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The Oxford Network for Ancient Philosophy (ONAP) brings together faculty and students specializing in ancient philosophy across the University of Oxford. Oxford is an extraordinarily rich environment for the study of ancient philosophy, with leading researchers working on ancient Chinese, Greek, Indian, Roman philosophy, and more across a range of Humanities faculties. This forum seeks to support the vibrant community of staff and students working in all areas of ancient philosophy by providing up-to-date, cross-departmental resources and information geared to the study and teaching of ancient philosophy within Oxford.

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The Illusory Self: Identity in Christianity and Buddhism

06 June

Seminar and Dialogue

Senior Seminars in Indian Philosophy (TT 2026)

19 February 2025

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Eastman Lecture: 'Outside In: Theorizing Pleasure'

30 April

Professor Verity Harte

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Double Truth and Multiple Rationalisms: Philosophy in Islam's Post-Classical Period

26 May

Professor Frank Griffel

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Time in Avicenna's Philosophy Reading Group

28 April

Mysticism(s) Beyond the West

Mysticism(s) Beyond the West

29 June to 01 July

Conference Announcement

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Philosophising with the Greats 2026

29 June to 30 June

Call for Papers

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion (TT 2026)

05 May 2026

Lineup announced

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New Publication: Ancient Greek and Indian Buddhist Philosophers on Reality and Selfhood

08 January 2026

Edited by Ugo Zilioli and Jan Westerhoff

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Federica Nicolardi (Naples): 'The Philosophical Conversation of a Seleucid King'

27 February

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Rafal K. Stepien (Austrian Academy of Sciences): 'Chinese Buddhist Ethics of Belief'

02 February

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Benjamin Morison (Princeton): 'Episteme and Doxa in Posterior Analytics I 33'

19 March

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Introduction to Arabic Philosophy (HT 2026)

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Aristotle on Accidentality, Chance, and Errors in Nature - Graduate Lecture (HT 2026)

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Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (HT 2026)

01 May 2025

Lineup announced

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion (HT 2026)

08 May 2025

Lineup announced

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Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (MT 2025)

01 May 2025

Lineup announced

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion (MT 2025)

08 May 2025

Lineup announced

Seminar on Indian Philosophy (MT 2025)

19 February 2025

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Moral Education between East Asian and Greco Roman Classics

19 June 2025 to 20 June 2025

Conference Announcement

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2025 Southern Association for Ancient Philosophy Meeting

15 September 2025 to 16 September 2025

Conference Announcement

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Workshop on Cicero's Academici Libri

09 May 2025 to 10 May 2025

Workshop Announcement

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Radical Phenomenology in India: Extreme structures of consciousness in Indic philosophies

02 June 2025

Conference Announcement

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Necessary Existence and Causation in Avicenna's Philosophy Reading Group

07 May 2025

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The Philosophy of the Kyoto School Reading Group

06 May 2025

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Plato and Aristotle on Art and Beauty Seminar Series (TT 2025)

30 April 2025

Lineup announced

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Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (TT 2025)

01 May 2025

Lineup announced

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion (TT 2025)

08 May 2025

Lineup announced

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2025 Keeling Memorial Lecture: Ursula Coope

18 March 2025

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Oxford Seminar in the Pre-Modern History of East Asia

23 January 2025

Lineup announced

Seminar on Indian Philosophy (HT 2025)

19 February 2025

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Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (HT 2025)

23 January 2025

Lineup announced

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Hellenistic Philosophy Reading Group

Convened by A. Bown, L. Castagnoli, M. Durand, & S. Shogry

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Current Seminars & Teaching

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The 2024 Isaiah Berlin Lectures

29 October 2024

Oxford Nicolas Berggruen Prize Awarded To Former ONAP member and Graduate Assistant Dr Lea Cantor

11 June 2024

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Professor Monima Chadha Joins Philosophy Faculty as Professor of Indian Philosophy

18 April 2024

2024 John Locke Lectures

The 2024 John Locke Lectures: Seeing in Sanskrit

24 April 2024

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Corpus Christi Classics Centre Lecture: George Boys-Stones (Toronto)

24 May 2024

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Ackrill Lecture: James Allen (Toronto)

09 May 2024

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New publication: Eliminativism in Ancient Philosophy

25 January 2024

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New publication: Stoic Eros

24 January 2024

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New publication: Vice in Ancient Philosophy

19 December 2023

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Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Study of Religion (HT 2024)

08 January 2024

Lineup announced

Anand Jayprakash Vaidya

Lecture by Prof. Anand Jayprakash Vaidya (San Jose State University)

17 November 2023

'Anātman and Philosophy' Conference

03 November 2023 to 05 November 2023

BSHP Postdoctoral Fellowships Awarded to Szilvia Szanyi and Alesia Preite

25 September 2023

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Lectures by Prof Alex Watson (Ashoka University)

11 October 2023

Mark Siderits

Three Lectures by Mark Siderits (Professor of Philosophy emeritus, Seoul National University)

30 November 2023 to 01 December 2023

Plato and the Buddha Shakyamuni

Philosophy in Greece and India

19 September 2023

Organised by Jan Westerhoff & Ugo Zilioli

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Varieties of Ineffability in Ancient Philosophy

18 September 2023 to 21 September 2023

Organized by L. Cantor, U. Coope, N. Das, & S. Tor

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Philosophising with the Greats

28 September 2023 to 30 September 2023

Organized by Anna Marmodoro & John Pemberton

Henology. Ancient, Medieval, and Contemporary Accounts of Oneness

26 September 2023 to 27 September 2023

Organized by Anna Marmodoro & Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva

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Leverhulme Lecture & Book Launch: Valentina Calzolari (Geneva/Oxford), 'The Reception of Neoplatonism in Armenia'

13 June 2023

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Ackrill Lecture: Rachana Kamtekar (Cornell)

18 May 2023

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Nathan Carlig on the new Empedocles fragment

26 May 2023

Organized by S. Tor, C. Rowett, T. Mackenzie, & L. Cantor

BJHP Beaney Prize Awarded to DPhil Student Lea Cantor

20 March 2023

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Southern Association for Ancient Philosophy - 2023 Meeting (Oxford)

11 September 2023 to 12 September 2023

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Questioning 'Western Philosophy': Philosophical, Historical, & Historiographical Challenges (Conference)

28 April 2023 to 30 April 2023

Organized by L. Cantor, J. Platzky Miller, S. Chew, J. Egid, D. Levitin & a. winham

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New publication: The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Logic

01 March 2023

Edited by Luca Castagnoli & Paolo Fait

New Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Soicism

20 January 2023

Co-authored by Marion Durand, Simon Shogry & Dirk Baltzly

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New publication: Cicero's Academici libri and Lucullus

10 January 2023

Edited by Tobias Reinhardt

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Philiminality Oxford Reading Group: The Philosophy of the Xunzi

Persons and Objects in Ancient Philosophy: Greek and Indian Buddhist (Workshop)

02 November 2022

Organized by Jan Westerhoff & Ugo Zilioli

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