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The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Utrecht University and the Utrecht Centre for Global Challenges (UGlobe)Self-Knowledge and Cosmopolitanism: Ancient Stoic PerspectivesFriday 3 November, 10-17hUtrecht UniversityStijlkamer Van Ravensteijn (Kromme Nieuwegracht 80)Please register by 27 October via: symposiumSBR@uu.nlOrganised by René Brouwer and Albert JoosseDescriptionWho are we? What is our place in the world? These old questions have new urgency in today’s globalised world. This workshop focuses on ancient Stoic theories about self-knowledge, personal identity and cosmopolitanism. Its aim is to reconstruct conceptions and arguments developed in cultures rather different from our own. In doing so the workshop will hopefully provide anyone interested in these questions from a contemporary point of view with richer and more refined conceptual instruments.Programme 10.00-11.00 René Brouwer (Utrecht University): Cynic Origins 11.00-12.00 Eric Brown (Washington University in St. Louis): The Early Stoics 13.30-14.30 John Sellars (Royal Holloway, University of London): Cicero 15.00-16.00 Albert Joosse (Utrecht University): Epictetus 16.00-17.00 Jula Wildberger (American University of Paris): Imperial Stoicism