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9 May 2025

Jesper Svenbro: “Vad är ett fragment? Vad är en försokratiker?”

On May 9th 2025 we will organize a seminar with Jesper Svenbro on presocratic themes, guided by the question of the nature of the fragment. The seminar will be in Swedish. Time and Venue: 13-15, MB503 Jesper Svenbro is a distinguished Swedish poet, scholar, and member of…
Spring 2025

Research Seminar: De Anima

Your browser does not support the video tag. This semester’s Advanced Seminar in Ancient Philosophy, led by Charlotta Weigelt, will focus on Aristotle’s De Anima. Anyone is welcome to join. The schedule for the fall is as follows. 31/1, 10-12: Book I, ch. 1-5 7/3, 10-12: Book…
March 2025

Ruin and Weigelt visits Bildningspodden to talk about Stoicism

For a long time, the teachings of the ancient Stoics were regarded as detached from the world and apathetic. Today, Stoicism has become a trendy philosophy—an ancient self-help guide to mindfulness for those who want to endure a chaotic and incomprehensible modern world. In the process, thinkers…
4 March 2025

Swedish Philosophy & Ancient Philosophy Today

Svensk filosofi (Swedish Philosophy) is a new journal (ISSN 3035-6598) aimed at promoting the role and presence of philosophy in society. The journal has recently launched a series of articles under the label of Ancient Philosophy Today, featuring contributions by Hans Ruin and Charlotta Weigelt. You can…
5 June 2025

Glenn Most: “Thales and the Beginning of Greek Philosophy”

On the 5th of June 2025 Glenn W. Most will join us and give a lecure entitled “Thales and the Beginning of Greek Philosophy”. Time and Venue: 14-16, MA23 Glenn W. Most is an esteemed scholar and professor, recognized for his interdisciplinary contributions to the fields of…
16 Oct 2025

Plato and Laws (International Workshop)

On the 16th 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). Ikko Tanaka is an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at J. F. Oberlin University…
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28 March 2025

David Bloch: “Translating Ancient Philosophy”

On the 28th of March (13-15) David Bloch will give a talk about “Translating Ancient Philosophy”. Time and Venue: 13-15, PC249 David Bloch is a Danish philologist and historian of philosophy, currently serving as a professor at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen. His research primarily focuses…
7 March 2025

Charlotta Weigelt: “Platon om historiens nytta och skada för livet”

On the 7th of March 2025 Charlotta Weigelt will give a lecure entitled “Platon om historiens nytta och skada för livet”. Time and Venue: 14-16, PC249 Charlotta Weigelt is Professor of Philosophy at Södertörn University. She is the translator of Aristotle’s Physics and Nicomachean Ethics into Swedish,…
20 Dec 2024

Hans Ruin on Book X of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

On the December 20, between 10:00-12:00, Hans Ruin will introduce book X of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and this semester’s last Aristotle session. As is well known, this book highlights an apparent tension in Aristotle’s ethics between thinking and acting, particularly concerning the nature of happiness and its…