13th International Plutarch Society Congress, 11-13 June 2025, Groningen, Netherlands
‘Plutarch and the Natural World’

The relationship of mankind to the natural world has always been, and remains, a topic of vital intellectual interest. In the ancient world, the urge to explain puzzling natural phenomena provided a spur to the development of philosophy, historiography and medicine; and Plutarch provides ample evidence that nature remained good to think about under the Roman Empire.

We are interested in papers on all aspects of Plutarch’s thought on the natural world, including but not limited to: explaining natural phenomena; medical matters and the human body; humans and animals; imagery from nature; the natural environment including the earth, the sea, and the heavens; the elements; the gods and the natural world; meteorological and geographical phenomena and their significance; natural development; and natural processes from birth to death.

Please send the proposed title of your paper, together with an abstract of no more than 300 words, as an email attachment to:
Professor Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.) and
Professor Judith Mossman (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.)
No later than 31 January 2025. Papers should be no more than 30 minutes long.