Northwestern
University,
the University of Chicago, and
the University of Illinois at Chicago
present
a conference on
ROMAN
STOICISM
April
14 -15, 2000
FRIDAY,
APRIL 14
Northwestern University, Harris Hall, Room 108, 1881 Sheridan
Road, Evanston
2:00 - 3:45
Martha C. Nussbaum, The University of Chicago :Introductory
Remarks
Julia Annas, University of Arizona: "Marcus Aurelius: Ethics and
its Background:
4:15 - 5:45
John M. Cooper, Princeton University:
"Moral Theory and Moral Improvement: Seneca and Marcus Aurelius"
SATURDAY,
APRIL 15
morning sessions at:
University of Chicago, Classics Building, Room 10, 1050 E.
59th St.
9:00 - 10:30
Miriam Griffin, Somerville College, Oxford University:
"The Paedagogic Strategy of Seneca's De Beneficiis"
11:00 - 12:30
Eric Brown, Washington University: "Seneca, Torn Between
Two Cities"
afternoon sessions at:
University of Illinois at Chicago, Humanities Institute,
Stevenson Hall, Lower Level, 701 S. Morgan
2:30 - 4:00
Brad Inwood, University of Toronto: "Moral Judgement
in Seneca"
4:30- 6:00
David Sedley, Christ's College, University of Cambridge:
"Stoic Metaphysics at Rome"
If you intend
to come and would like copies of the papers, or for more information
Contact e-asmis@uchicago.edu