Thursday, December 9th

The Cosmological Vision of the De Mundo

9:45-10:00: Welcome

10:00-11:15: George Boys-Stones (University of Toronto): “A Second-Century Argument About the World”

11:15-12:30: Liba Taub (Cambridge University) “Integrating Meteorology and Theology in De Mundo.“

12:30-2:00: Break for lunch.

De Mundo from Greek to Latin

2:00-3:15: Thomas Slabon (Stanford University) “Apuleius’ Roman Additions to Greek Theology.“.

3:30-5:00: Georgina White (Kansas University) “Ethical Language in De Mundo.“ With response by Matthew Watton (University of Toronto)

Friday, December 10th

The De Mundo Beyond Plato and Aristotle

10:00-11:15: Dylan Burns (University of Amsterdam) “Basilides of Alexandria On the Cosmos.“

11:15-12:30: Gretchen Reydams-Schils (University of Notre Dame) “Stoicising Platonism in Apuleius’ Response to Aristotle.“

12:30-4:00: Break for lunch.

4:00-6:00: Translating the De Mundo: round-table discussion.

6:00: Conference Dinner.

Saturday, December 11th

New Perspectives on Aristotelianism

10:00-11:15: Michael Griffin (University of British Columbia) “Apuleius’ De Mundo as contemplative exercise and pedagogy.“

11:15-12:30: George Karamanolis (University of Vienna) “Causal Efficacy Through Intermediary Power in Apuleius’ De Mundo.“

12:30-1:00: Closing review.

This was the program of the workshop “Apuleius and the Aristotelian De Mundo“ held December 9-11, 2021, online and in the Jackman Humanities Building at 170 St George Street, Toronto. Planning for a print publication based on the workshop and including our English translation of Apuleius’ De Mundo is currently under way.