Events

Past Events

2022

NATURAL RESOURCES AND FLOURISHING IN ANCIENT GREECE

April 22-24, 2022 (Hybrid conference)

This conference is dedicated to exploring issues pertaining to natural resources and their relation to individual happiness and successful political organization, as treated in ancient Greek literature, art, history, law, religion and philosophy.

Keynote speaker:

  • Lin Foxhall (ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Liverpool)

 

2021

NON-HUMAN ANIMALS IN ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

May 13-15, 2021 (Online Conference)

Non-human animals figured prominently in ancient Greek agriculture, diet, medicine, visual art, homelife and war practices. They were also portrayed and examined in various poems, plays, dialogues and treatises. This conference aims at examining ancient Greek philosophical and religious views on issues pertaining to the nature and status of non-human animals and the attitudes of human beings towards them.

Keynote speakers:

  • Julia Kindt (ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Sydney)
  • James Lennox (ÅÝܽÊÓÆµapp of Pittsburgh)