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Ancient Aesthetics between Philosophy and Rhetoric
15 June 2022 @ 12:45 - 18:30
Dear colleagues,
On Wednesday 15 June 2022 a workshop on ‘Ancient Aesthetics between Philosophy and Rhetoric’ will take place at Leiden University. You are most welcome to join us for a program of five lectures and discussions in Gravensteen 1.11, Pieterskerkhof 6 in Leiden, The Netherlands.
To register, please email a.celkyte@hum.leidenuniv.nl before June 8th. Here is the program:
12.45-13.15
Welcome tea and coffee
13.15-14.00 Pierre Destrée (Louvain-la-Neuve University)
Aristotle and the Invention of Aesthetics
14.00-14.45 Aistė Čelkytė (Leiden University)
The Stoics on the Purpose of Arts
14.45-15.30 Casper de Jonge (Leiden University)
On Beauty: Aesthetics, Classicism and Politics in Dio of Prusa 21
15.30-16.00
Coffee and Tea
16.00-16.45 Bert van den Berg (Leiden University)
Ekplêxis (confusion) and the sublime: Neoplatonic aesthetics and theurgy
16.45-17.30 Baukje van den Berg (Central European University)
Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Aural Aesthetics of Ancient Poetry and Byzantine Rhetoric
17.30-18.30
Drinks at De Keyzer
This workshop is organized by the OIKOS research groups ‘Ancient Philosophy and Science’ and ‘Ancient Rhetoric and Aesthetics’. Papers will be presented in English. We look forward to meeting you at the workshop.
Best wishes,
Aistė Čelkytė and Casper de Jonge
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