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Ancient Philosophy Society Conference

Ancient Philosophy Society

22nd Annual Conference

April 19-23, 2023

The Gonzaga University Philosophy department is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 22nd annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society. This year's conference plans to highlight the theme of the Erotic within Greek and Roman philosophical and literary works alongside fostering methodologies, perspectives and research that promotes diversity from within the disciplines of Classics, Philosophy and the study of antiquity.

A full list of events can be found in the conference program.

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Philosophy class brings Plato to the stage

A new course at Gonzaga University offers students the opportunity to explore philosophy through the art of theater. Co-taught by theater and dance professor Charles M. Pepiton and philosophy professor Danielle Layne, Transforming the Erotic is devoted to creating a student-written, produced and performed adaptation of Plato’s Symposium.
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The cover of the book "Song of Achilles", the cover of the book "Circe" and a portrait of the author, Madeline Miller

Welcome Madeline Miller

Alongside amazing scholars like Jill Gordon, Sara Ahbel-Rappe and Harold Tarrant, best-selling novelist Madeline Miller, author of Circe and Song of Achilles, joins our cohort of keynote speakers.

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A Feminist Reading of Aristotelian Hylomorphism

A critical commentary on Adriel M. Trott's Aristotle on the Matter of Form: A Feminist Metaphysics of Generation.

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2023 Keynote Speakers

Scholars Jill Gordon, Sara Ahbel-Rappe and Harold Tarrant will be sharing their expertise at the 2023 Conference.

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