CFP: 10th West Coast Plato Workshop: Plato's Gorgias

Submission deadline: September 30, 2016

Conference date(s):
May 20, 2017 - May 21, 2017

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Conference Venue:

Dept. of Philosophy, Dept. of Classics, University of California, Davis
Davis, CA, United States

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Call for Abstracts:  10th  West Coast Plato Workshop: Plato’s Gorgias

The next (and tenth) West Coast Plato Workshop will meet at UC Davis on the weekend of May 20-21, 2017 (organizers: Prof. Jan Szaif, Prof. Carey Seal).

If you would like to present a talk on the Gorgias, please send a 500-word abstract for blind review to Jan Szaif ([email protected]) by September 30, 2016.

Referees will seek coverage of different parts of the dialogue as they rank the abstracts. Accepted papers will receive commentators (which is why we would also like to hear from those who would be willing to serve as commentators).

Timeline:
Deadline for submission of abstract: September 30, 2016.
Authors notified: by November 10, 2016.
Completed papers (around 3000 words) are due to organizers and commentators: February 28, 2017.

UC Davis is located just 25 minutes from Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The San Francisco Bay Area is also not far.

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