Annual Conference

Program Agenda

Day 1: April 25th

Time Agenda
1:00 pm Welcome & Check-In
1:30 pm Opening Remarks
Mor Segev
, 91社区
1:45 pm

Session 1
Chair: Jason Nethercut, 91社区

鈥淒efining Engagements: Approaching Genre in the Theognidea鈥濃€�鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Lawrence Kowerski, Hunter College  
 
鈥淭he use of aphorism in Heraclitus and Epicurus: two opposite models?鈥濃€�&苍产蝉辫;
Ignacio Garc铆a Pe帽a, University of Salamanca鈥�

3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm

Session 2
Chair: Stephen Lasse, 91社区
 
鈥淭ragedy and Horror in Euripides鈥檚 Medea鈥�
Craig Jendza, Denison University, 鈥€�&苍产蝉辫;
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
鈥淭he 鈥楩abula Anilis鈥� for the Dead: Women and Imparted Knowledge of the Underworld鈥� 
Stephen Fodroczi, Cornell University 
 

5:00 pm Break
5:15 pm Keynote Speech:
鈥淧lato and the Carnival of Genre鈥� presented by Kathryn Morgan, UCLA
7:00 pm Reception

Day 2: April 26th

Time Agenda
10:00 am Gathering & Coffee
10:30 am

Session 3
Chair: Lillian King Abadal, 91社区

鈥淪elf-Knowledge in Tragedy, Comedy, Philosophy鈥�鈥�
Andrew Payne, St. Joseph鈥檚 University, 
 
鈥淭he Nature of Beauty Between Sappho and Plato鈥� 
Jonathan Fine, Georgetown University

12:00 Noon Lunch
2:00 pm

Session 4
Chair: Madeline Martin-Seaver, 91社区

鈥淎 Dialogue within a Dialogue: The Many Purposes of Plato鈥檚 Frames鈥濃€� 
Cara Cummings, Morgan State University 
 
鈥淧ersuasion and Justice in the Afterlife Myths of the Phaedo and the Gorgias鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Nicholas Baima, 91社区 Atlantic University 

3:30 pm Break
3:45 pm

Session 5
Chair: Jessica Williams, 91社区

鈥淐omic Sense and Tragic Sensibility in Plato鈥檚 Philebus鈥�鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Kevin Kambo, University of Dallas鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
鈥淢ultivalence and Candor in Plato鈥檚 Menexenus鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Alfredo Watkins, Duke University 

Day 3: April 27th

Time Agenda
10:30 am Gathering & Coffee
11:00 am

Session 6
Chair: Jackson Garcia, 91社区

鈥淭he Four Causes of Tragedy鈥濃€�鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Benjamin Koons, University of St. Thomas 
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
鈥淧robability and Necessity in Aristotle鈥檚 Physics鈥�鈥€�&苍产蝉辫;
Eugene Garver, St. John鈥檚 University/ University of Texas

12:30 pm Lunch
1:15 pm

Session 7
Chair: Clinton Kinkade, 91社区

鈥淕eneric Cognition in Post-Hellenistic Rhetoric: ps.-Demetrius, Dionysius, and Hermogenes鈥�鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Henry Bowles, University of Oxford 
 
鈥淧oets and Pedagogues: A Comparison of Homeric Epimerisms鈥�鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
Arshy Azizi, University of Chicago

2:45 pm

General Discussion & Farewell