| May 9, 2000
Media Contact: Kate
Callen, (858) 534-0361
"LIBERTY, ANCIENT AND
MODERN" IS MAY 20 UCSD CLASSICS TOPIC
Classics scholars will examine
the classical roots of modern conceptions of liberty in a one-day
conference on "Liberty, Ancient and Modern" on Saturday, May
20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the De Certeau Room of the Literature
Building at the University of California, San Diego. The event is free
and open to the public. Visitor parking on campus is free on weekends.
Conference presenters and
topics are:
- Robert Wallace, Professor of
Classics at Northwestern University, "Private Lives and
Public Enemies: Freedom in the Athenian Democracy."
- Nicholas Smith, James F.
Miller Professor of the Humanities at Lewis and Clark University,
and Curtis Johnson, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., Professor of
Government and Dean of Social Sciences, "What is Liberty For?
Plato and Aristotle on Political Freedom"
- H.S. Drake, Professor of
History at UC Santa Barbara, "The Edict of Milan, Religious
Liberty, and Christian Intolerance."
- Bracht Branham, Professor of
Classics at Emory University, "Cynicism and Liberty."
"Liberty, Ancient and
Modern" is sponsored by the UCSD Departments of Literature,
Philosophy, History, and Political Science; the UCSD Program of
Classical Studies; and the UCSD Program for the Study of Religion.
For further information, please
contact Jennifer Schroeder at (858) 534-3598 or jschroeder@ucsd.edu. |
