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The Ancient Philosophy Society at SPEP 2016

This year, the Ancient Philosophy Society is proud to be hosting two distinguished speakers at our satellite meeting in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy in Salt Lake City on Thursday, October 20th from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Hilton Salt Lake in the Topaz Room.

David HalperinHalperin
W. H. Auden Distinguished University Professor of the History and Theory of Sexuality
University of Michigan
“Love Against Sex”

Professor Halperin is the author of such books as How to Do the History of Homosexuality

Cinzia Arruzza
ArruzzaAssistant Professor of Philosophy
New School for Social Research
“The Demos and its Son: Tyranny and the Critique of Democracy in Plato’s Republic”

Professor Cinzia Arruzza is the author of many books including a recent translation and commentary on Plotinus. Ennead II 5. On What is Potentially and What Actually

Please join us if you are able, 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Hilton Salt Lake, Topaz Room

Visit the SPEP 2016 Program

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The Ancient Philosophy Society at SPEP 2015

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This year, the Ancient Philosophy Society is proud to be hosting two distinguished speakers at our satellite meeting in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy in Atlanta on Thursday, October 8th from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

Naas The End of the WorldMichael Naas
DePaul University
“Plato, Plotinus, and the Invention of Life”

Naas is author of The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments

Tragically SpeakingKalliopi Nikolopoulou
University at Buffalo
“Reflections on Tragedy for an Un-Tragic Age”

Nikolopoulou is the author of Tragically Speaking

The session will be held in the Atlanta Buckhead Marriot Hotel, Chastain Ballroom B. Please join us if you are able.

To visit the SPEP 2015 Program: http://www.spep.org/category/spep-conference/

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Professors Howland and Brill Speaking at #SPEP14 APS Meeting

We invite you to join the APS at its satellite session in conjunction with the 53rd Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy.

We will gather on Thursday, October 23rd 9:00am-12:00pm in the Intercontinental Hotel, New Orleans, Pelican Room I to hear from two speakers:

Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa “A Shimmering Socrates: Eros and Anxiety in Kierkegaard’s Platonic Authorship”

Sara Brill, Fairfield University “Beyond Zoe and Bios: On the Concept of Shared Life in Aristotle’s Ethics”

The full SPEP Conference Program can be found on the www.spep.org site.

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APS at #SPEP13

Here is a friendly reminder that the APS will be meeting at SPEP in Eugene, OR on Thursday October 24th, from 9am to noon, at the Hilton in Eugene.

Because our ability to continue hosting a satellite program at SPEP every year depends upon the number of people who come to the APS at SPEP session, it is critical that as many of our members and friends of the APS attend the Thursday session.

The Ancient Philosophy Society meeting will be held in the Studio BC (Mezzanine Level).

Our speakers this year will be:

Marina McCoy, Boston College
“Re-imagining the Platonic Imagination”

Sean Kirkland, DePaul University
“Aristotle on Temporality”

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APS at SPEP 2012 in Rochester, NY

Rochester, NY via RocPX on Flickr

Here is a friendly reminder that the APS will be meeting at SPEP in Rochester, NY on Thursday from 9am to noon, November 1st at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester, NY.

Because our ability to continue hosting a satellite program at SPEP every year depends upon the number of people who come to the APS at SPEP session, it is critical that as many of our members and friends of the APS attend the Thursday session.

The Ancient Philosophy Society meeting will be held in the Highland room, Section J.

Our speakers this year will be:

Claudia Baracchi

  • “The Life and the Name: On Plato’s Timaeus”

Silvia Benso

  • “Recovering Socrates’ Love of the World”
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APS at SPEP 2011 in Philadelphia

via CC licence by Scott Baldwin

Here is a friendly reminder that the APS will be meeting at SPEP in Philadelphia on Wednesday from 3pm to 6pm, October 19th at the Sheraton Society Hill.

Because our ability to continue hosting a satellite program at SPEP every year depends upon the number of people who come to the APS at SPEP session, it is critical that as many of our members and friends of the APS attend the Wednesday session.

This year SPEP celebrates its 50th anniversary in Philadelphia and the conference will begin on Wednesday, October 19th rather than on its usual Thursday in order to accommodate an extended program.

Speakers this year will be:

Jill Gordon
Charles Dana Professor of Philosophy at Colby College
“Eros and Nostos in the Phaedo”

Walter Brogan
Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University
“Pathos and Logos: The Place of Virtue and Affect in Aristotle’s Ontology of Human Being”

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APS at SPEP 2011

via CC licence by Scott Baldwin

This year SPEP celebrates its 50th anniversary in Philadelphia.  The conference will begin on Wednesday, October 19th rather than on its usual Thursday in order to accommodate an extended program.

As a result, the Ancient Philosophy Society meeting at SPEP this year will be held from 3pm to 6pm on Wednesday, October 19th at the Sheraton Society Hill.

Speakers this year will be:

Jill Gordon
Charles Dana Professor of Philosophy at Colby College
“Eros and Nostos in the Phaedo”

Walter Brogan
Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University
“Pathos and Logos: The Place of Virtue and Affect in Aristotle’s Ontology of Human Being”

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Gonzalez and Deslauries to Speak at APS@SPEP

We at the Ancient Philosophy Society are very excited to have two excellent speakers joining us the annual SPEP meeting being held this year in Montreal.

Francisco Gonzalez of the University of Ottawa will be presenting “What’s in a Moment? Time for Aristotle (and Heidegger)” and Marguerite Deslauriers of McGill University will be speaking on “Sexual Difference and Divine Being in Plato’s Statesman and Symposium.”

Please join us on Thursday morning, 9am to noon, November 4th, 2010 in Maisonneve D at the Marriott Château Champlain Hotel.

Also, don’t forget, the deadline for the Call for Papers for the 2011 APS Conference at Sundance in April is November 15, 2010.

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Schmidt and Cherubin in APS Panel at SPEP

SPEPJust a reminder to those of you attending SPEP next week, please make a point of attending the Ancient Philosophy Society panel on Thursday morning from 9am-noon.

The panel will be chaired by one of our co-directors, Matty Woodruff, Middlebury College.  The speakers will be:

Dennis Schmidt, The Pennsylvania State University,
“Telling the Truth: Homer, Plato and Heidegger”

Rose Cherubin, George Mason University,
“Parmenides: Another Way”

The panel will be held on:

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9am to noon, in the Georgetown Salon B room at the Marriott Key Bridge Hotel in Arlington, VA.

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2009 APS@SPEP Panel Set

We are happy to announce that the panel for the annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society at the Society for Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy has been set.

We are honored to have two excellent speakers on a panel chaired by one of our co-directors, Matty Woodruff, Middlebury College.

  • Dennis Schmidt, The Pennsylvania State University, “Telling the Truth: Homer, Plato and Heidegger”
  • Rose Cherubin, George Mason University, “Parmenides: Another Way”

The panel will be held on:

  • Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9am to noon, at the Marriott Key Bridge Hotel in Arlington, VA.

We hope as many of you as possible can attend.  We look forward to another excellent session at SPEP this year.