| UPDATE: VIDEO RECORDING | Free Public Lecture | 4pm Saturday 12 July | Level 2, Greek Community Centre, 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne | Donations Accepted | Details & Bookings | Following the Academy’s AGM at 3pm | Signifying Nothing: the invention of zero and the perils of saying what Read more
| 3pm Saturday 31 May 2025 | in Brunswick | Speakers: Martin Leckey & John Bigelow | Bookings Essential [BOOKED OUT] | Donations Accepted | UPDATE: WATCH RECORDING | Raphael represented ancient Greek cosmology in one of the most famous paintings of the High Renaissance at the Vatican in Rome. We show how Raphael uses Read more
| 3 pm Saturday 22 March 2025 | in Brunswick | Guest Speaker: Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides | Bookings Essential CLOSED | Donations Accepted |
The session explores Plato’s representation of Socrates as a drunken follower of Dionysus in the Symposium, a description that opposes his statement that Socrates was never seen drunk (p. 220a). Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides will trace Plato’s use of drunkenness as a metaphor for philosophical initiation across his dialogues, notably the Phaedrus, the Phaedo, and the Laws.
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