s dialogues. This collection of essays offers the first comprehensive overview of Platonic teaching in Italian Renaissance universities, from the establishment of a Platonic professorship at the university of Florence-Pisa in the late 15th century to the introduction of Platonic . . . Read More

• Foreign Influences: The Circulation of Knowledge in Antiquity

  The essays collected in this volume focus on the Ancient Greeks’ perception of foreigners and of foreign lands as potential sources of knowledge. They aim at exploring the hypothesis that the most adventurous intellectuals saw foreign lands and foreigners as repositories of knowledge that the Greeks σοφοί had to engage with, in the hope of bringing back home valuables in the form of new ideas. It is a common place to state that the “Greeks” . . . Read More

• The Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy

  Edited by Sara Brill, Catherine McKeen, The Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy is an essential reference source for cutting-edge scholarship on women, gender, and philosophy in Greek antiquity. The volume features original research that crosses disciplines, offering readers an accessible guide to new methods, new sources, and new questions in the study of ancient Greek philosophy and its multiple afterlives. Comprising 40 chapters from a diverse international group of experts, the Handbook considers questions about women and gender . . . Read More

• Join APS and International Plato Society Virtual Conference