2026 CNY Ancient
Philosophy Fall Workshop: Stoicism!
Syracuse University
Tolley Hall (Syracuse
University Humanities Center), Room 304
Saturday, September
26th, 2026
Breakfast, coffee, and klatsch: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Session I: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Chair: Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell)
Sara Magrin (Pittsburgh): Epictetus on Craft and Self-interest
Lunch: 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
Session II: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Chair: Jay Elliott (Bard)
Reier Helle (Harvard): What is it to be a Stoic
being?
Coffee Break
Session III: 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.:
Chair: Jacob Klein (Colgate)
Nathan Powers (University at Albany): ‘Theos’ in Stoicism
Dinner at Phoebe’s Restaurant (900 East Genesee St.): 6:00
p.m.
This event is sponsored by the Central New York
Humanities Corridor, from an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
