A Stream on “Teaching and Researching Ancient Philosophy in the Contemporary World”

Memo

The Arts and Humanities Division (AHRD) of ATINER is organizing A Stream on “Teaching and Researching Ancient Philosophy in the Contemporary World”, 3-6 January 2018, Athens, Greece as part of the 5th Annual International Conference on Humanities & Arts in a Global World sponsored by the Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts.



The aim of the stream is to bring together academics and researchers from all areas of Philosophy, Education and Humanities.



Ancient Philosophy is one of the fundamental basis of our culture. Over twenty five hundred years ago some people began to use their reasoning in a different way so as to try to discover the way nature works and how to live their lives in order to find happiness and create a better society. All those questions and the very same way of thinking are still present in our contemporary world, but societies and technology have changed so much and so quickly that those ancient thoughts could seem strange and remote to our current mentality. Nevertheless, the first philosophers can help us understand several aspects of our lives, so they deserve to be taught and studied. The aim of the streamis to help participants enhance their way of imparting knowledge by exchanging ideas about different approaches in teaching and researching Ancient Philosophy in our globalised world and multicultural societies.



Areas of interest include (but are not confined to):



Ancient Philosophy in the 21st Century

Non-Western Ancient Philosophy

How to teach Ancient Philosophy today

Researching methods in Ancient Philosophy

Ancient Philosophy and contemporary science

Greek Philosophy in the contemporary world

Ancient ethics and politics today

Promoting the study of Ancient Philosophy in the 21st Century

Students’ expectations on Ancient Philosophy

New approaches and perspectives on Ancient Philosophy

Fee structure information is available on http://www.atiner.gr/2018fees.



Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A pragmatic symposium (as organized in Ancient Athens but fine tuned to synchronous ethics), a special one-day educational island tour, an Athens educational walking tour, and an one-day visit to Delphi.