The Office of the Provost

The Department of the Classics

Department of Philosophy

Program for the Study of Religion

The College of Law

Parmenides Publishing

and

The Center for Advanced Study

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

present a conference

Life, the Universe, Everything — and More:

Plato's Timaeus Today

"One Book, The Whole Universe"

September 13–16, 2007

Conference organizers:

Richard D. Mohr, Philosophy and the Classics, UIUC, rdmohr@uiuc.edu

Barbara M. Sattler, Philosophy and the Classics, UIUC, bsattler@uiuc.edu

The conference will run from 7:30pm Thursday September 13, 2007 to 1pm Sunday September 16, 2007. All sessions will be plenary. Most of the presentations will take place in the General Lounge (Room 210) of the Illini Union, at the north end of the University’s main quadrangle, 1401 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801. Satellite events targeted at general audiences, including keynote addresses and Thursday evening’s program, will take place within walking distances of the Illini Union. See program and website updates for exact addresses.

Keynote speakers include:

Alexander Nehamas, Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Princeton.

Sir Anthony Leggett, 2003 Nobel Laureate for Physics, Center for Advanced Study, U. Illinois-

Urbana.

Anthony Vidler, Dean of the School of Architecture, the Cooper Union.