The Legacy of Greek Political Thought Network

The Legacy of Greek Political Thought Network is an international group of
scholars, drawn from the fields of Classics, Political Theory and the
History of Ideas, interested in the continuing influence of classical Greek
political ideas and theories in the modern world.
http://www.reading.ac.uk/classics/research/class-LegGPT.aspx

This will be its third annual research workshop, bringing together members
of the network and other scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss key issues
in this interdisciplinary field of study.

Legacy of Greek Political Thought Network: Research Workshop
Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Friday 13th December 2013, 11am- 5.30pm

Welcome and coffee
Panel 1: Aristotle and Aristotelianism in modern political thought
Anna Becker, University of Basel, ‘Household and City in Renaissance Aristotelian Thought’.
Kelvin Knight, London Metropolitan University, ‘Alasdair MacIntyre's Aristotelian Historicism and Critique of Human Rights’.

Lunch
Panel 2: History and politics in the modern world
Liz Sawyer, University of Oxford, ‘Thucydides in the 1940s’.
Neville Morley, University of Bristol, ‘History::Political Theory’.

Discussion:
Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge, ‘Ancient Greek democracy and its legacies’.
Respondent: Peter Liddel, University of Manchester.

All are welcome, and there is no fee for attendance, but advance registration is requested; please contact Dr Helen Roche ([email protected]) to register.