Another CSAMP PhD
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Congratulations to Kamil Majcherek who successfully defended his PhD dissertation yesterday! Kamil wrote on “Medieval Metaphysics of Artefacts, 1250-1500” under the supervision of Martin Pickavé.
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Two new CSAMP PhDs
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June saw two successful CSAMP PhD defences: warm congratulations to Matthew Watton, awarded the degree for his thesis “Platonis Imitator: Cicero’s Reception of Platonic Philosophy”; and to Joseph Gerbasi for “The Trial of Socrates and the Idea of Athens”!
CPAMP congratulates recent graduate, Roberto Granieri!
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On March 1, 2021, Roberto Granieri successfully defended his dissertation Being as a Kind in Plato’s Sophist, written under the supervision of Professor Lloyd Gerson. Congratulations, Roberto!
ATWAP: ‘Inheriting Plato: Then and Now’
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The Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy is pleased to announce that we plan to resume holding events in our series, the Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, this October with the workshop “Inheriting Plato: Then and Now”.
Andrea Falcon: Masterclass and WiP Seminar
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On Monday, 19th October, Prof. Andrea Falcon (Concordia University) will be giving a masterclass as part of this term’s graduate seminar on Aristotelianism next Monday, as well as a presentation to the CPAMP Work-in-Progress Seminar.
The title for the Masterclass ( 10 a.m. – 12 Noon) is “Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition are Not the Same Thing”, and he will be focusing on Alexander of Aphrodisias‘ discussion of two questions in particular: the nature of the intellect, and cardiocentrism. Recommended advance reading: Alexander, On the Soul pp. 80.16-92.11 and 94.7-100.7 (Bruns); Mantissa 2 (De Intellectu).
The title for the Work-in-Progress Seminar presentation (4 p.m – 6 p.m) is “Aristotle and the Explanation of Longevity”.
All U of T people are welcome to join in!
Welcoming our new CPAMP students!
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Let’s welcome our new CPAMP students: in the philosophy department, Mark Hallap and Pia Morar; in classics, Jacob Dvorak and Ksenia Romashova; and in medieval studies, Rui Xu.
CPAMP congratulates recent graduate, Doug Campbell!
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On August 13, 2020, Doug Campbell successfully defended his dissertation Circles and Rivets: Cosmology and Teleology in Plato’s Theory of the Soul. He was examined by Professors Rachel Barney, James Allen, Lloyd Gerson, George Boys-Stones, and Gábor Betegh (Cambridge).
He is now a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy here at U of T!
CPAMP welcomes new postdoc Máté Veres
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As the 2020 academic year begins, CPAMP is pleased to welcome new postdoctoral fellow Máté Veres. Máté works mainly on Hellenistic philosophy, with a focus on epistemology and ethics. Prior to coming to Toronto, he held research and teaching fellowships at the University of Hamburg, at the University of Geneva, and at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. During his studies, he was a Fulbright scholar at Cornell University and a visiting student at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. His recent publications include ‘Sextus Empiricus on Religious Dogmatism’, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 58 (2020), ‘Keep Calm and Carry On: Sextus Empiricus on the Origins of Pyrrhonism’, History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis 23 (2020), and ‘Theology, Innatism, and the Epicurean Self’, Ancient Philosophy 37 (2017). More information about his work may be found on his website and on his Academia.edu page.
The New Year
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The sudden arrival of the pandemic required the cancellation of most CPAMP events last term, including our long-planned and eagerly anticipated Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP).
We are now cautiously putting together a schedule of events for the coming academic year. Of necessity these will be, at first and for we do not know how long, on line.
Our first two talks will be:
28 September: Fiona Leigh (title TBA).
19 October: Andrea Falcon, ‘Aristotle and the Explanation of Longevity’.
We are also very pleased to announce that Máté Veres is joining us as our new ancient philosophy post-doctoral fellow.
Details and more news to follow.
ATWAP 2020 Cancelled
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Earlier today the University of Toronto issued a message announcing that they now “recommend cancellation or postponement of all discretionary events that are not required as part of courses and academic requirements”. As such, we cannot go forward as planned with this year’s Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy, scheduled for next weekend. CPAMP is truly sorry to have to call off this event, and especially sorry to do so with such short notice.