May 12, 2008
The final conference of the “Year of Antigones” program sponsored by DePaul University will take place on May 15-17, 2008. Click here for Year of Antigones Program.
According to the Year of Antingones website:
“The Year of Antigones is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, and community-wide series of events focused on the figure of Antigone, the tragic heroine of Sophocles’ play of the same name, and the various historical and contemporary appropriations of this figure. These events are organized by the Department of Philosophy at DePaul University, but will take place at various colleges, universities, theaters, performance spaces, and other venues throughout Chicagoland during the 2007-2008 academic year.”
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May 3, 2008
Congratulations to Claudia Baracchi for the publication of her book, Aristotle’s Ethics as First Philosophy, with Cambridge University Press.
The publisher’s description of the book reads as follows:
In Aristotle’s Ethics as First Philosophy, Claudia Baracchi demonstrates the indissoluble links between practical and theoretical wisdom in Aristotle’s thinking. Referring to a broad range of texts from the Aristotelian corpus, Baracchi shows how the theoretical is always informed by a set of practices, and, specifically, how one’s encounter with phenomena, the world, or nature in the broadest sense, is always a matter of ethos.
Claudia was the 2008 host of the Annual Independent meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society at the New School in New York. She is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at the New School.
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April 20, 2008
Congratulations to Marina McCoy on the publication of her book, Plato on the Rhetoric of Philosophers and Sophists, with Cambridge University Press.
From the catalogue entry on the Cambridge site, the description reads: n this book, Marina McCoy explores Plato’s treatment of the rhetoric of philosophers and sophists through a thematic treatment of six different Platonic dialogues, including Apology, Protagoras, Gorgias, Republic, Sophist, and Phaedrus. She argues that Plato presents the philosophers and the sophists as difficult to distinguish insofar as both use rhetoric as part of their arguments. Plato does not present philosophy as rhetoric-free but rather shows that rhetoric is an integral part of the practice of philosophy. However, the philosopher and the sophist are distinguished by the philosopher’s love of the forms as the ultimate objects of desire. It is this love of the forms that informs the philosopher’s rhetoric, which he uses to lead his partner to better understand his deepest desires. McCoy’s work is of interest to philosophers, classicists, and communications specialists alike in its careful yet comprehensive treatment of philosophy, sophistry, and rhetoric as portrayed through the drama of the dialogues.
Marina McCoy is assistant professor of philosophy at Boston College. A former National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, she has published articles in several journals, including Ancient Philosophy and Philosophy and Rhetoric.
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April 16, 2008
We have just completed a very successful conference at the New School this year. The program is accessible in .pdf format here. 
The entire Society would like to thank the New School for its generous support and, in particular, Claudia Baracchi, for her excellent planning and tireless work to make this a stimulating, elegant and excellent conference. She also had help from some excellent graduate students, including: David Craig, Daniel Restrepo, Christopher Roberts, Fanny Soderback, Meghan Robison, Naz Su Madenci and Jeffrey Golub.
Here is a picture of some of us at the Banquet on Saturday, April 12th. The photo is courtesy of Kalliopi Nikolopoulou of SUNY Buffalo. Thanks Kalliopi!
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March 7, 2008
If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting of the APS this April at the New School, please note that you have until March 27th, 2008 to register at the $75 rate for individual faculty members ($25 for faculty who are already members of the APS for 2008-09).
After this date, registration will cost will cost individual faculty members $85 (or $35 for 2008-09 APS members) to register for the conference.
Please register here now! It will help us with our planning and save you money too.
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February 24, 2008
Anyone planning to stay at the Wellington Hotel should make their reservations as soon as possible. The Wellington has changed its reservation system and they are overbooked for the period of the conference. They will continue to honor the deal they have with us, but they ask that those intending to stay at the Wellington make their reservations as soon as possible.
For information regarding all the hotels for the conference, see this post.
To register for the conference, click here to go to the Philosophy Documentation Center APS Conference Registration page.
For the program, click here.
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February 14, 2008
The final program has now been set for the 2008 Ancient Philosophy Society meeting in New York, hosted by Claudia Baracchi and the New School for Social Research.
To download and view a copy of the program in pdf format, please click here.
Many thanks to Claudia and Chris Roberts as well as to the entire program committee who did an excellent job putting together a program from so many excellent submissions.
To register for the conference, click here to link to the Philosophy Documentation Center APS conference registration page.
For hotel information, see this post.
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February 8, 2008
This year’s program for the Ancient Philosophy Society’s meeting at the New School in New York is almost final. For those of you trying to make plans, see this post for hotel information, and note that the conference is set to begin on Thursday the 10th at 2pm and it will end on Sunday the 13th after a keynote address by Barbara Cassin scheduled from 11:15am to 1pm.If at all possible, please plan your trip so that you will be able to stay through Sunday at 1pm.Once the program is finalized, it will be posted.
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January 6, 2008
This year the Ancient Philosophy Society received over 100 submissions for its Spring 2008 annual meeting at the New School in New York City. While the Society is very impressed by the overall quality of these submissions, the record number of submissions poses specific problems for a program that can only accept a very limited number of submissions each year.Our aim is to be as inclusive as possible without sacrificing our commitment to scholarly excellence. Historically, the format of the program has been to have plenary sessions exclusively. While we are considering various ways to expand the number of people on the program, we have been hesitant to introduce concurrent sessions because we have long sought to cultivate the spirit of community and conversation that plenary sessions generate.Final decisions about the program are in the process of being made. However, before the program is set, we want to thank all of you who have submitted papers for your interest in the Ancient Philosophy Society. For those of you who are not accepted onto the program this year, please do not be discouraged as decisions were made with an eye to ensuring a rich diversity of approach and content.
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December 17, 2007
The hotel information for the Spring 2008 Ancient Philosophy Society conference (register here) at the New School in New York is now available. Blocks of rooms are reserved at three hotels, each with different rates and locations. Members are responsible for making their own reservations (please mention New School/Ancient Philosophy Society rate). Please reserve rooms a far ahead of time as possible as the NYC hotel rates fluctuate and are particularly high in the spring.
| Wellington Hotel |
Rates do not include Taxes |
- 871 Seventh Avenue at 55th St.New York, NY 10019
- Phone: (212) 247-3900, ext. 7750
- Toll Free: (800) 652-1212, ext. 7750
- Fax: (212) 581-1350E-mail: sales@wellingtonhotel.com
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- $200 (Double bed, up to two people)
- $220 (2 Beds, up to two people)
- $220 (Queen bed, up to two people)
- $270 (2 Double beds, 4 people max.)
- $290 (1BR Suite, 4 people max.)
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The reservation cut off date is March 9, 2008. After the cut off date, reservations will be accepted based on availability.
| Washington Square Hotel |
Rates do not include Taxes |
- 103 Waverly Place New York, New York 10011-9194
- Phone: (212) 777-9515
- Toll Free: (800) 222-0418
- Fax: (212 ) 979-8373
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To reserve, participants will have to mention Group No. 061704-2086 (or New School/Ancient Philosophy Society rate). The reservation cut off date is: Feb 13, 2008.
| Regency Inn and Suites |
Rates do not include Taxes |
- 215 West 34th St. New York, NY 10001
- Phone: (212) 947-5050
- Fax: (212) 268-4829
- Reserve: (212) 594-4732
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- $169 (1 bed, up to two people)
- $189 (2 Beds, up to four people)
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The reservation cut off date is March 9, 2008.In addition to these contracts, other hotels that are decent and affordable in the area of the New School include:
- Hotel Grand Union
- Chelsea Savoy
- Wolcott
- Larchmont
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