Models of Mind. A
conference in honor of Tony Long
University of California at Berkeley
Sept. 7-9, 2007
Seaborg Room, MenŐs Faculty Club
Open to the Public
Co-organizers:
Andrea
Nightingale (Stanford
University)
David Sedley (Cambridge University)
A. A. Long has
taught for the last 25 years in the Department
of Classics at UC Berkeley,
where he is currently Professor of Classics and Irving G. Stone Professor of
Literature. During that time, he has brought immense distinction to the
department and the university, where he has done much to set the intellectual tone
of study in the humanities. Long's
work ranges widely over classical culture and the history of ideas, but he is
best known for his seminal work on ancient philosophy. Among other things, he is renowned for
his four decades of work on Hellenistic Philosophy. Long's work has changed the intellectual landscape, and has
had a profound impact on the discipline of Ancient Philosophy. His pioneering work has brought about
the extraordinary renaissance of Hellenistic Philosophy that is flourishing in
the academy today. Prof. Long has
also been the teacher of many students who have gone on to distinction as
scholars in their own right.
This
conference offers an opportunity for those who have been taught and influenced
by Tony Long to celebrate his unique lifetime contribution to the field of
Classics. All of the papers at the
conference will be given by LongŐs former pupils. The papers will deal with a
theme that is at the center of LongŐs current project (and which is also
featured in his earlier works)—"Models of Mind." The speakers and commentators will
engage with ideas that Long has brought to prominence in the field of Ancient
Philosophy. The commentators on
the papers all have strong intellectual ties to Tony Long and his work, and
will make for a rich and diverse conference.
This event
will be a fitting celebration of one of Berkeley's most eminent and influential
scholars. In addition, it offers
the participants and the audience an opportunity to engage in collaborative and
interdisciplinary investigations.
