November 25th, 2009

The Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture (OCPC), in close collaboration with the Universities of Athens and of Cyprus, and the Greek Center for Research on Athletic Law, responding to the requests of undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers from Greece as well as from abroad, present The Fifth International Bilingual Summer Seminar on “Plato and the Arts” (Subtopics include: Plato in the Renaissance / Plato and Poetry, and more)

July 25th-29th, 2010, Ancient Olympia and Pyrgos, Greece

Click here to download a PDF version of the Seminar flyer that includes pertinent Seminar information, a registration form and more.

November 25th, 2009

It is with sadness that I report the death of our colleague Steven Strange on Wednesday, October 28, after a fight with cancer.  Steven was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, where he had taught since 1990.  He received his BA from Rice University in 1972 and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981.  He edited Stoicism: Traditions and Transformations with Jack Zupko, (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and published many articles that we all know well, including:

• “Porphyry and Plotinus’ Metaphysics”, in George Karamanolis and Anne Sheppard, eds., Studies on Porphyry, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplementary, Volume 98 (2007), 17-34.
• “Proclus and the Ancients”, in Kevin Corrigan and John B. Turner, eds., Platonisms: Ancient, Modern, and Postmodern (Brill, 2007), 97-108.
• “Plotinus on the Nature of Eternity and Time” in Lawrence Schrenk, ed., Aristotle in Late Antiquity, (Catholic University of America Press, 1994), 22-53.

When he died, he was working on a translation and commentary  of Enneads VI.4.-5 with Eyjólfur Emilsson.  Steve was only 59.  He will be remembered as a careful, conscientious scholar and a good man with whom one could enjoy food, wine, and excellent conversation.  He’ll be missed.

John F. Finamore
Department of Classics
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University of Iowa
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June 8th, 2009

The Journal of the History of Philosophy is pleased to announce the Jan Wojcik Memorial Prize. Made possible by the generosity of Jan’s children and their families, this annual $2500 award is intended to further the research of a graduate student enrolled and resident in a North American Ph.D. program and working on a dissertation in the history of philosophy (all periods). The prize will be given to fund either

(a) Travel to foreign archives or libraries to pursue dissertation-related research

or

(b) Travel to present a paper accepted at a foreign conference or seminar.

An application should include a one-page description of the applicant’s dissertation topic and two letters of support. Moreover, if the travel is for research purposes, the application should also include a description (not to exceed two pages) indicating what research the applicant will be carrying out abroad and how travel will further that work. If the travel is to present at a conference or seminar, the application should include a copy of the paper to be presented and a copy of the notice indicating that the paper has been accepted.

Electronic applications only. All materials should be sent to Steven Nadler (smnadler@wisc.edu).

Deadline for applications:  November 1, 2009

May 5th, 2009

Dear colleagues,

As editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy, it is my pleasure to announce the following prizes for recent scholarship in the history of philosophy.

The JHP Board of Directors has instituted an annual prize of $3000 for the best published book in the history of philosophy. The winner of the prize for 2007 is Terence Irwin’s The Development of Ethics: A Historical and Critical Study, Volume I: From Socrates to the Reformation (Oxford University Press, 2007).

The JHP Board of Directors has instituted an annual prize of $1500 for the best contribution to the Articles section of the Journal. The prize for 2008 is Richard Foley’s “Plato’s Undividable Line: Contradiction and Method in Republic VI” (vol. 46: 1–24).

For more information, please visit the Journal’s website, http://philosophy.duke.edu/jhp.

Sincerely,
Tad M. Schmaltz, Editor
Journal of the History of Philosophy

May 4th, 2009

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy. The Editor will serve a five-year renewable term beginning July 1, 2010. The Journal, an international quarterly, publishes articles, notes, discussions, and reviews devoted to the history of Western philosophy, broadly conceived. The Editor must be a leading scholar in an area of the history of Western philosophy. It is also expected that the Editor’s home institution will provide operating support that supplements that from the publisher, Johns Hopkins University Press, and the Board of Directors. The Editor is responsible to the Board of Directors for the editorial process of the Journal, which includes supervision of the refereeing process for submitted manuscripts, issue composition, and relations with the publisher.

Initial expressions of interest should be made by September 30, 2009. Complete applications, including a copy of the applicant’s C.V., must be received by December 31, 2009, to be considered. Send all correspondence preferably by e-mail to: martinich@mail.utexas.edu

or by post to:

Prof. Al Martinich, Search Committee Chair
Department of Philosophy
1 University Station
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
USA

The Journal of the History of Philosophy is committed to equal opportunity and affirmative action in all appointment decisions.