Democracy and Its Rivals: Plato’s Statesman and Laws
Bergen Ancient Philosophy Symposium 2018 (University of Bergen, 24-25 May)
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DAY 1
0930-1130 KEYNOTE: Plato on the Nature of Rule
Melissa Lane (Princeton University)
1130-1230 The Tyranny and Tragedy of Language: Poetics and Politics in Plato
Olof Pettersson (Uppsala University)
1230-1345 lunch
1345-1445 The Art of Statesmanship as Weaving in Plato’s Statesman
Kristin Sampson (University of Bergen)
1445-1530 The Politics of Law
Oda Tvedt (Uppsala University)
1530-1545 coffee & tea
1545-1630 Sign of the Times: Bureaucracy as the Fate of Democracy in the Statesman
Charlotta Weigelt (Södertörn University)
1630-1700 Power and decision-making
Hallvard Fossheim (University of Bergen)
1900 Conference dinner
DAY 2
1000-1130 KEYNOTE: Polis and Cosmos in Plato's Political Thought
Ryan Balot (University of Toronto)
1130-1230 ‘An origin for political culture’: Laws III as Political Thought and Intellectual History
Carol Atack (University of Oxford)
1230-1345 lunch
1345-1445 Tyranny in the Statesman and Laws
Franco Trivigno (University of Oslo)
1445-1515 Variations of Social Psychology in Plato’s Political Thinking
Knut Ågotnes (University of Bergen)
1515-1545 Division of Forms and Questions of Honour in Plato’s Statesman
Kristian Larsen (University of Bergen)
1545-1600 coffee & tea
1600-1615 Thinking ahead (plenary discussion)
The symposium is free of charge. Advance registration is compulsory for those wishing to attend. Please register with Kirsten.Bang@uib.no before May 15th.
Venue: room 208, Dept. of Philosophy, Sydnesplassen 12-13, Bergen