What would Plato do? Greek Thought in US Politics
June 17, 2016
As the 2016 US Presidential election campaign continues to confound forecasters, recent PhD student and Teaching Affiliate John Bloxham discusses classics and American politics. Looking at American politics through the prism of Greek philosophy probably struck a few people as a waste of time when I started my PhD on the reception of Greek thought in …
CA report: Legacies of Greek Political Thought in America
April 28, 2014
CA conference: Legacies of Greek Political Thought in America Nottingham PhD student John Bloxham reports on a panel at the recent CA conference in Nottingham. For a postgraduate student, of a nervous temper, being asked to convene a panel was cause for a little anxiety. But with the panel taking place at the …
Happy birthday Marcus Aurelius!
April 26, 2014
In a new occasional series, Nottingham PhD student Will Leveritt posts his own photos of coins to reflect on significant anniversaries. 1893 years ago today, on the 26th of April A.D. 121, the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was born in Rome. On the obverse of the coin we see the laureate head …
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