The New York Classical Club, in conjunction with the the NYU Department of Classics and the Center for Ancient Studies, presents
New York Classical Club Winter Conference
Living the Good Life: Lucretius and Epicureanism, Ancient and Modern
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Silver Center for Arts and Science, Jurow Lecture Hall
32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair access)
10:30am Welcome
Session 1
10:45am Lucretius and Empedocles
David Sider (NYU)
11:45am An Epicurean Discourse on Love: Lucretius, Philodemus, and Sulpicia
Erin McKenna Hanses (Fordham University)
12:45pm Reports of recipients of 2017 NYCC Summer Scholarships
1:00pm Lunch Break
Session 2
2:00pm Max Radin’s Atticus on Octavian: from Epicurus My Master
Ron Janoff (Co-President, New York Classical Club)
2:30pm Was Memmius a Good King?
Joseph Farrell (University of Pennsylvania)
3:30pm Coffee Break
4:00pm Was Julius Caesar an Epicurean?
Katharina Volk (Columbia University)
5:00pm Lucretius and the Jesuits: The De Rerum Natura in Early Modern Jesuit Texts
Matthew McGowan (Fordham University)
6:00pm Reception
For more information, contact Del Maticic: del.maticic@nyu.edu