CFP: FLORIDA ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY WORKSHOP: PLATO’S LAWS

The Florida Ancient Philosophy Workshop invites abstracts for presentations that deal with Plato’s Laws. The workshop will be held on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15, 2026 at the University of Florida in Gainesville. 

We welcome proposals on any aspect of the text. This can include research into the influence of earlier thinkers on ideas and arguments advanced in the Laws, close readings of particular passages, discussions of how ideas and arguments in the Lawsrelate to those advanced in other Platonic dialogues, or explorations of how ideas and arguments of the Laws were taken up or have influenced later thinkers in antiquity and beyond.

We welcome a range of methodological approaches and encourage participation from related disciplines.

Confirmed speakers: Ryan Balot (University of Toronto), Thornton Lockwood (University of Florida), and Susan Sauvé Meyer (University of Pennsylvania)

Proposals for presentations should not be longer than 500 words, formatted for blind review (that is, omit all identifying information), and be suitable for a 30-minute presentation, which will be followed by thirty minutes of discussion on the day of the workshop. Please submit proposals by August 1, 2026 to Max Robitzsch ([email protected]).