International Plutarch Society

Call for Papers 3. Workshop des  AK ‚Philosophie und Religion‘  der  Gesellschaft für antike Philosophie in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Sektion der  International Plutarch Society Plutarch,  De Iside et Osiride Marburg, den 19./20.06.2020 Der Arbeitskreis ‚Philosophie und Religion‘ der GanPh unter der Leitung von Dr. Angela Ulacco (Universität Fribourg), Dr. Diego De Brasi (Universität Marburg) sowie PD Dr. Marko J. Fuchs (Universität Bamberg) bietet v.a. Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen ein Forum, um sich mit dem Verhältnis und wechselseitigen Einfluss von Philosophie, Theologie und Religion in der Antike auseinanderzusetzen und sich damit mit einem Forschungsgebiet zu beschäftigen, das zentral für ein historisch und systematisch angemessenes Verständnis zahlreicher philosophischer Positionen dieser Epoche ist. Hauptziel des AK besteht demnach darin, sich denjenigen Texten zu widmen, die das Verhältnis von Religion, Theologie und Philosop...

Following is the call for papers for a panel organized by the USA section of the International Plutarch Society.  The panel will be part of the annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, January 7-10, 2021, in Chicago. The Discourse of Leadership in the Greco-Roman World Sponsored by the International Plutarch Society. Organized by Mallory Monaco Caterine, Tulane University, and Jeffrey Beneker, University of Wisconsin, Madison For better or worse, the vast majority of extant literature from Greco-Roman antiquity was written by individuals who were leaders in their communities and was aimed at an audience of similar, leaderly peers, or at times, at leaders who were even more powerful than the authors themselves. It is unsurprising, then, that the complex concept of leadership is a common theme in ancient literature across genres and time-periods. Plutarch, both in his Moralia and Lives, is preoccupied with examining and constructing models of leadership for his ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming international congress has been postponed to 2021. Please see the new date below. Plutarch and his Contemporaries: Sharing the Roman Empire 2-5 September 2021 , Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland The Call for Papers is now available. More information about the conference will be coming soon.

Photos from the undergraduate panel "Lessons in Biography: Plutarch's Parallel Lives of the Ancient Greeks and Romans " held at Wayne State University, March 29, 2019. The panel, which was organized by Sean Oberc with the help of Professor Michele Valerie Ronnick, was part of Wayne State's Rushton Undergraduate Conference. Moderator: Nicholas B. Young (University of Detroit Jesuit High School) Presenters Lindy Lenk, Plutarch's Life of Demosthenes Sean Oberc, Plutarch's Life of Cicero Sierra Jones, Plutarch on Mark Antony Greg Urbiel, Demetrius and Antony: A Synkrysis