“Aristotle, Politics book I 1-7”
Monday, June 23 to Friday, June 27, 2025

The 2025 summer workshop on Aristotle will take place from Monday, June 23rd to Friday, June 27th, in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece.

The general topic of the workshops is Aristotle’s philosophy of nature, very broadly conceived, but in some years the group tackles Aristotle’s ethical and political works.

The program aims to give graduate students from different academic backgrounds the opportunity to collaborate closely and intensively with one another in an atmosphere that is more informal and relaxed than regular seminars during the academic year.

Normally, ten graduate students and three to five faculty from Princeton participate. The group will be joined by ten Greek graduate students and three faculty from Greece. (This year, we have also invited guest faculty from Purdue University.) Princeton students are paired with their Greek counterparts and encouraged to develop collaboratively an interpretation of the text under discussion and present it during the workshop. The workshop also aims to promote the collaboration of faculty members and students, helping the latter to hone the skills necessary for their own scholarly research.

Funding for this event has been generously provided by the Stanley J. Seeger ’52 Center for Hellenic Studies, and the Departments of Classics and Philosophy.

Princeton Faculty
Melissa Lane (POL) 
Hendrik Lorenz (PHI) 
Benjamin Morison (PHI) 
Lea Schroeder (Purdue University) 

Greek Faculty
Panos Dimas
Eleni Perdikouri
Spyros Rangos

Princeton Students
Anusha Celly (PHI) 
Antonio Kerstenetzky (PHI) 
Che Li (PHI) 
Ludovica Medaglia (PHI) 
Lauren Miano (PHI) 
Matteo Moretti (CLA)
Madeleine Roberts (PHI)
Varun Sikand (PHI) 
Alexa White (CLA) 

Greek Students
Stavros Dimakopoulos
Genovefa Emmanouil
Dimitris Korgialas
Thefilos Kyriakidis
Athina Pitela
Tobias Reinsch
Giannis Sophianopouos
Alexia Trigki
Manos Undeger
Li Zhiming

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