IX Symposium Platonicum: Plato's Politeia
Schedule and Program

For information about the speakers and the paper titles, please click each link.

2nd August, Monday

11:00-	Registration
Afternoon:	Parallel Sessions
13:00-15:05	Parallel Session 1
	1-A: Book One 1-B: Forms (1) 1-C: Philosopher (1) 1-D: Dialogue and dialectic
15:05-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-17:30	Parallel Session 2
	2-A: Tripartite Soul (1) 2-B: Mimesis (1) 2-C: Analogy 2-D: Good (1)
Evening
18:00-18:40	Opening Addresses
18:45-19:45	De Vogel Lecture
	*The Lecture is given in Italian: the English version of the paper is included in the Proceedings, and the Japanese booklet is distributed at the conference.
19:45-21:00	Reception Party

3rd August, Tuesday

Morning:	Panel Session 1: "Polis" Panel
9:00-10:35	Presentation of "Polis" Panel
10:35-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:00	Comments, Discussion and concluding remarks
Afternoon:	Parallel Sessions
13:30-15:00	Parallel Session 3
	3-A: Socrates 3-B: Philosopher (2) 3-C: Mimesis (2) 3-D: Forms (2)
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-17:00	Parallel Session 4
	4-A: Tripartite Soul (2) 4-B: Political Philosophy (1) 4-C: Text and Intertextuality 4-D: Justice
17:00-18:00	Light meal
Evening:	Cultural Evening
18:00-18:15	Special Address: Katsutoshi Uchiyama (Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University)
18:15-20:00	Japanese traditional culture performance "Gagaku" Concert information: English / Japanese (On "Gagaku" in general, please check Wikipedia: "Gagaku.")
20:00-20:30	Drink

4th August, Wednesday

Morning:	Plenary Session 1
9:00-10:40	Plenary papers 1
10:40-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:00	Philologica Lecture
Afternoon
13:00-17:30	Tokyo City Excursion
19:00-21:00	Banquet

5th August, Thursday

Morning:	Plenary Session 2
9:00-10:40	Plenary papers
10:40-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:10	Presentation of Plato Bibliography
11:10-12:00	Plenary paper
Afternoon:	Parallel Session and General Assembly
13:30-15:30	Parallel Session 5
	5-A: Mathematics 5-B: Mimesis (3) 5-C: Good (2) 5-D: Truth and Lie
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-16:20	Book Presentations
16:20-16:50	Special Talk of the Japan Academy: Masaaki Kubo
16:30-19:00	General Assembly of the IPS

6th August, Friday

Morning:	Panel Session 2: "Psyche" Panel
9:00-10:35	Presentation of "Psyche" Panel
10:35-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:00	Comments, Discussion and concluding remarks
Afternoon	Parallel Sessions
13:30-15:00	Parallel Session 6
	6-A: Gods 6-B: Tripartite Soul (3) 6-C: Forms (3) 6-D: Philosopher (3)
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-17:00	Parallel Session 7
	7-A: Myth of Er 7-B: Political Philosophy (2) 7-C: Forms (4) 7-D: Ancient and Modern
17:00-17:15	Break
17:15-18:15	Yamamoto Memorial Lecture
18:30-20:00	Farewell Party

7th August, Saturday

Morning:	Plenary Session 3
9:00-10:40	Plenary Papers
10:40-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:50	Plenary Paper
11:50-12:30	Closing Ceremony
Afternoon:	Public Symposium
14:00-17:00	The Classical Society of Japan, Public Symposium (open to the public: discussion in Japanese. Please visit http://www.carls.keio.ac.jp/education/post_18.html#478.)