Plato and Laws (International Workshop)

On the 15th of October we will arrange an international workshop on Plato and Laws, with Ikko Tanaka (Oberlin), Nicholas D. Smith (Lewis & Clark) and Irina Deretić (Belgrade).

The program will be made available as soon as it is ready.

Ikko Tanaka is an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at J. F. Oberlin University in Machida, Japan. He earned his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in March 2014. His academic publications encompass ancient philosophy, digital humanities, and higher education studies.

Nicholas D. Smith is James F. Miller Professor Emeritus of Humanities in the Departments of Classics and Philosophy at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, USA. Smith specializes in ancient Greek philosophy. He has co-authored several notable works, including “Plato’s Socrates,” which received the Outstanding Academic Book award in 1994.

Irina Deretić is professor of philosphy at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, where she also serves as head of the project “The History of Serbian Philosophy.” Deretić’s research focuses on ancient Greek philosophy, particularly Plato’s metaphysics, philosophy of language, and ethics.