BMCR: Banner on Männlein-Robert, Seelenreise und Katabasis
Reposted from BMCR, a review by NSEA’s own Nicholas Banner on a new volume on heavenly journeys and tours of the underworld: Seelenreise und Katabasis: Einblicke ins Jenseits in antiker […]
Tag Archives: Platonism
Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Platonism
The Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Platonism (LCAP) is a new lecture series on the history of ancient Platonism (from the Early Academy to Late Antiquity), traditionally an important field of […]
New book: Kutash, Goddesses of Myth and Cultural Memory
Below you find a link for the new book of Emilie Kutash, Goddesses of Myth and Cultural Memory, available through Bloomsbury and on Amazon: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/goddesses-in-myth-and-cultural-memory-9780567697400/ Here is a description from […]
Conference on Apuleius and his Reception: a real-life conference (!), but you can join online
The metamorphoses of Apuleius: from ancient texts to modern reception 2nd of June 2021, Mickiewicz Parlour, Collegium Maius, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. (online participation is possible; contact: Mateusz […]
Andrei Timotin on Platonic and Platonist Prayer in Antiquity: Review
Andrei Timotin, who keeps producing cool stuff on ancient Platonism, including some great contributions on the theory of δαίμονες, has released a volume on philosophic ideas of prayer in the […]
Conference on Cosmic Ascent in Theory and Practice: Call for Papers
A conference in June of this year at Trinity College, Dublin on all aspects of cosmic ascent narratives. Papers are very welcome from scholars working on any aspect of this […]
New book: Catana, Late Ancient Platonism in Eighteenth-Century German Thought
Leo Catana, Late Ancient Platonism in Eighteenth-Century German Thought (International Archives of the History of Ideas 227; Leiden: Springer, 2019). This book promises to be a stimulating study in the […]
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