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Conference Announcement Theme: Greek Philosophy and Jewish Thought Subtitle: Accommodations and Appropriations Type: International Conference Institution: University of Cyprus Location: Nicosia (Cyprus) Date: 23.–25.11.2018 __________________________________________________ Friday, 23 November 13.00 – 13.45: Registration 13.45 – 14.00: Welcoming Professor Constantinos Christophides, Rector of the University of Cyprus Professor Yiannis E. Ioannou, Chair of French and European Studies Department 14.00 – 14.45 Keynote Address 1 Professor Nir Kedar (Bar Ilan University, Israel) Linking Jerusalem and Athens: David Ben-Gurion on Plato and the Bible 14.45 – 16.15: Session 1 14.45 – 15.15 Professor Piotr Sawczyński (Jagiellonian University, Poland) Back to the Future: On Progress and Return in Greek and Jewish Thought 15.15 – 15.45 Professor Edward Spence (University of Sydney, Australia & 4TU Centre for Ethics and Technology, Netherlands) Is Alan Gewirth’s Ethical Theory Neo-Stoic? 15.45 – 16.15 Professor Nikitas Hadjimichail (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Bartholus and the Mosaïc Law 16.15 – 16.30: Coffee Break 16.30 – 18.00: Keynote Address 2 Professor Daniel Tanguay (University of Ottawa, Canada) The Conflict between Jerusalem and Athens. From Isaac Husik to Leo Strauss 20.00: Informal Drinks at Old Nicosia Saturday, 24 November 9.45 – 10.00: Coffee Break 10.00 – 11.30: Session 2 10.00 – 10.30: Dr. Chrysovalantis Kyriacou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) The Barnabas Network: Salamis in Cyprus, Jerusalem and Alexandria 10.30 – 11.00: Professor Panos Christodoulou (European University Cyprus, Cyprus) Intellectual networks and dynamic ‘frontiers’ in Hellenistic period: the case of the Letter of Aristeas 11.00 – 11.30 Professor Theodoros Mavrogiannis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Saint Paul’s Social Network 11.30 – 11.45: Coffee Break 11.45 – 13.15: Keynote Address 3 Professor Gideon Bohak (Tel Aviv University, Israel) Networks of Magic in Late Antiquity: Jews, ‘Pagans’ and Christians 13.15 – 14.45: Lunch Break 14.45 – 16.15: Session 3 14.45 – 15.15 Ákos Tussay (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Poland) The Pseudo-Pythagorean Περi Βασιλειασ Treatises as Possible Sources of Philo’s Politics 15.15 – 15.45 Sophia Vlachou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) Perceptions of Knowledge and Wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon and in Plato’s Theaetetus 15.45 – 16.15 Professor Panagiotis Christias (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) St Paul’s Philosophy of Networking: A Communicational Constitution for the Christian Body 16.15 – 16.30: Coffee Break 16.30 – 18.00: Keynote Address 4 Professor Sébastien Morlet (Université Paris-Sorbonne – Paris IV, France) Greek philosophy and Judaism according to Flavius Josephus 20.00: Conference Dinner Sunday, 25th November 9.45 – 10.00: Coffee Break 10.00 – 11.30: Session 4 10.00 – 10.30 Dr. Tziovanis Georgakis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) The Jew and the Greek in Martin Heidegger 10.30 – 11.00 Professor Charalambos Papacharalambous (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Other's Caress and God's Passing By. Levinas Encountering Heidegger 11.00 – 11.30 Professor Ronit Doynets Kedar, Academic Center of Law and Business, Israel Selfhood and Otherness: On Responsibility, Following Levinas 11.30 – 11.45: Coffee Break 11.45 – 13.15: Keynote Address 5 Professor Stefanos Rozanis (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece) Martin Buber and the Guilt of Writing Organization: Department of French and European Studies, University of Cyprus With the collaboration of Department of Law, University of Cyprus Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus Organizing Committee: Panagiotis Christias, Panos Christodoulou, Tziovanis Georgakis Scientific Committee: Nikitas Hatzimichail, Panagiotis Christias, Panos Christodoulou, Tziovanis Georgakis, Charalambos Papacharalambous Venue: Amphitheater 108, Anastasios G. Leventis Building New University Campus, University of Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Contact: Tziovanis Georgakis Department of English Studies University of Cyprus 75, Kallipoleos Avenue P.O. Box 20537 1678 Nicosia Cyprus Email: tziovani...@yahoo.com Web: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/frml/documents/Conferences/Conference-Greek-Philosophy-Jewish-Thought-2018.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
