Loss, grief, and its therapy: philosophical perspectives from ancient Greece, Rome, and Asia

The aim of this 3-day international conference is to provide a forum for academics specialising in different ancient philosophical traditions to engage in a dialogue about ancient conceptualisations of grief and the types of attitudes they thought appropriate for us to adopt towards it, including consolation therapy.

Speakers:

- Han Baltussen (University of Adelaide)
- Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh)
- Amber Carpenter (Einstein Forum)
- Margaret Graver (Dartmouth College)
- David H. Kaufman (Transylvania University)
- David Machek (UC Louvain)
- Emily McRae (University of New Mexico)
- Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (Lancaster University)
- Franco Trivigno (University of Oslo)
- Curie Virág (University of Warwick)
- James Warren (University of Cambridge)
- Sharon Weisser (Tel Aviv University)
- David B. Wong (Duke University)
- James Zainaldin (Vanderbilt University)
- Cristóbal Zarzar (University of Cambridge)

The registration fee covers the conference delegate pack, coffee breaks and lunch for 3 days.

The programme will be announced soon on the conference website: https://griefconference.my.canva.site/

Faculty of Classics members: Please select category 5 to register and use the passcode given to you by the event organiser.

Staff / Students from other departments in the Uni. of Cambridge: Please get in touch with your finance team and obtain a Purchase Order number before registering in category 4.