International Workshop | Plato’s Phaedrus. A Critical Guide
18, 19 & 20 june 2026
Villa Kérylos, Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Auditorium
We are pleased to announce the international conference on Plato’s Phaedrus that André Rehbinder co-organizes with Patricia Marechal (USCD/UNC Chapel Hill).
It will take place from June 18 to 20, 2026, at the Villa Kérylos.
This conference is in preparation for the publication of a volume in the « Cambridge Critical Guides » series on the Phaedrus.
Find the program and the downloadable poster below.
Workshop’s program
June 18 (Thursday)
9:30
Meet at the Villa Kerylos and introductory remarks
9:40-10:55
Frisbee Sheffield (Cambridge)
“Friends in Dialogue: Unifying Themes from the Frame”
11:00-12:15
Suzanne Obdrzalek (Claremont McKenna)
“The Mortal and the Divine in the Symposium and Phaedrus”
Lunch break
1:15-2:30
André Rehbinder (Paris Nanterre)
“Socrates’ First Speech in Phaedrus and the Principle of Non-Contradiction”
2:40-3:55
Rachel Singpurwalla (UMD)
“Plato on Writing and Virtue in the Phaedrus and the Laws”
4:00-5:15
Dimitri El Murr (ENS-PSL)
“The Phaedrus’ Criticism of Writing and the Dialogue Form”
June 19 (Friday)
9:30-10:45
Julia Pfefferkorn (Trier)
“Immortality, Reincarnation, and Responsibility in the Chariot Myth (Phaedrus 248a1–249d3)”
10:50-12:05
Hendrik Lorenz (Princeton)
“Appetitive Desire in Plato’s Phaedrus”
Lunch break
1:15-2:30
María Angélica Fierro (UBA-CONICET)
“Ὁμοίωσις θεῷ, Justice, and Knowledge in the Phaedrus: Intertextualities with the ‘Digression’ at Theaetetus 172c1- 177c2”
2:40-3:55
Patricia Marechal (UCSD/UNC Chapel Hill)
“Soul Types in the Phaedrus”
4:00-5:15
Rachana Kamtekar & Peggy Zhu (Cornell)
“Knowing the Soul in Plato’s Phaedrus”
June 20 (Saturday)
10:00-11:15
Claudia Yau (Michigan)
“Directing Souls: Philosophy and Rhetoric in the Phaedrus”
11:30-12:45
Jessica Moss (NYU)
“Doxa in the Phaedrus”
Organisation
Patricia Marechal (UCSD/UNC Chapel Hill) & André Rehbinder (ArScAn/Paris Nanterre)
