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Plato And Aristotle Go To The Theatre
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Evans Alumni Center, 1800 Sheridan Road
Conference Schedule
8:45am
Light breakfast
9am-10:30
Stephen Halliwell, University of St. Andrews
'"We Too Were There": Philosophers in the theatre.'
10:45-12:15
Pierre Destrée, Université de Louvain
'Tragic Pity and Happiness Between Plato and Aristotle.'
12:15pm
Lunch
1:45-3:15
Richard Janko, University of Michigan
'New thoughts on Aristotle's lost dialogue On Poets.'
3:30-5:00
Jeffrey Rusten, Cornell University
'What happened to old comedy in the fourth century B.C.? Was it staged? Was it read?'
Sponsored by: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Northwestern Department of Philosophy,
Northwestern Department of Classics, and the Classical Traditions Initiative.