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Ancient Philosophy Society Call For PapersABOUT Honoring the richness of Anglophone and European philosophical traditions, the Ancient Philosophy Society encourages submissions from a variety of interpretive perspectives. Phenomenological, postmodern, Anglo-American, Straussian, Tübingen School, hermeneutic, comparative, reception studies, philological, psychoanalytic, queer, decolonial, feminist, philosophy of race, and other interpretations of ancient Greek and Roman philosophical and literary works are welcome. The 2027 conference is thematically open. We invite submissions in any area of Greek and Roman thought, including submissions on less . . . Read More
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Heidegger and German Platonism: The Shadows of MarburgHeidegger criticized Plato, alleging that all metaphysics is Platonism and that metaphysics is a misunderstanding and falsification of the question of Being. Is it possible to defend Platonism against this Heideggerian accusation? Three thinkers among Heidegger’s first generation of students answered this question affirmatively, and appropriated Platonic philosophy in order to respond to Heidegger’s critique and to criticize his thought more broadly. Antoine Pageau-St-Hilaire examines the Platonic critiques of Heidegger found in the works of . . . Read More
- Call for Applicants – Center of Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) 2026 Ancient Philosophy Summer Program
Call for Applications Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC)2026 Ancient Philosophy Summer Program May 31- June 6, 2026 University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota Overview The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) seeks applications for participants in its 4th annual Summer Program (1st ancient summer program), now funded by a $500,000 grant. Participants will take part in a week-long collaborative workshop, in which they learn about figures in an expanded canon of ancient philosophy and . . . Read More
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Ancient Philosophy Society at NYU Program
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Breaking Light: Toward a Poetics of Opacity in Early Greek ThinkingIn Breaking Light: Toward a Poetics of Opacity in Early Greek Thinking (May 2026 on SUNY Press’s series in Ancient Philosophy), D. M. Spitzer develops interpretive channels and linkages joining the Milesian thinkers Thales, Anaximandros, Anaximenes and the 20th century Martinican philosopher and poet Édouard Glissant. Engaging a wide range of texts from the archaic Mediterranean and beyond–including Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, India–alongside modern and contemporary sources, the book opens a way toward dynamic, diverse, and ecologically-oriented perspectives . . . Read More
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Ancient Philosophy Society 2026 Registration and Hotel InformationDear friends of the Ancient Philosophy Society, Registration for our 2026 meeting at New York University is now open. Note that APS membership is required to register for the meeting. We strongly encourage you to register for the APS banquet on the night of Saturday April 18th as well. Historically, the banquet has been a great chance to get to know other participants, and we hope to continue that tradition this year. You can pay membership dues and register for the meeting . . . Read More
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Hunting for JusticeThe Cosmology of Dike in Aeschylus’s Oresteia By Kalliopi Nikolopoulou Subjects: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Classics, Comparative Literature, Drama, Religion, ViolenceSeries: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Hardcover : 9798855801286, 264 pages, March 2025Paperback : 9798855801279, 264 pages, September 2025 A purely political understanding of justice does not convey the cosmological origins of the ancient conception of justice, Dikē, in Aeschylus’s Oresteia. Drawing from Walter Burkert’s anthropology of the hunt in Homo Necans, which articulates an ancient cosmology and implies a theory of (tragic) seriousness that parallels Aristotle’s . . . Read More
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Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy Updated DeadlineThe deadline to submit a chapter to the upcoming volume “Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy” has been extended from January 15th to February 1st. Please consider submitting a potential chapter.