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SUMMARY:Foreign Influences: Philosophy and the Circulation of Knowledge in Antiquity
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DESCRIPTION:<p><em>(version fran&ccedil\;aise ci-dessous)</em></p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Influences: Philosophy and the Circulation of Knowledge in Antiquity</strong></p>\n<p><em>Interuniversity Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy</em></p>\n<p><em>Montreal (Universit&eacute\; du Qu&eacute\;bec &agrave\; Montr&eacute\;al)\, October 24-25\, 2018</em></p>\n<p>How did Greek and Roman philosophers react to &ldquo\;foreign influences\,&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;foreigners&rdquo\; (<em>xenoi</em>)? Did Greek and Roman philosophy and literature promote a stereotypical notion of the other\, or do we always find different approaches to foreignness? Are stereotypes and prejudices the most common features of ancient representations of foreigners? When philosophers strive to expand the body of knowledge of their time\, are they open or closed to the input that may come from other populations?</p>\n<p>The Greek concept of the &ldquo\;foreigner&rdquo\; (<em>xenos</em>) is rather wide-ranging\, as is clear from Socrates&rsquo\; plea to his judges at the beginning of Plato&rsquo\;s <em>Apology</em>\, that they tolerate his simple language as they would tolerate a foreigner from Ionia speaking the dialect of that region.</p>\n<p>Before Socrates&rsquo\; philosophical activity\, the Presocratics\, both physiologists and sophists\, were all &ldquo\;guests&rdquo\; or foreigners (<em>xenoi</em>) in Athens&mdash\;not citizens. Moreover\, before the arrival of philosophers to mainland Greece\, Greeks from Attica or the Peloponnese would go abroad to learn and acquire knowledge. According to Herodotus\, Solon\, one of the Seven Sages\, traveled for ten years to Egypt and to the court of Cresus. Solon went abroad to &ldquo\;philosophize&rdquo\;\, i.e. to collect the wisdom of the learned foreigners.</p>\n<p>This conference aims at surveying the different representations of foreigners provided by Greek and Roman philosophers. The goal is to establish whether these representations had an impact on the development of ancient philosophy. Selected papers will focus on the foreigners&rsquo\; contributions to ancient philosophy and will explain how was possible that philosophy\, from its origin through its development\, was always intertwined with cultural exchanges around the Mediterranean\, despite the different languages\, the geographical and historical distances and the barrier of citizenship.</p>\n<p>The conference will focus on archaic\, classical\, Hellenistic\, and Roman antiquity. We welcome papers on the notion of &ldquo\;xenos&rdquo\; from different perspectives (anthropological\, literary\, historical and philosophical).</p>\n<p>Keynote speakers: Renaud Gagn&eacute\; (Cambridge)</p>\n<p>Marie-Fran&ccedil\;oise Baslez (Paris IV)</p>\n<p>Anna Schriefl (Bonn)</p>\n<p>Mauro Bonazzi (Milan)</p>\n<p>Please send an abstract of 300-450 words and a short CV to&nbsp\;: gili.luca [at] uqam.ca.</p>\n<p>Deadline for submission: December 20\, 2017. Decisions will be made by January 10\, 2018. The conference proceedings will be published.