University of Crete
Department of Philology

International Workshop
"New Perspectives on Cicero’s De Amicitia"

Program

Friday, 02/10/2026

09.00-09.15 Opening Remarks

9.15-10.15 Katharina Volk (Columbia University)
Cicero’s Laelius

10.15-11.15 Gernot Michael Müller (University of Bonn)
The structure of Cicero’s Laelius and its relation to his former dialogues

11.15-11.45 Coffee Break

11.45-12.45 Gabriel Evangelou (Ionian University)
Theory and Practice in Cicero’s De amicitia: friendship, lived experience, and reconciliation

13.00-15.00 Lunch

15.15-16.15 Georgia Tsouni (University of Crete)
Wisdom, Exempla and Friendship in De Amicitia

16.15-17.15 Margaret Graver (Dartmouth College)
Doing a Friend a Favor: Cicero and the Greco-Roman Code of Supererogation

Saturday, 03/10/2026

9.00-10.00: Thornton Lockwood (University of Florida)
Cicero on the Duties of Friendship

10.00-11.00 Yelena Baraz (Princeton University)
How to Lose Friends and Influence People

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-12.30 Sean McConnell (University of Otago)
Inimicitiae and Civil Strife in De Amicitia

12.30-13.30 Nathan Gilbert (University of Durham)
Cicero’s De Amicitia in China

13.30-13.45 Closing Remarks

Event type: International Workshop

Date: 02 - 03 October 2026