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The Lessons of Classical Political Thought for the Twenty-First Century |
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Our seminar series is meant to be a serious, open-minded, and far-ranging exploration of what we may learn today from classical (primarily Greek) political thought. Our speakers may choose to develop specific applications of classical political thought to problems newly emerging in the dawning century. Alternatively, on the grounds that what we most need to learn now from the classics is what human beings have always most needed to learn, they may choose to reinterpret the central lessons of classical political thought. Most presentations will focus on a single author or text, but our paper-givers also have the option of taking a broader approach. Our series will have ten seminars (see enclosed schedule). It will feature some of the leading senior scholars today in the field of classical political thought, such as Seth Benardete, Steven Førde, Josiah Ober, and Catherine Zuckert, but also some of the most interesting of today's younger scholars. The seminar will typically be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons (note on the enclosed schedule that Prof. Josiah Ober's seminar will be on a Thursday afternoon). The seminar will not be widely advertised, and we will expect about 40 graduate students and faculty to be in attendance. The bulk of the time will be spent in discussion. The paper givers will present only a summary of a paper that will be distributed in advance. We will expect all seminar participants to read the paper in advance and come to the seminar prepared to discuss it. |
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Wednesday, October 6 SS302 |
Steven Førde, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas Thucydides on Peace |
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Wednesday, October 20 SS302 |
Devin Stauffer, Department of Political Science, Kenyon College The Question of Justice in the Opening Sections of Plato's Republic |
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Wednesday, November 3 SS 302 |
Catherine Zuckert , Department of Government and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Who's a Philosopher? Who's a sophist? |
| Wednesday, November 17 SS 302 |
Christopher Nadon, Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Connecticut Xenophon on the Inescapability of Politics |
| Wednesday, January 12 F 505 |
Sara Monoson, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University Plato on Popular Culture: Theory and Theatricality in the Republic and Laws |
| Wednesday, January 26 F 505 |
Robert Bartlett, Department of Political Science, Emory University Protagoras and the Problem of "Relativism" in Plato |
| Wednesday, February 9 F 505 |
Paul Ludwig, St. John's College, Annapolis Eros and Law in the Symposium |
| Wednesday, February 23 F 505 | Patrick Deneen, Politics Department, Princeton University Against Cosmopolitanism: Resisting the Sirens' Song |
| Thursday, April 6 | Josiah Ober, Department of Classics, Princeton University Quasi-Rights: Political Boundaries and Social Diversity in Democratic Athens |
| Wednesday, April 12 | Seth Benardete, Department of Classics, New York University Law: Written and Unwritten |
All seminars are at 4:30 p.m.
Persons who believe they may need assistance please call Stephen Gregory in advance at 702-3423
or email stephen-gregory@uchicago.edu.
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