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| Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy | |
|---|---|
| Name | Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy |
| Formation | 20th century |
| Type | Scholarly society |
| Headquarters | Athens |
| Region served | International |
| Leader title | President |
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy is an international scholarly organization dedicated to the study and promotion of classical Greek thought. It fosters research and teaching on figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Heraclitus, and Pythagoras, and engages with institutions including Oxford University, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Paris (Sorbonne), and University of Athens to support scholarship and public outreach.
Founded in the mid‑20th century, the Society emerged amid renewed interest in classical studies linked to projects at Princeton University, Columbia University, Yale University, University of Chicago, and Brown University. Early patrons and conveners included scholars associated with the British Museum, the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute for Advanced Study, fostering ties with centers such as the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, the Vatican Library, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Society established collaborations with research programs at Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, King's College London, University College London, and the Max Planck Society.
The Society's mission emphasizes rigorous textual study of authors like Epicurus, Zeno of Citium, Anaxagoras, Democritus, and Empedocles and engagement with manuscripts preserved at the British Library, the National Library of Greece, and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Objectives include promoting translations connected to publishing houses such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, Brill, and Routledge; supporting comparative work with scholars linked to the University of Bologna, Università di Pisa, École Normale Supérieure, Heidelberg University, and Leipzig University; and encouraging interdisciplinary dialogue with colleagues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, the Pergamon Museum, and the Getty Research Institute.
Membership comprises academics, independent researchers, and institutions affiliated with departments at University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Trinity College Dublin, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and University of Toronto. Governance follows elected committees and boards modeled on procedures used by the Modern Language Association, the American Philosophical Association, the European Society for the History of Philosophy, and the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, with officers often holding positions at New York University, Duke University, Cornell University, McMaster University, and Australian National University.
The Society organizes seminars, workshops, and lecture series featuring comparative work on texts such as the Corpus Aristotelicum, the Platonic Dialogues, the Homeric Hymns, Works and Days, and the Fragments of Heraclitus. It runs study groups in partnership with institutes like the British School at Rome, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Oriental Institute (Chicago), and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Collaborative programs have involved museums and archives such as the Ashmolean Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Hermitage Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
The Society publishes journals, monograph series, and edited volumes drawing on scholarship about texts including the Nicomachean Ethics, the Metaphysics (Aristotle), the Republic (Plato), Phaedo, and the Theaetetus. Publishing partners and outlets include Phronesis, Classical Quarterly, Classical Philology, Mnemosyne (journal), and series from Springer, De Gruyter, Bloomsbury, and Manchester University Press. The Society has overseen critical editions and translations related to holdings at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, the Codex Vaticanus, the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, the Derveni Papyrus, and the Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship networks.
Annual and biennial conferences convene scholars presenting research on authors and texts such as Sappho, Sophocles, Euripides, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Aristophanes, held at venues including Princeton University, Yale University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, Sorbonne University, University of St Andrews, Trinity College Dublin, and the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Special symposia have been organized in collaboration with organizations like the Royal Irish Academy, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The Society bestows awards and fellowships recognizing excellence in scholarship on figures such as Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Damascius. Recipients have held grants and chairs affiliated with All Souls College, Oxford, St John’s College, Cambridge, Balliol College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, and research fellowships at Wolfson College, Oxford, Jesus College, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and international prizes coordinated with institutions like the Leverhulme Trust, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust.
Category:Philosophical societies