Democracy and Its Rivals: Plato’s Statesman and Laws

DAY 1

0930-1130         KEYNOTE: Plato on the Nature of Rule
Melissa Lane (Princeton University)

1130-1230         The Tyranny and Tragedy of Language: Poetics and Politics in Plato
Olof Pettersson (Uppsala University)

1230-1345         lunch

1345-1445         The Art of Statesmanship as Weaving in Plato’s Statesman
Kristin Sampson (University of Bergen)

1445-1530         The Politics of Law
Oda Tvedt  (Uppsala University)

1530-1545         coffee & tea

1545-1630         Sign of the Times: Bureaucracy as the Fate of Democracy in the Statesman
Charlotta Weigelt (Södertörn University)

1630-1700         Power and decision-making
Hallvard Fossheim (University of Bergen)

1900                    Conference dinner

DAY 2

1000-1130         KEYNOTE: Polis and Cosmos in Plato's Political Thought
Ryan Balot (University of Toronto)

1130-1230         ‘An origin for political culture’: Laws III as Political Thought and Intellectual History
Carol Atack (University of Oxford)

1230-1345         lunch

1345-1445         Tyranny in the Statesman and Laws
Franco Trivigno (University of Oslo)

1445-1515         Variations of Social Psychology in Plato’s Political Thinking
Knut Ågotnes (University of Bergen)

1515-1545         Division of Forms and Questions of Honour in Plato’s Statesman
Kristian Larsen (University of Bergen)

1545-1600         coffee & tea

1600-1615         Thinking ahead (plenary discussion)

The symposium is free of charge. Advance registration is compulsory for those wishing to attend. Please register with Kirsten.Bang@uib.no before May 15th.

Venue: room 208, Dept. of Philosophy, Sydnesplassen 12-13, Bergen