This summer, the Municipality of Athens, having the privilege and honor of hosting the Plato’s Academy within its boundaries, is organizing, from May 30 to July 31, a series of activities under the title “Philosophy at the Plato’s Academy”. This new project aims to highlight the importance of the Academy, spread its spirit, showcase the work produced by the Academy and make the area a reference point for Athenians and all visitors to the city, both Greek and foreign. On May 30, at 19:00, Pavlos Kalligas, former director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi and co-editor of the book Plato’s Academy (Cambridge University Press, 2020), will inaugurate this great feast of philosophy with his talk on “Myths and reality about Plato’s Academy”. And there are more to follow. Don’t miss any of them.
LECTURES
Platonic Dialogues
Time: 19.00
06.06| Round table: Discussing Ancient Greek Philosophy: Challenges and Perspectives | Katerina Ierodiakonou, George Karamanolis, Spyros Ragos, Voula Tsouna
27.06 | Vassilis Kalfas, Phaedrus
11.07 | Panos Dimas, Meno
25.07 | Chloe Bala, Phaedo
Ancient Science
Time: 19.00
08.06| Jean Christianidis: The Sources of Ancient Science and their Study
22.06| Vassilis Karasmanis: Science in the Platonic Academy
06.07| Michael Sialaros: Ancient Greek Science as a Field of Controversy
20.07| Round Table: Discussing Ancient Science: Challenges and Perspectives |Giannis Christianides, Michael Sialaros, Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, Efthimios Nicolaides, Stamatina Mastorakou, Giouli Korobili
Public Philosophy
Time: 19.00
17.06| Pericles Vallianos: Can the demos philosophize?
01.07| Antonis Hatzimoysis: The logic of emotions
15.07| Konstantinos Papageorgiou: Philosophy and War
29.07| Stelios Virvidakis, Vaso Kinti: Philosophy in the age of pandemic