Online Lectures
Programme
Spring 2024
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Spring 2024
Taking Plato Seriously: Proclus as Exegete (30/5/2024) – Online Lecture Taking Plato Seriously: Proclus as Exegete May 30, 2024 Lecture will take place… Read More
The Reinterpretation of Plato’s Cardinal Virtues in Plotinus (15/5/2024) – Online Lecture The Reinterpretation of Plato’s Cardinal Virtues in Plotinus May 15, 2024 Lecture will… Read More
Proclus and Simplicius on Plato’s Theaetetus 176a (17/4/2024) – Online Lecture “It is necessary that the good always has evil as its contrary.” Proclus… Read More
Hermeticism in Islam from the Sabians of Harran to al-Suhrawardi (3/4/2024) – Guest Lecture Hermeticism in Islam: from the Sabians of Harran to al-Suhrawardi April 3, 2024… Read More
Damascius on the Objects of the Sixth and Eighth Hypotheses of Plato’s Parmenides (28/3/2024) – Online Lecture Damascius on the Objects of the Sixth and Eighth Hypotheses of Plato’s Parmenides … Read More
Plato in Ennead III 4 On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit (21/2/2024) – Online Lecture Plato in Ennead III 4 On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit February 21, 2024… Read MoreFall 2023
Porphyry and Macrobius on the Automotricity of the Soul (7/12/2023) – Online Lecture Porphyre et Macrobe sur l’automotricité de l’âme December 7, 2023 Lecture will take place on Zoom7-9pm Athens &… Read More
Common Notions from Plotinus to Iamblichus (15/11/2023) – Online Lecture Common Notions from Plotinus to Iamblichus November 15, 2023 Lecture will take place on Zoom7-9pm Athens & Alexandria6-8pm… Read More
Porphyry on Soul (12/10/2023) – Online Lecture Porphyry on Soul October 12, 2023 Lecture will take place on Zoom7-9pm Athens & Alexandria6-8pm Paris5-7pm Oxford12-2pm New… Read MoreSpring 2023
Harmonizing Porphyry and Iamblichus in Later Platonist Exegesis (23/5/2023) – Online Lecture Ladders of Virtue and Inspiration: Harmonizing Porphyry and Iamblichus in Later Platonist Exegesis… Read More
Catharsis and Therapy of the Emotions in Iamblichus (26/4/2023) – Online Lecture Catharsis and Therapy of the Emotions in Iamblichus April 26, 2023 Lecture will… Read More
Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom (21/3/2023) – Online Lecture Epistemic Authority and Traditions of Wisdom: Iamblichus on Non-Hellenic Myths March 21, 2023… Read More
Porphyry, ‘Poet, Philosopher, and Priest’? (7/2/2023) – Online Lecture Porphyry, “Poet, Philosopher, and Priest”? February 7, 2023 Lecture will take place on… Read MoreFall 2022
Reconsidering the Prehistory of Neoplatonism (15/12/2022) – Online Lecture From Athens to Alexandria: Reconsidering the Prehistory of Neoplatonism December 15, 2022 Lecture will take place on Zoom… Read More
Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics (1/12/2022) – Online Lecture Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Ethics Between Alexandria and Baghdad December 1, 2022 Lecture will take place on Zoom7-9pm Athens… Read More
Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies (8/11/2022) – Online Lecture Growing the Profile of Platonic Studies in Olympiodorus’ Alexandria November 8, 2022 Lecture will take place on Zoom7-9… Read More
Aristotle’s Criticism of the Theory of Forms (26/10/2022) – Online Lecture Aristotle’s Criticism of the Theory of Forms between Athens and Alexandria: Syrianus and Asclepius οn the Αrguments for… Read MoreSpring 2022
The Concept of Hamartia in Plotinus (3/5/2022) – Online Lecture The Concept of Hamartia in Plotinus. May 3, 2022 Lecture will take place… Read More
Plotinus and the Gnostics (12/4/2022) – Online Lecture Plotinus and the Gnostics. April 12, 2022 Lecture will take place on Zoom7-9pm… Read More
Intellect Sober, Intellect Drunk (22/3/2022) – Online Lecture Intellect Sober, Intellect Drunk: Some Reflections on the Plotinian Ascent Narrative. March 22,… Read More
The Friend, the Eccentric, and the Jerk (28/2/2022) – Online Lecture The Friend, the Eccentric, and the Jerk: How much did the Personalities of… Read MoreBackground Image: Adam Henein, © Bibliotheca Alexandrina (photo by I.-F. Viltanioti)