Seneca and Stoicism

Seneca is the earliest Stoic for whom we have extensive literary remains and his works constitute the largest single body of ancient Stoic writing. His application and exploration of the practical side of Stoicism is evident in his extensive literary output, which crosses a wide and ambitious range of genres. The richness of his writing has generated a similarly rich range of approaches to his work, producing literary, philosophical and reception scholarship exploring the Senecan corpus.

In order to showcase Seneca’s particular contribution to Roman Stoicism, we invite proposals for papers for an informal workshop dedicated to his work. We welcome submissions relating to any aspect of his philosophical work, including its intersection with his tragic plays; possible approaches could include specific thematic explorations of particular Stoic ideas across Seneca’s work, or close engagements with individual texts. 

We look forward to building on the three previous Stoicism workshops, and to taking advantage of this opportunity for those with interests in Stoicism and Seneca to come together, make new contacts, and think collectively about further research.