List of past colloquia

1. Nicholas Smith, Lewis and Clark College, Wed. May 6, 2020.
“Socrates on Why the Belief that Death Is a Bad Thing Is So Ubiquitous and Intractable.”   (Co-author, Irina Deretic, University of Belgrade.) 

2. Michael Erler, Prof. emeritus, University of Würzburg, Wed. May 20, 2020.
“Socrates’ ‚true rhetoric’ as pedagogical tool and instrument of ‚true politics’.” 

3. MM MCabe, Prof. emerita King’s College London, Wed. June 3, 2020.
“Taking time to talk, Plato’s Euthydemus on the metaphysics of conversation.”

4. Christopher Moore, Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy and Classics, Penn State, Wed. June 17, 2020.
“The Fundamental Virtue: Xenophon on Socrates and Sophrosune”

5. Gabriel Danzig, Assoc. Prof. of Classical Studies and Philosophy, Bar Ilan Univ, Wed. July 1,  2020.
“Poor Aristodemos: Friendship and Philosophy in the Prologue of Plato’s Symposium”

6. Louis-André Dorion, Professor of Philosophy, University of Montréal, Wed. July 15,  2020.
“Est-ce que le Hiéron est un dialogue socratique?”

7. Sara Ahbel-Rappe, Prof. of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan, Wed. July 29,  2020.
“Socrates and Shantideva”

8. Noburu Notomi, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tokyo, Wed. September 2,  2020.
“Socrates among the sophists: reconsidering his position in the fifth century BC.”

9. Paul Woodruff ,  Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas,  Tue. Sept. 15, 2020.
“In Socrates’ Footsteps: A Better Model for Virtue Ethics.”

10. Yehuda Halper, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Jewish Philosophy,
Bar Ilan University, Wed. Sept. 30, 2020.
“Was Socrates a Wise, Ascetic Monotheist or a Vocal Skeptic? The Two Socrateses of Medieval Jewish Doxography”

11. Marcelo Boeri, Professor of Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University (Chile) Wed. Oct.14, 2020.
“Sócrates: conocimiento, ignorancia y autoengaño”

12. Rachel Barney, Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Toronto, Wed. Oct. 28th, 2020.
“The Origins of the Socratic Elenchus”

13. Daniel Graham, Professor emeritus of Philosophy, Brigham Young University, Wed. Nov. 11th, 2020.
“The First Ethical Man: Reflections on the Life of Socrates and Why It Should Matter to Philosophers.”

14. Sandra Peterson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Wed. Dec. 9th, 2020.
“Xenophon’s Socrates on Just and Lawful in Memorabilia IV. 4   

15. Voula Tsouna, Professor and Chair, Philosophy, UCSB, Wed. Jan. 6. 2021.
“The Argument from Benefit in the Charmides

16.André Laks, Professor of Ancient Philosophy,  University of Paris-Sorbonne (emeritus)/Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City. Wed. Jan. 20.2021.
“Socrates in Plato’s Laws”

17. Alessandro Stavru,   Researcher in Ancient Philosophy, University of Verona,  Wed. Feb. 3.2021.
“Socrates’s divine gift: Gods, providence, and daimonion”

18. Dorothea Frede, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hamburg (emerita), Wed. Feb. 17. 2021.
“The many-faceted Socrates in Plato”

19. Francesca Alesse, Senior Researcher, Istituto per il
Lessico Intellettuale Europeo e Storia delle Idee, National Research Council, Rome.Wed. Mar. 17. 2021.
“Socrates’ double notion of nomos in Plato’s Crito”

20. Sarah Broadie, Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, and Barbara Sattler, Professor of Philosophy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Wed. March 31. 2021.
“Socrates the bully? Rudeness and cooperation in the Protagoras”

21.Tazuko van Berkel, Assistant Professor, Classics, Leiden University, Wed. April 28. 2021.
“Socratic economic theory”

22.  David Johnson, Associate Professor of Classics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Wed. May 12. 2021.
“Socratic Courage”

23. Claudia Mársico, Professor of Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Wed. May 26. 2021.
“Dying for pleasure. The Cyrenaic Socrates in the face of the trial”

24. Steven White,  Professor of Classics, University of Texas-Austin,  Afterlives of an Eminent Philosopher, Wed. June 9. 2021.
“Socrates in Diogenes Laertius.”

25. David Konstan, Professor of Classics, New York University, Wed. July 7. 2021.
“Xenophon’s Subversive Socrates: A Reading of Memorabilia 4.1-4.”

26. Catherine Zuckert, Professor of Political Science Emerita, University of Notre Dame, Wed. Sep. 1. 2021.
“Socrates’ Search for Self-Knowledge.”

27. Ineke Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Leiden, Wed. September 15, 2021.
“Anchoring the Radical New: the Case of Socrates”

28. Michele Corradi, Associate Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Università di Pisa, Wed. September 29th, 2021.
“ ‘I like you far the best’: Socrates, Heir of Protagoras?”

 29. Brad Inwood, Professor of Philosophy and of Classics, Yale University, Wed. October 13th, 2021.
“Doing the Right Thing”

30. Agnes Callard, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago,Wed. October 27th, 2021.
“Socrates on Sincerely Asserting What You Don’t Believe”

31. Julia Annas, Professor of Philosophy Emerita, University of Arizona,Wed. Nov. 10th, 2021.
“Socratic Intellectualism”

32. Ursula Wolf, Professor of Philosophy, University of Mannheim, Wed. Nov. 24th, 2021
“Is the Socratic question the subject or the motive of philosophical reflection?”

33. Christof Rapp, Professor of Philosophy, University of Munich, Wednesday, Dec. 8. 2021
“Unpacking Socrates’ Core Intuition in the ‘Gorgias’”

34. Joshua Billings, Professor of Classics, Princeton University, Wednesday, Jan. 12. 2022
“Natural (a)theology: atheism, providence, and the evidence of the senses”

35. Claudia Mársico, Professor of Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Wednesday, Feb. 9. 2022
“Socrates’ chorus. On the historiographical Construction of the Socratic Circle”

36. Kathryn Morgan, Professor of Classics, UCLA, Wednesday, Mar. 9. 2022
“Socrates’ comic atopia in the Phaedo and the Gorgias

37. Olivier Renaut, Professor of Philosophy, University of Paris-Nanterre. Wednesday, Mar 23. 2022.
“Socrates’ sense of shame in Plato’s Dialogues”

38. Ravi Sharma, Associate Professor, Philosophy, Clark University. Wednesday, Apr 6. 2022.
“False Speaking in Hippias Minor

39. Chloe Balla, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Crete. Wednesday, Apr 20.2022
“Socrates the Storyteller: On Socrates’ Representation of Socrates in the Phaedo

40. Glenn Most, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (ret.), Visiting Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago. Wednesday, May 4. 2022
“Shame and Rationality in Plato’s Gorgias”

41. Francesca Pentassuglio, Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Cologne University. Wednesday, Sep 7, 2022
“Socrates on Erōs and Virtue: A Comparative Reappraisal”

42. Carolina Araújo, Professor of Philosophy, Federal University of Rio de Janiero. Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022
“Antisthenes within the Socratic Querelle des Femmes”

43. Harvey Yunis, Professor of Humanities and Classics, Rice University.  Wednesday, Nov 2, 2022
“Character, Constitutions, and Epideictic Rhetoric in Thucydides and Plato”

44. Dimitri el Murr, Professor of Philosophy, Ecole Normale Supérieure. Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022
“Aristotle on the Socratic dialogue”