Desiring the Good in Plato February 5, 2010

A one-day conference in 716 Philosophy Hall, organized by Katja Maria Vogt.

Speakers: Matthew Evans (NYU), Melissa Lane (Princeton), Dimitri El Murr ( Paris 1), and Iakovos Vasiliou (CUNY).

Commentators: Taylor Carman, Wolfgang Mann, Christiana Olfert , Melissa Schwartzberg.

"Desiring the Good in Plato" is a year-long research project, jointly conducted by Dimitri El Murr (Paris 1) and Katja Maria Vogt ( Columbia ). The project is funded by the Columbia-Paris Alliance Program. The project involves a second conference in Paris , April 16th and 17th, organized by Dimitri El Murr.

Official Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philosophy/events/main/conferences/index.html