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On Friday 24th May, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host a celebration of the work of Dr Margaret Barker. This event will take place in the Latimer Room, Clare College.A programme can be found here:

On Wednesday 1st May 2024, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Prof. Sean McGrath, who will deliver a talk 'Spirit of Nature / Spirit of God: The Late Schelling's Rethinking of the World Soul'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below…

On Wednesday 13th March 2024, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Andrea Frost, who will deliver a talk 'On the Philosophy of Wine'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time).

Call for PapersPlatonism and Neoplatonism Unit, American Academy of Religion2024 Conference, 23-26 November, San DiegoNature and the Platonic Tradition The Platonic tradition has, throughout history, offered a radically alternative understanding of the relationship between humans and nature and between humans and non-human animals. This panel invit…

On Monday 4th March 2024, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Dr Richard Temple, who will deliver a talk 'Symbolic Images of Cosmic Descent in Icons'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83321325592

On Monday 19th February 2024, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Dr Johannes Niederhauser, who will deliver a talk, 'Plato's Mythologia: On the Relationship between Mythos and Logos in Plato'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time).To join this event online, please…

On Thursday 18th January 2024, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Dr Jon Thompson, who will deliver a talk 'The Metaphysical Possibility of Resurrection'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83321325592

On Monday 27th November 2023, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Dr. Hadi Fakhoury, who will deliver a talk 'Ibn 'Arabi between East and West: Tradition, Modernity, and the Future of Islam'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below:h…

On Tuesday 7th November 2023, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Prof. Predrag Cicovacki, who will deliver a talk 'Platonism and Transcendence'. This event will take place in the Lecture Room 2 of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83321325592

On Tuesday 24th October 2023, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Prof. Alexandra Roux, who will deliver a talk 'Science, nescience et dialectique chez le dernier Schelling: l’héritage de Platon'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room in the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found be…

On 23rd October 2023, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Prof. Jean-Louis Vieillard-Baron, who will deliver a talk 'Platon et la métaphysique'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room in the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83321325592

On Tuesday 17th October, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host Dr Matthew Nini, who will deliver a talk 'The Philosopher's Secret: Schelling's Platonic Doctrine of the Soul'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room in the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The Zoom link can be found below:https://us06web.zoom…

On Thursday 12th October, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will be holding a book launch for the new volume, An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists, edited by Douglas Hedley and Christian Hengstermann and published by Routledge. The event will take place in the Dean's Room (E3) at Clare College, University of Cambridge, beginning a…

On Saturday 28th of October 2023, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host a conference dedicated to metaphysical feminine principles in Late Antiquity and beyond, in both paganism and Abrahamic religions. The event is organised by Dr Andreea-Maria Lemnaru (amaria.carrez@outlook.com) and Prof. Douglas Hedley (rdh26@cam.ac.uk). Plea…

On 25th September 2023, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host a conference on the often neglected relationship between the thought of Owen Barfield and J.R.R. Tolkien, focusing on their understanding of the relationship between creativity and the divine. This event is organised by Douglas Hedley (rdh26@cam.ac.uk), Gareth Polmeer…