Gargnano International Conference

 

Grasping the Philosopher in Plato’s Academy

30-31 May-1 June 2019

Università degli Studi di Milano

Palazzo Feltrinelli, Gargnano (Lago di Garda)

Organized by Filippo Forcignanò (Università degli Studi di Milano), Phillip Horky (Durham University), Federico Petrucci (Università degli Studi di Torino).

Program

May 30, 2019

14:30 - Opening

14:45-16:15 - Beatriz Bossi (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Listening to the Philosopher’s Silence

16:15-16:45 - Coffee Break

16:45-18:15 - Francesco Aronadio (Roma Tor Vergata)
Fare filosofia e praticare una tecnica: spunti di riflessione dal Politico di Platone

20:00 - Dinner

May 31, 2019 – Morning

9:30-11:00 - Dimitri El Murr (École Normale Supérieure – Université PSL)
The Skills of the Philosopher in Plato’s Trilogy

11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 - Irmgard Maennlein-Robert (Universität Tübingen)
The Stars and the Soul: On the Philosophy of Afterlife in Late Plato and in the Early Academy

13:00 - Lunch

May 31, 2019 – Afternoon

15:00-16:30 - Myrthe Bartels (Durham University)
Groping for the Philosopher in Plato’s Laws

16:30-17:00 - Coffee Break

17:00-18:30 - Bruno Centrone (Università di Pisa)
The Unity of the Virtues in Plato’s Laws

20:00 - Dinner

June 1, 2019

9:00-10.30 - Carlo Cacciatori (Durham University)
The Ethical Aspect of Plato’s Sophist

10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 - Christopher Moore (Penn State)
The First philosophoi according to Heraclides the Academic

 

Discussants (provisional)

Mariapaola Bergomi (Milano), Giulia Bernardini (Milano), Andrea Capra (Durham), Elisabetta Cattanei (Genova), Giulia De Cesaris (Durham), Erminia Di Iulio (Tor Vergata), Flavia Farina (Roma Tre), Filippo Forcignanò (Milano), Silvia Gastaldi (Pavia), Giovanna Giardina (Catania), Lorenzo Giovannetti (Tor Vergata), Roberto Granieri (Toronto), Phillip Horky (Durham), Emily Katz (Michigan State), Angela Longo (L’Aquila), Emanuele Maffi (Bergamo), Stefano Martinelli Tempesta (Milano), Beatrice Michetti (Pavia), Anna Motta (Berlin), Flavia Palmieri (Sapienza), Sara Pavan (Milano), Federico Petrucci (Torino), Cristina Rossitto (Padova), Franco Trabattoni (Milano).