On March 26 and 27, we welcomed speakers and delegates for our international conference, "Explorations in the Public Reception of Aristotle", supported by the the Classics and Ancient History Department, Institute of Classical Studies and the Durham Centre for Classical Reception.
A packed programme saw 16 papers across 8 different panels with talks on subjects across the range of Aristotleian…
Your attendance is called for an upcoming conference titled 'Explorations in the Public Reception of Aristotle'. It will be convened by the Leverhulme-funded project Aristotle beyond the Academy, based in the Centre for Classical Reception and the Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the University of Durham, on March 26th-27th 2025. We will be in the Ritson Room…
Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson is convening a panel of international colleagues to discuss ‘Communicative competence for citizenship: the case for rhetoric in contemporary educational policy and practice’.
The event is taking place at Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice between November 11 and 13.
For…
On Wednesday October 16th, 2024, ABA's very own Prof. Edith Hall gave a paper at the Durham University Classics & Ancient History departmental seminar series titled, “Aristotle in British Debates on the Constitution, Slavery, and Women”.
Providing the audience with a preview of the three chapters she…
First annual project hybrid workshop, attended by Advisory Board and Project Research Team. Presentation of research results and plans for future research trajectories. Feedback and discussion.
Project research time visit libraries and archives in Dublin to trace influence of Aristotle in the public sphere in Ireland.
Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson will be giving three talks during the British Academy’s Summer Showcase 2023: How to win arguments (for press and parliamentarians at Showcase Launch 15th June), How to win arguments (workshop for schools, 16th June) and What next? The big decision and why it’s not so big (workshop for schools, 16th June). Find…
Prof Edith Hall and Dr Peter Swallow will be speaking at a conference organised by the Aristotelica team.
Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson chairs panel and gives paper ‘Teaching rhetoric in UK high schools: when Aristotle found media fame’, at the Rhetoric Society of Europe (8th international conference), Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, Germany. http://ris8.org/
Mid-Year Team Planning Meeting, Research Team
