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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.
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Politeia: New Readings in the History of PhilosophyEdited by Anne J. Mamary Edited by Meredith Trexler Drees Subjects: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Aristotle, Plato Series: SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy Hardcover : 9798855803013, 325 pages, July 2025 Paperback : 9798855803006, 325 pages, January 2026 In classical Greece, the word politeia in its largest sense meant the citizens’ engagement with the shared project that is the lived life of their polis, city, civic society. Ancient philosophers, poets, historians, and orators constantly reflected on what this shared project should be and . . . Read More
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Materia Philosophiae: Material Dimensions of Ancient PhilosophyMateria Philosophiae. Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy Series: Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation, Volume: 9 Volume Editors: William Wians and Robert Hahn Ever since Thales fell into the well, popular imagination has pictured philosophers as abstracted from everyday reality. Materia Philosophiae: The Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy counters that view. Philosophy in ancient Greece grew out of and remained closely connected to the material realities around it—difficulties of travel, reliance on cumbersome scrolls, learning acquired . . . Read More
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Ancient Philosophy Society Graduate Student PanelJoin the Ancient Philosophy Society for a virtual panel discussion featuring current and recently graduated doctoral students working in ancient philosophy, moderated by Norah Woodcock.
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Ancient Philosophy Society Call for PapersHonoring 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 theme of the 2026 conference is Hospitality or Xenia, in honor of the 30th anniversary of Jacques Derrida and Anne Dufourmantelle’s . . . Read More
- Parmenides & Translation: Figures of Motion, Figures of Being
How has translation, understood in an expansive sense that includes reception, interpretation, and editing, transformed an orally performed poem from the Greek Archaic period into a foundational text of philosophy? In what ways might translation open new interpretive possibilities? Through activating translation in multiple ways, ranging from translation as thinking, transfictional readings of canonical texts, and a provocative new translation, in Parmenides & Translation: Figures of Motion, Figures of Being D. M. Spitzer explores these . . . Read More