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