</p>\n<p>The organizers: Beno&icirc\;t Castelnerac (Universit&eacute\; de Sherbrooke)\, Luca Gili (Universit&eacute\; du Qu&eacute\;bec &agrave\; Montr&eacute\;al)\, Laetitia Monteils-Laeng (Universit&eacute\; de Montr&eacute\;al)</p>\n<p><em>Fran&ccedil\;ais</em></p>\n<p><strong>Influences &eacute\;trang&egrave\;res&nbsp\;:&nbsp\;la philosophie et la circulation des connaissances dans l&rsquo\;Antiquit&eacute\;</strong></p>\n<p>Colloque inter-universitaire de philosophie ancienne</p>\n<p>Montr&eacute\;al (Universit&eacute\; du Qu&eacute\;bec &agrave\; Montr&eacute\;al)\, 24-25 octobre 2018</p>\n<p>Quelle perception se font les Grecs et les Romains de ces &laquo\;&nbsp\;influences &eacute\;trang&egrave\;res&nbsp\;&raquo\;? Est-ce toujours une vision globale et st&eacute\;r&eacute\;otyp&eacute\;e qui nous en est renvoy&eacute\;e ou y a-t-il un traitement toujours in&eacute\;gal des &eacute\;trangers? Dans la repr&eacute\;sentation que les Anciens se font de l&rsquo\;&eacute\;tranger\, les st&eacute\;r&eacute\;otypes\, les pr&eacute\;jug&eacute\;s pr&eacute\;valent-ils syst&eacute\;matiquement sur la r&eacute\;alit&eacute\; de ce que l&rsquo\;on peut apprendre d&rsquo\;un &eacute\;tranger (invit&eacute\; ou non)? &Agrave\; l&rsquo\;&eacute\;gard de ces peuplades plus ou moins bien &ndash\; ou mal &ndash\; connues\, favorise-t-on une attitude de repli ou au contraire d&rsquo\;ouverture quand les philosophes s&rsquo\;int&eacute\;ressent &agrave\; l&rsquo\;avancement de la connaissance &agrave\; leur &eacute\;poque?</p>\n<p>La notion d&rsquo\;&eacute\;tranger (<em>xenos</em>) est singuli&egrave\;rement large en Grec classique\, en t&eacute\;moigne la pr&eacute\;caution que Platon pr&ecirc\;te &agrave\; Socrate au d&eacute\;but l&rsquo\;<em>Apologie&nbsp\;</em>: que ses juges tol&egrave\;rent son parler sans ornements\, comme ils le feraient avec un &eacute\;tranger venu d&rsquo\;Ionie qui en aurait le dialecte.</p>\n<p>Avant le succ&egrave\;s de Socrate en philosophie\, les &laquo\;&nbsp\;pr&eacute\;socratiques&nbsp\;&raquo\; (savants ou sophistes) &eacute\;taient tous des &laquo\;&nbsp\;invit&eacute\;s&nbsp\;&raquo\; &agrave\; Ath&egrave\;nes. En outre\, avant que les savants ne se rendent en Gr&egrave\;ce continentale\, les Grecs d&rsquo\;Attique ou du P&eacute\;loponn&egrave\;se se rendaient &laquo\;&nbsp\;&agrave\; l&rsquo\;&eacute\;tranger&nbsp\;&raquo\; pour accumuler les savoirs. Selon H&eacute\;rodote\, Solon\, l&rsquo\;un des sept sages\, aurait entrepris un voyage de dix ans passant par l&rsquo\;&Eacute\;gypte et la cour de Cr&eacute\;sus.</p>\n<p>Ce colloque a pour objectif de pr&eacute\;senter diff&eacute\;rents aspects de la repr&eacute\;sentation que les philosophes grecs et romains se faisaient des &eacute\;trangers\, afin d&rsquo\;en &eacute\;valuer la pr&eacute\;sence et la contribution dans l&rsquo\;av&egrave\;nement et le d&eacute\;veloppement des savoirs.&nbsp\;Il portera sur les diff&eacute\;rentes p&eacute\;riodes de l&rsquo\;Antiquit&eacute\; (archa&iuml\;que\, classique\, hell&eacute\;nistique et romaine) et aura une orientation interdisciplinaire (anthropologique\, litt&eacute\;raire\, historique et philosophique).</p>\n<p>Conf&eacute\;renciers invit&eacute\;s :</p>\n<p>Renaud Gagn&eacute\; (Cambridge)</p>\n<p>Marie-Fran&ccedil\;oise Baslez (Paris IV)</p>\n<p>Anna Schriefl (Bonn)</p>\n<p>Mauro Bonazzi (Milan)</p>\n<p>Une proposition de 300-450 mots et un CV doit &ecirc\;tre envoy&eacute\; &agrave\; Luca Gili (gili.luca [arobase] uqam.ca) pour le 20 d&eacute\;cembre 2017. Les propositions seront s&eacute\;lectionn&eacute\;es pour le 10 janvier 2018. Les actes du colloque seront publi&eacute\;s.</p>\n<p>Les organisateurs: Beno&icirc\;t Castelnerac (Universit&eacute\; de Sherbrooke)\, Luca Gili (Universit&eacute\; du Qu&eacute\;bec &agrave\; Montr&eacute\;al)\, Laetitia Monteils-Laeng (Universit&eacute\; de Montr&eacute\;al)</p>
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