Philosophy in Assos

July 3-6, 2023

Stoicism
In memory of Cleanthes of Assos

July 3, Monday
17:30 Meeting in the temple of Athena; tour of the ancient city of Assos; opening speech of Örsan K. Öymen in the ancient theater; wine near the ancient city walls.
21:00 Dinner at the harbour (Nazlıhan Hotel Restaurant)

July 4, Tuesday
14:00 Vanessa de Harven (University of Massachusetts in Amherst): “Existence, Subsistence and Obtaining in Stoic Metaphysics”
15:30 Eric Brown (Washington University in St. Louis): “Stoics on Uncertainty.”
17:00 Tamer Nawar (ICREA-University of Barcelona): “Stoic Logic and Paradox”
18:30 Enrico Piergiacomi (Technion/Israel Institute of Technology): “Manilius and Stoic Science/Medicine”

July 5, Wednesday
14:00 Simon Shogry (University of Oxford): “Chrysippus on Harming and Making Worse”
15:30 Jacob Klein (Colgate University): “The Stoic Theory of Motivation.”
17:00 Margaret Graver (Dartmouth College): “Honor and Glory in Hellenistic Stoicism”
18:30 Panos Eliopoulos (University of Ioannina): “Society and the State in Seneca’s Stoic Philosophy”

July 6, Thursday
15:00 Visit to the museum and ancient city of Troy
21:00 Farewell dinner (Assos Terrace Otel Restaurant)

PS: All talks and presentations will be held at the Assos Terrace Otel (0-286-7640285). All talks and presentations will be in English. There will be no Turkish translation.


About the speakers:

Margaret Graver: Darmouth College, Department of Classics (Professor /Chairperson). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek, Helenistic and Roman philosophy, the philosophy of mind and emotions; Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Seneca, Cicero. She is the author of the books “Stoicism and Emotion”, “Seneca: Letters on Ethics”, “Cicero on the Emotions: Tusculan Disputations 3 & 4”, “Seneca: Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic” (with A. A. Long) and “Seneca: The Literary Philosopher” (forthcoming) and the author of numerous articles in her area.

Vanessa de Harven: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind; Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism. She is the author of numerous articles in her area.

Eric Brown: Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, ethics; Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Stoicism. He is the author of numerous articles in his area.

Jacob Klein: Colgate University, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism; ethics, moral psychology. He is the author of numerous articles in his area.

Simon Shogry: Oxford University, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Stoicism. He is the author of numerous articles in his area.

Panos Eliopoulos: University of Ioannina, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy; Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Lucretius, Seneca, Stoicism. He is the author of numerous articles in his area.

Tamer Nawar: University of Barcelona, Department of Philosophy (Associate Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ancient Greek philosophy, Medieval philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, logic. He is the author of various articles in his area.

Enrico Piergiacomi: Technion/Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities & the Arts (Assistant Professor). Areas of interest and research: Ethics, history of ancient and modern philosophy, theology. He is the author of various articles in his area.