[News] (Conference announcement) 29.06.2026: “Falsehood at Stake: Plato Making Believe”

***apologies for cross-posting*** Dear colleagues, I am organising a conference on Monday, 29 June 2026: "Falsehood at Stake: Plato Making Believe." It will take place (in presence only) just a few minutes' walk from the NIG, at Porzellangasse 4, EG04, Seminarraum 2. 13:30-14:30: Viktor ILIEVSKI "To Believe or to Know: Plato on the Gods" 14:30-15:30: Ramón SONEIRA-MARTÍNEZ "Plato as a Source of Ancient Unbelief: From Socratic Individualisation to the Theology of _Laws_ X" 16:00-17:00: Pedro L. BARATIERI "Distinguishing the Opposites and Participating in the Dialogue's Play: The _Hippias Minor_ in the Light of Some Pedagogical Ideas of the _Republic_" 17:00-18:00: Maicon R. ENGLER "On Wolves and Dogs: Plato's Ambiguous Position on _antilogikē_" 18:30-19:30: Kryštof BOHÁČEK "Plato's Reader: Between the Hermeneutics of Question and the Rhetoric of Answer" The programme and practical information can be found here: https://antikephilosophie.univie.ac.at/ Please, do reach out if you have any question! Best wishes, Solmeng -- Solmeng-Jonas Hirschi, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher in Ancient Philosophy and Classics FWF-Projekt: "_Magna Moralia: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary_" Department of Philosophy, Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG), 1010 Wien solmeng.hirschi(a)univie.ac.at https://antikephilosophie.univie.ac.at/forschungsprojekte/