Greek Technical Writing in the Time of Aristotle
June 18th 2026
Ritson Room, Dept of Classics & Ancient History
38 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3EU
Ritson Room, Dept of Classics & Ancient History
38 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3EU
| Programme | ||
| 0920 | Alessandro Vatri (Durham) | Introduction |
| Panel 1: Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics | ||
| 0940 | Francesca Schironi (Michigan Ann Arbor) | Formulae and Formulaic Language in Hellenistic Greek Astronomy |
| 1000 | Reviel Netz (Stanford) | tbc |
| 1020 | Mariska Leunissen (UNC Chapel Hill) | From peri phuseos to kata phusin |
| 1040 | Panel discussion | |
| 1110 | Coffee | |
| Panel 2: Medicine and Zoology | ||
| 1140 | Giulia Ecca (Sapienza) | Stylistic Features of Historia Animalium Book X |
| 1200 | Lorenzo Perilli (Tor Vergata) | Aristotle and the birth of zoology |
| 1220 | Panel discussion | |
| 1250 | Lunch | |
| Panel 3: Language Science, Music, and Logic | ||
| 1420 | Anna Novokhatko (Trento) | Words for Words: Aristotle’s Language of Language |
| 1440 | Stefan Hagel (ÖAW) | Words and concepts for music theory |
| 1500 | Henry Mendell (CSU) | Putting a label on it: the idioms ἐφ’ ᾧ τὸ B and ἐφ’ οὗ τὸ Β (on which the letter Β) in Aristotle’s Analytics |
| 1520 | Panel discussion | |
| 1550 | Closing remarks | |
| 1600 | Coffee and farewell | |
Convenors: Alessandro Vatri, Edith Hall, Phillip Horky, and Rosie Wyles
The workshop is open to the public and will by hybrid. To register your attendance, please fill in this form.
