The Keeling Centre for Ancient Philosophy

The Keeling Centre for Ancient Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, UCL is home to activities and events focused on ancient philosophy.

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The last session of the ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar is on Monday 18th May, 14:00-16:00; online only!
Rachel Singpurwalla (Maryland) will give a talk entitled: ‘Plato on the Private Ideology of the Family’
All welcome. Please register to get the link!
https://t.co/6JsWF1LB1w

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The next speaker at the ICS will be Catherine Rowett (UEA): 'Those weird divisions in Plato’s Sophist: hunting for clues in ancient hunting techniques'
Monday 11th May, 14:00-16:00; Room 243, Senate House, Malet Street, London
Register here: https://t.co/62YaYcnhXZ

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REMINDER: Conference in honour of Raphael Woolf, 'Perspectives on Character and Truth', will be held this Thursday and Friday, 7-8 May, in Nash Lecture Theatre (KIN 205), Strand Campus, King's College London. All are welcome, but registration is required: https://t.co/LnNTZTIWXO

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A conference in honour of Raphael Woolf, titled 'Perspectives on Character and Truth', will be held 7-8 May, in Nash Lecture Theatre (KIN 205), Strand Campus, King's College London. All are welcome, but registration is required: https://t.co/iHoePjcbE6

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REMINDER: Simon Shogry (Oxford) is speaking today at the Aristotelian Society
‘Stoic Apatheia Reconsidered: The Positive Role of Passion in Moral Progress’
18:15-19:45, Woburn Suite, Senate House
https://t.co/j9QRCABDhU

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Simon Shogry (Oxford) will be giving a talk at the Aristotelian Society this Monday 20th April, 18.15-19.45, titled ‘Stoic Apatheia Reconsidered: The Positive Role of Passion in Moral Progress’. For further details and a draft paper, see here: https://t.co/DcER4985ig

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There is an upcoming Keeling Workshop happening on Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May. Free and open to all. See the poster or click here to see the details and full programme: https://t.co/M0bXIhJ4ph

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REMINDER: S.V. Keeling Memorial Lecture 2026
Paolo Crivelli (Geneva, Lugano, Notre Dame)
'The Platonic Roots of Aristotle's Conception of Definition'
Wednesday 18th March, 5-7pm
The Senate Room, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
https://t.co/MZEPo4gRW4

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Congratulations to Dr Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi who will be appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UCL, starting September 2026!

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The 2026 Keeling Graduate and Early Career Conference will be held on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st March, with Professor Angie Hobbs (Sheffield) and Dr Giles Pearson (Bristol) as keynote speakers. For further details and the full programme, see here. https://t.co/mKHjuWHbWU

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The next ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar is Monday 9th March, 2-4pm, Room 243, Senate House, London. Bridget Brasher (Harvard Centre for Hellenic Studies, ICS) will be speaking on ‘δοκεῖ γὰρ εἶναι κενὸν ὁ ἀήρ: Belief in Void Before the Atomists’: https://t.co/sEyrcoOigJ

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S.V. Keeling Memorial Lecture 2026, Paolo Crivelli (Geneva, Lugano, Notre Dame), 'The Platonic Roots of Aristotle's Conception of Definition', Wednesday 18th March, 5-7pm, The Senate Room, Senate House. The lecture is open to all and free to attend. https://t.co/MZEPo4gRW4

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The next ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar is this Monday, 9th January, 14:00-16:00, Room 243, Senate House. Chiara Martini (Oxford) will be speaking on ‘“One will not assert a falsehood”: Aristotle on separation and the applicability of geometry’. https://t.co/pm4VugeR48

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Raphael Woolf (KCL) is speaking at the ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar this Monday, 26th January, 14:00-16:00, Room 243, Senate House. The title of the talk is: ‘Diogenes of Sinope and Plato’s Republic’. Attendance is free and all are welcome: https://t.co/qKQVFmOfHm

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The next ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar is on Monday 12th January, 14:00-16:00; Room 243, Senate House. Alex Long (St Andrews) will be speaking on ‘The City-Cosmos Contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias’. Attendance is free but registration is requested: https://t.co/z11RexeKgE

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The next ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar is on Monday 1st December, 14:00-16:00, Room 243, Senate House. John Ferrari (Berkeley) will be speaking on 'Pleasure in the Pain of Others: Plato, Republic Book 10'. Register here: https://t.co/zx199dMvp3

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The next ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar takes place on Monday 17th November, 2:00-4:00 pm. Wolfgang Mann (Columbia) will speak on 'Some Questions about the Soul in Plato, Laws X, and a Speculative Suggestion Concerning Aristotle'. https://t.co/j9jK4qyHwL

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ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar
Rachel Barney (University of Toronto): ‘Plato on the Normativity of Craft’
Monday 27th October, 2:00-4:00 pm
Hybrid: Online & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
All welcome!
https://t.co/T0LpCMH2Bc

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The next ICS seminar will be this Monday, 20th October. Laura Castelli (Cambridge) will be speaking on ‘Aristotle’s Criticism of the Platonic Principles: Disentangling the Intelligible’. This is a hybrid seminar, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: https://t.co/2SLi0AEDdH

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The 2025-26 ICS Ancient Philosophy Seminar series begins this Monday, 6th October. Ugo Zilioli (Oxford) will be speaking on ‘Pyrrho’s Revelation: On the Hieratic Style and Oral Origin of the Aristocles Passage, Between East and West’. Register here: https://t.co/wA8wXTwKDk