PLATO’S SOPHIST – Tentative Programme

THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL PLATO SYMPOSIUM IN PRAGUE Focused on Plato’s Sophist

Date of the Conference
November 11th to 14th, 2009

Form of Meeting
The symposium will take place in the Villa Lanna which is situated in the Prague diplomatic residence area.
The speakers present their papers (of about 40 minutes) before the audience formed out of approximately 40 scholars and 30 students. Subsequently, discussions take place to which both the scholars and students are invited.
Papers are subsequently collected in a proceedings volume and published by OIKOYMENH Publishers.

Supporting bodies
EEA/Norway-educational funds
Czech Government (via the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
IPS

Preliminary list of participants

Speakers

1. Noburu Notomi
2. Francesco Fronterotta
3. Francisco L. Lisi
4. Charles Kahn
5. Francisco Gonzalez
6. Walter Mesch
7. Nestor Cordero
8. Lloyd Gerson
9. Christoph Ziermann
10. David Ambuel
11. Filip Grgic
12. Gyburg Uhlmann (Radke)
13. Timothy Chappell
14. Denis O’Brien
15. Thomas A. Szlezák
16. Filip Karfík
17. Aleš Havlíček
18. Jakub Jirsa
19. Jakub Jinek

Other participants

– Theodor Ebert
– Beatriz Bossi
– Peter McCormick
– Cheikh Gueye

Tentative schedule

WEDNESDAY November, 11th

9.00 Opening address
9.15 Paper 1
10.45 Paper 2
12.15 Paper 3
13.15 Lunch
15.30 Paper 4
17.00 Paper 5
18.30 Meeting of the Czech Plato Society
20.00 Reception

THURSDAY November, 12th

09.00 Paper 6
10.30 Paper 7
12.00 Paper 8
13.00 Lunch
15.30 Paper 9
17.00 Paper 10
18.30 Paper 11
20.00 Dinner

FRIDAY November, 13th

09.00 Paper 12
10.30 Paper 13
12.00 Paper 14
13.00 Lunch

SATURDAY November, 14th

09.00 Paper 15
10.30 Paper 16
12.00 Paper 17
13.00 Lunch
15.30 Paper 18
17.00 Paper 19
20.00 Closing Dinner