John Ackrill Memorial Lecture

This year’s John Ackrill Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Hendrik Lorenz, Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, on ‘Aristotle on Despotic Rule – and the Question of Racism’. The lecture will begin at 4:30pm on Thursday 5 June in the Amersi Lecture Room. Drinks reception to follow. All are welcome.

Professor John Lloyd Ackrill, a leading figure in the study of Ancient Greek philosophy, joined Brasenose College in 1953 and became Professor of the History of Philosophy at Oxford in 1966. He published widely on Aristotle and Plato, and for over 40 years he edited the Clarendon Aristotle Series, which are translations of Aristotelian texts accompanied by philosophical commentaries. The John Ackrill Memorial Lecture, inaugurated in 2009, is held in honour of the outstanding contribution he made to the study of ancient philosophy. The previous speakers are: Terence Irwin, David Wiggins, Richard Sorabji, Gisela Striker, David Charles, Gail Fine, Gábor Betegh, Lindsay Judson, Richard Kraut, Mary Margaret McCabe, Katja Maria Vogt, Tad Brennan, Susanne Bobzien, James Warren, James Allen, and Rachana Kamtekar.

For further information please contact: simon.shogry@philosophy.ox.ac.uk