Registration can be completed here.

Feminism & Classics VIII will take place May 21–24, 2020, in Winston-Salem, hosted by the Department of Classics and the Department of Philosophy of Wake Forest University. (A CFP will come later; abstracts for proposed papers and panels will be due around September 2019.)

The co-organizers, Professor Emily Austin and Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad, intend to form a Program Committee not of Wake Forest faculty but of scholars from a diversity of regions, institutions, disciplines, backgrounds, career stages, and theoretical approaches — and we would like YOU to take part!

The Program Committee will have the following responsibilities, in collaboration of course with the co-organizers:
* determine the conference theme, or decide not to have one (FemClas VII was “VISIONS”)
* draft the CFP
* evaluate, accept, and reject abstracts
* assemble sessions and the program more generally
* advise the co-organizers on keynote speakers, breakout sessions, * programming beyond the standard conference-paper format, and so forth

If you are interested in being a member of the FemClas ProgComm, apply by emailing THM at thmgg@wfu.edu<mailto:thmgg@wfu.edu> no later than February 1, 2019, with the following:

* an informal statement of interest (a paragraph or so)
* a current c.v.
* how you’d like your name and affiliation listed
* the best way(s) to contact you

We will acknowledge receipt of applications, and will get back to all applicants by February 15. Please pass the word on to anybody you know of who might be interested!

In response to the incidents of overt racism at the 2019 Society for Classical Studies meeting, reported in Inside Higher Ed and in Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta’s trenchant response, the Ancient Philosophy Society affirms and deepens its commitment, articulated in its statement on diversity, to creating a welcoming and supportive environment for scholars of color, and to fostering critical approaches to the study of Greek and Roman antiquity from a multiplicity of perspectives. We invite all our members and visitors to read Professor Padilla Peralta’s response, and to evaluate and work to transform in its light disciplinary practices at our home institutions (including in hiring, admissions, mentoring, and judgments about what constitutes serious and mainstream versus marginal scholarship), in our editorial and publishing activities, as well as at our scholarly meetings. 

APS statement on diversity: The APS values diversity in its membership as well as in its scholarly perspectives. We particularly invite submissions from members of groups underrepresented in philosophy, including women, people of color, LGBTQI individuals, and people with disabilities. The APS conference is wheelchair accessible.

For anyone attending the A.P.S. session at S.P.E.P. this year, S.P.E.P. is being held at Pennsylvania State during Parent’s Weekend. For this reason space in the area will be at a premium. You are strongly encouraged to make your reservations and accommodation arrangements as soon as possible.

Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2018—Aristotle on Phusis, Psuchê, and Anthrôpos
July 9-27th, Città di Castello, Italy
Directed by Sean D. Kirkland, DePaul University

The topic of the 2018 Collegium Phaenomenologicum will be the Thought of Aristotle. The Collegium will convene once again in Città di Castello, in Umbria, Italy, from July 9-27th.  And this year participants will attend courses, hear lectures, and participate in text seminars on various texts in the Aristotelian corpus addressing the themes of phusis, psuchê, and anthrôpos. They will watch as the human being emerges in relation to (as an extension of or even perhaps in a certain opposition to) the way of being of natural beings in general. There will be a “Zôê-Drawing” course for participants with artist-in-residence Matthew Girson and weekend trips to Orvieto and Ravenna.

Please see the poster and visit the website (www.collegiumphaenomenologicum.org) for information on how to apply.

Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2018 Poster

The Ancient Philosophy Society will have an upcoming session at the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) hosted by the University of Memphis at the Sheraton Memphis, Downtown Memphis, TN, on Thursday October 19, 2017. Please do share with your colleagues and students, graduate and undergraduate. Please see below for details or go to: http://www.spep.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Program2017.pdf

Our invited speakers are Gabriel Richardson Lear,  author of Happy Lives and the Highest Good: An Essay on Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics”, and Dmitri Nikulin, recently the author of The Concept of History,  Memory: A History, and co-editor of Philosophy and Political Power in Antiquity .

SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY (SPEP)
Sheraton Memphis
Downtown Memphis, TN

ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY (APS)

St. Louis
Thursday October 19, 2017
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Moderators:
Ryan Drake, Fairfield University
Emanuela Bianchi, New York University

“Thauma: Philosophical Passion in Plato’s Symposium” Gabriel Richardson Lear, University of Chicago

“Democracy and the Politics of Comedy” Dmitri Nikulin, New School for Social Research

Ancient Philosophy Society member Adriel Trott is on the program committee for the 2018 meeting of the Central APA in Chicago and would like to encourage members of this society to submit their work. There will also be a panel with APS members Sean Kirkland (DePaul), Jeremy Bell (Georgia Southern) and Gina Zavota (Kent State) on Continental Engagements with Ancient Philosophy. Papers can be submitted at: http://www.apaonline.org/?papersubmission

The program for the 2017 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society at Baylor University in Waco Texas is now available.
APS Final Schedule

The Ancient Philosophy Society is fast approaching.  We are very much looking forward to the conference.  Here is some basic travel information.

1. The conference hotel is the Waco Hilton.  Most sessions will be held at the Hilton.  Two evening sessions are on the Baylor Campus.  Transportation will be provided to those events from the Hilton.

Here is the link to the hotel.  You will need to make your reservations by April 5 to receive the conference rate.

There is a shuttle service from the airport to the Hilton and from the Hilton to the Airport.  You can call this number to arrange pick up upon your arrival.   1-254-754-8484.

Uber is also available in Waco.   Once you are in Waco, you will not need a car unless you plan on doing some sightseeing to surrounding areas.

2. The Waco Hilton is in the heart of downtown Waco.  There are many restaurants and bars within walking distance. If you are a Fixer Upper fan, you’ll be happy to know that the famous Silos are also near by.   The award winning Balcones Distillery is also very close to the Hilton.  Also plan to take advantage of the lovely Cameron Park on the banks of the Brazos River, which has numerous hike and bike, trails throughout.

Here is a link to a variety of venues in the downtown area.

http://wacoheartoftexas.com/things-to-do/downtown-waco-cultural-district/

I am working on a more thorough list of  options that I think will suit  the APS.

3. The first session will start Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 9:00 AM and the conference will end after the Banquet on Saturday April 29, 2017. I suggest arriving Wednesday afternoon or evening. The conference rate is available that night as well.

4. There is an airport   in Waco. American services it. The code is ACT. Particularly if you are flying on another airline besides American, it may be cheaper to fly into Dallas (DFW) or Austin (AUS). Both are about two hours from Waco. However, you will need to rent a car if flying into either Dallas or Austin.

If you are interested in  trying to share a rental car from either Dallas or  Austin,  please  contact Jared_Brandt@baylor.edu.  He will try to put people in contact with each other.

5. April and early May is a lovely time to visit Texas and if your schedule allows, you might want to spend a couple of extra days looking at the wildflowers and exploring the surrounding areas. I will be gathering together some information about other destinations in the Central Texas Area.

6. You will need to join APS for the year and register for the conference and the banquet if you would like to attend the banquet.  The registration for the event is at https://www.pdcnet.org/wp/services/2017-aps/

7. Please feel free to contact me at Anne_Marie_Schultz@baylor.eduwith any questions.

Best, Anne-Marie
Professor of Philosophy
Director, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
Local Arrangements Chair, APS