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JHP
Summer Seminar in the History of
Philosophy
Call for Applications: JHP Summer Seminar, “The Form of the Good in and after Plato" The Summer Seminar will take place from July 7th to July 11th, 2025. The deadline for applications is on February 15, 2025. Here below you can find the course description provided with additional information. Mindful of the challenges facing young scholars working in the history of philosophy, the Board of Directors of the Journal of the History of Philosophy has established a Summer Seminar in the History of Philosophy. The central idea of the program is that a senior scholar who works primarily in some area of the history of philosophy would undertake to direct an intensive week of summer classes for the benefit of a small group of recent PhDs whose main research and teaching are in the relevant area. Normally, the classes will focus on one or more texts that are typically not part of material that the participants would have studied as graduate students. The goal of the program is the enhancement of the expertise and understanding of the young scholars in their area of specialization. The JHP will select up to six individuals from among those who apply to participate in five days of intense classes on the announced subject. Travel, housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by the JHP up to $2,000. Dates: July 7–11, 2025 Location: University of California, San Diego Topic: “The Form of the Good in and after Plato" Instructor: Christopher Shields (University of California, San Diego) Course Description: Plato privileges his From of the
Good positioning it as superior to other Forms
in unusually exalted language, suggesting that
it is somehow ‘beyond being, surpassing it in
dignity and power.’ Plato’s posture with
respect to the Form of the Good has in turn
excited and exasperated his readers from
antiquity down to the present day. In this
seminar, we will begin by taking a careful,
textually based look at Plato’s axiology, his
metaphysics of goodness. We will then on that
basis examine the responses of his proponents
and critics alike, from Aristotle and the
Neoplatonists down to the present day. Application: Applicants should send a letter of interest and CV to Prof. Eileen Sweeney (eileen.sweeney@bc.edu). Qualifications: Applicants with a PhD in philosophy received no earlier than January 1, 2019 as well as advanced doctoral students in philosophy who are writing their dissertations are welcome to apply. AOS: Scholars with interests in Plato, Aristotle, Neoplatonism, Byzantine Philosophy, and later forms of Platonism are encouraged to apply. Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek is desirable but not required. Deadline for submission: Applications must be received no later than February 15, 2025. Applicants will be notified by March 15, 2025. |
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