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Royal Holloway Stoicism Workshop 2023

Royal Holloway Stoicism Workshop 2023

  • Date07 April 2023

We are delighted to announce the third Royal Holloway Stoicism workshop, taking place on Friday 5 May 2023 in Room 102, Senate House (Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU).

We have a range of papers covering both the early Stoa and Roman Stoics, along with a keynote presentation by Professor Ricardo Salles. The event is free; lunch and refreshments will be provided. All are welcome.

This event takes place under the auspices of the newly-launched Centre for the Study and Application of Stoicism at Royal Holloway. This event is organized by Liz Gloyn (Liz.Gloyn@rhul.ac.uk) and John Sellars (john.sellars@rhul.ac.uk). Although registration is not essential, if you plan to attend please let us know via email. 

Schedule 

10.00-10.30 – Arrival  

10.30-11.30 – Arianna Piazzalunga (Torino/Geneva): ‘The Relationship between Principles and Elements in the Early Stoa’ 

11.30-12.30 – Cris Zarzar (Cambridge) and Carlo Rossi (Santiago): ‘Peculiar Qualities, Numerical Identity, and the Stoic Solution to the Growing Argument’ 

12.30-1.00 – Lunch 

1.00-2.00 – Anastasiia Starovoitova (California): ‘From Unity to Separation: Cosmic Cycle as a Perspective on the Development of Society in Seneca’ 

2.00-3.00 – Gabriele Flamigni (Sorbonne): ‘How Does Nature Allot to each its Due? Marcus Aurelius on a Question of “Theodicy”’ 

3.00-3.30 – Tea/Coffee 

3.30-4.30 – Ricardo Salles (Mexico): ‘Why is the Recurring Cosmos in the Stoic Theory of Everlasting Recurrence Always Identical?’

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