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| 2003 Conference Program |
| Friday, April 11th, 2003 |
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12:00-12:15 |
Welcome
Dean W. Miller Brown, Dean of the Faculty, Trinity College |
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1:30-4:50 |
Panel: Struggling with the Presocratics
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Gary Scott, Loyola University |
Speaker: |
Rita Alfonso, Stony Brook University: "Kreon
and Ananke: The Doubling of Necessity in Presocratic Studies
of Nature " |
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Discussant: Cory Wimberly, Pennsylvania
State University |
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James Barrett, Colby College: "Struggling
With Parmenides" |
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Discussant: Karen Gover, Pennsylvania
State University |
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3:00-5:15 |
Panel: Philosophy, History,
Tragedy
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Adrian Switzer, Loyola University of Chicago |
Speaker: |
Will McNeill, DePaul University: "Theoria
and Tragedy: A Reading of Aristotle’s Poetics" |
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Discussant: P. Christopher Smith,
University of Massachusetts, Lowell |
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Elizabeth Hoppe, Lewis University: "Plato's
Believe it or Not " |
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Discussant: Jacob Howland, University
of Tulsa |
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5:30-6:45 |
Keynote Address |
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| Chair: |
Walter Brogan, Villanova University |
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Klaus Held, Berische Universität Wuppertal, "Wonder,
Time and Idea: On the Greek Beginning of Philosophy " |
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6:45-8:00 |
Reception: Faculty
Club, Hamlin Hall |
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| Saturday, April 12th, 2003 |
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9:00-12:15 |
Panel: Who is Socrates?/Who
is Plato?
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David Wolfsdorf, Boston University |
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Jena Jolissaint, University of Oregon: "A
Life of Leisure and the Death of a Fool: Socrates and
Philosophy"
Discussant: Martha Beck, Lyon College |
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Corrine Painter, Seattle University: "In Defense
of Socrates: The Stranger’s Role in the Sophist"
Discussant: James Wood, Boston University |
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Michael Nass, Depaul University: "Interpretation
and Translation in the Dialogues"
Discussant:
Mitchell Miller, Vassar College |
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12:15-1:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30-3:45 |
Panel: Plato and Platonism
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Erik Vogt, Trinity College |
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Michael Shaw, Villanova University: "To
Drink From the Cup of Wisdom: Plato’s Use of Orego
in the Phaedo"
Discussant: Lawrence Hatab, Old
Dominion University |
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Keith Whitaker, Boston College: "Simplicity and
Eros in Plutarch’s Antony"
Discussant: Marjolein Oele, Loyola University
of Chicago |
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4:00-6:00 |
Aristotle, Women, and the City
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David Roochnik, Boston University |
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Heidi Northwood, Nazareth College of Rochester: "The
Passive Female Role in Aristotle’s Embryology"
Discussant:Anna Lannstrom, Boston University |
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Thornton Lockwood, Assumption College: "Justice
in Aristotle’s Household and City"
Discussant: Steven Gardner,
University of Tulsa |
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6:15-7:30 |
Keynote Address
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Drew Hyland, Trinity College |
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Stanley Rosen, Boston University: "he
Idea of the Bed: The Problem of Mimesis in Plato’s
Republic" |
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7:45 |
Banquet: Hamlin Hall |
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| Sunday, April 13th, 2003 |
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9:00-11:15 |
Dialectic and Nature in Aristotle
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Todd Ryan, Trinity College |
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Ben Grazzini, New School University: "Nature's
Habits "
Discussant: Martha Woodruff, Middlebury College |
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Michael Bowler, University of Notre Dame: "Dialectic
and First Principles in Aristotle’s Topics"
Discussant:
Gerard Kuperus, DePaul University |
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11:30-12:30 |
Business Meeting |
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12:30-1:40 |
Adjournment |
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