Wednesday\, December 12\, 2012
\nHall of Ceremonies\, University of Athens \;
\nMorning Session. \;
\nChair: Paul Kalligas (Athens) \;
\n09:30-10:00 \;Paul Kalligas: \;Welcoming Address \;Introduction
\n10:00-10:40 \;Paul A. Cartledge (Cambridge): 'How Academic was Plato's Academy? A Historian's Judicious Review'
\n10:45-11:25 \;Alexander Nehamas (Princeton\, NJ): 'The Academy at Work: Dialectic in Plato's \;Parmenides' \;
\n11:30-12:00 \;Coffee Break \;
\n12:00-12:40 \;Istvá\;n Bodná\;r (Budapest): 'The Study of Natural Kinds in the Academy'
\n12:40-13:30 \;Discussion \;
\n13:30-14:30 \;Lunch \; Afternoon Session. \;Chair: Dionysios Anapolitanos (Athens) \;
\n17:00-17:40 \;John M. Dillon (Dublin): 'Polemon\, the \;'grosse Schatten' \;of the Old Academy'
\n17:40-18:00 \;Discussion
\n18:00-18:40 \;David Sedley (Cambridge): 'Carneades' Theological Arguments'
\n18:40-19:00 \;Discussion \; \; \;
\nThursday\, December 13\, 2012
\nAlkis Argyriadis Auditorium \;
\nMorning Session. \;Chair: Panos Dimas (Oslo) \;
\n09:30-10:10 \;John Glucker (Tel Aviv): 'Plato in the Academy: Some Cautious Reflections'
\n10:10-10:30 \;Discussion
\n10:30-11:10 \;Thomas A. Szlezá\;k (Tü\;bingen): 'How Definite are Plato's Answers to the Problems Raised in the Dialogues?'
\n11:10-11:30 \;Discussion \;
\n11:30-12:00 \;Coffee Break \;
\n12:00-12:40 \;Oliver Primavesi (Munich): 'Aristotle and the Academy: The Evidence of theMetaphysics'
\n12:40-13:00 \;Discussion \;
\n13:30-14:30 \;Lunch \; Afternoon Session. \;Chair: Linos Benakis (Athens) \;
\n17:00-17:40 \;Matthias Haake (Mü\;nster): 'The Academy in Athenian Politics and Society'
\n17:40-18:00 \;Discussion
\n18:00-18:40 \;Katharina Luchner (Munich): 'Plato's Letters Evidence for the History of the Platonic Academy?'
\n18:40-19:00 \;Discussion
\nFriday\, December 14\, 2012
\nIoannis Drakopoulos Auditorium \;
\nMorning Session. \;
\nChair: Katerina Ierodiakonou (Athens) \;
\n09:30-10:10 \;Phillip Horky (Durham): 'Pythagoreanism and the Early Academy'
\n10:10-10:30 \;Discussion
\n10:30-11:10 \;Harold A. S. Tarrant (Newcastle\, Australia): 'From Polemo and Crates to Arcesilaus: Revolution or Natural Transition?'
\n11:10-11:30 \;Discussion \;
\n11:30-12:00 \;Coffee Break \;
\n12:00-12:40 \;Myrto Hatzimichali (Cambridge): 'The Academy through Epicurean Eyes: Some Lives of Academic Philosophers in Philodemus' \;Syntaxis'
\n12:40-13:00 \;Discussion \;
\n13:30-14:30 \;Lunch \;
\nAfternoon Session. \;
\nChair: Myrto Dragona-Monachou (Athens) \;
\n17:00-17:40 \;Georgia Tsouni (Bern): 'Re-constructing an Old Tradition: The Peripatetic Academy of Antiochus of Ascalon'
\n17:40-18:00 \;Discussion
\n18:00-18:40 \;Mauro Bonazzi (Milan): 'The End of the Academy'
\n18:40-19:00 \;Discussion \; \; \;
\nSaturday\, December 15\, 2012 \;
\n09:30-13:30 \;Visit to the Acropolis Museum and the Area of the Academy \;
\n13:30-14:30 \;Lunch \; \; \;
\nConference Room (Kostis Palamas Building)
\nAfternoon Session: \;Chair: Richard McKirahan (Pomona\, CA) \;
\n16:30-17:10 \;Vassilis Karasmanis (Athens): 'Plato and the Mathematics of the Academy'
\n17:10-17:30 \;Discussion
\n17:30-18:10 \;Henry Mendell (Los Angeles\, CA): 'The Boys from Cyzicus: Reflections on Academic Astronomy'
\n18:10-18:30 \;Discussion
\n18:30-19:10 \;Michalis Sialaros (London): 'A Child of the Academy? Investigating Euclid's Philosophical Background'
\n19:10-19:30 \;Discussion \; \; \;
\nSunday\, December 16\, 2012
\nAlkis Argyriadis Auditorium \;
\nMorning Session. \;
\nChair: Polymnia Athanassiadi (Athens)
\n09:30-10:00 \;Manolis Panayotopoulos Tania Chatziefthymiou (Athens): 'Some Thoughts on the Topography of Ancient Academia'
\n10:00-10:30 \;Effie Lygkouri-Tolia (Athens): 'The Academy of Plato: History of Research and some Archaeological Observations'
\n10:30-11:00 \;Ada Caruso (Rome): 'Topography and Structures at the Area of the Academy in the Time of Plato'
\n11:00-11:30 \;Discussion \;
\n11:30-12:00 \;Coffee Break \;
\n12:00-12:30 \;Voula Bardani (Athens): 'Inscriptions from the Academeia'
\n12:30-13:00 \;Daniela Marchiandi (Torino): 'In the Shadow of Athena \;Polias: The divinities of the Academy\, \;polites' \;training and death in service to Athens'
\n13:00-13:30 \;Discussion
\n13:30-14:30 \;Lunch \; Afternoon Session. \;Chair: Panos Valavanis (Athens) \;
\n17:00-17:30 \;Angelos Matthaiou (Athens): 'Plato and the City of Athens in the 5th C'
\n17:30-18:00 \;Ismini Trianti (Ioannina): 'Portraits of Plato'
\n18:00-18:30 \;Stephen Miller (Berkeley\, CA): 'Plato the Wrestler'
\n18:30-19:00 \;Discussion \;
\n19:00-19:30 \;Closing Session: \;Prospects and General Discussion