There is nothing more fun to teach than Plato's dialogues. Whether they love him or hate him, the figure of Socrates Plato draws in his dialogues move students to think more deeply about their relationships…
Christopher LongJanuary 7, 2015
This drawing from Mathew Paris (1217-1259), made famous more recently by Derrida's disquisition on it in The Postcard, appears in a 13th century manuscript that contains a series of fortune-telling tracts. Now, with the generous…
Christopher LongApril 20, 2014
In this interactive keynote address to the Pennsylvania Circle of Ancient Philosophy hosted by Villanova University, I argue that the Phaedo is Plato's most eloquent political dialogue. We tweeted the keynote and the entire PCAP…
Christopher LongMarch 16, 2014
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship asked me to give a version of the presentation at gave at #DH2013 last summer entitled eBook as Ecosystem of Digital Scholarship Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy: Practicing the…
Christopher LongSeptember 25, 2013
Returning to Wittenberg for the first time since graduating in 1991, I gave an interactive, live-tweeted, lecture on Reading the Death of Socrates. The paper argues that the Phaedo is Plato's most eloquent political dialogue,…
Christopher LongSeptember 19, 2013
On the day he was to die, we find Socrates writing poetry. This is very strange because Socrates generally chose not to write, opting instead to engage in dialogue with those he encountered in and…
Christopher LongSeptember 9, 2013
Socratic and Platonic Political Philosophy: Practicing the Politics of Reading (forthcoming Cambridge University Press) is an enhanced digital book that attempts to use digital media technology to cultivate the political practice of collaborative reading for…
Christopher LongJuly 19, 2013
Anne-Marie Schultz, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core at Baylor University, joins me at the 13th annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society She is author of many articles in Ancient Greek…
Christopher LongApril 7, 2013
There is a difference between the ways Socrates turns those with whom he speaks in Plato's dialogues to consider questions of justice, beauty and the good and the ways Plato's writing turns his readers to…
Christopher LongMarch 15, 2013
For episode 58 of the Digital Dialogue I am joined at the 51st annual meeting of SPEP in Rochester, NY by Silvia Benso. She is Professor of Philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she…
Christopher LongNovember 8, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - To give a lecture on the politics of collaborative reading without inviting one's listeners to become active participants would be a performative contradiction. So, in this lecture, Plato and the Politics…
Christopher LongOctober 21, 2012
Christopher P. Long, "Socrates: Platonic Political Ideal," Ideas y Valores, 61, 149: 2012. This essay articulates the differences and suggests the similarities between the practices of Socratic political speaking and those of Platonic political writing.…
Christopher LongSeptember 22, 2012
Consider this an invitation to continue along a path we have traversed together over the past three years. This path, which began in the wake of my 2009 Summer Faculty Teaching and Learning with Technology Fellowship,…
Christopher LongJune 25, 2012
Christopher P. Long, "Attempting the Political Art," Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, 27 (2012): 153-74. The main thesis of this essay is that the practice of Socratic political speaking and the…
Christopher LongMay 28, 2012
Episode 52 of the Digital Dialogue was recorded at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. I was joined by Sara Brill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University and…
Christopher LongNovember 7, 2011
FREIBURG, GERMANY - Today at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, I presented a paper entitled The Politics of Finitude in Plato's Phaedo at the 2011 Freiburger Hermeneutisches Kolloquium, whose theme was Hermeneutik (in) der…
Christopher LongJuly 2, 2011
LAWRENCE, KS - The paper I presented here today, entitled The Politics of Truth, argued that Socratic politics is a matter of speaking truth with a concern for justice and the good. I suggested further…
Christopher LongApril 25, 2011
Long, Christopher P. "Crisis of Community: The Topology of Socratic Politics in the Protagoras," Epoché: a Journal for the History of Philosophy, 15, 2 (2011): 361-377. In Plato's Protagoras Alcibiades plays the role of Hermes,…
Christopher LongMarch 10, 2011
For Digital Dialogue episode 44, I have joined Nicolas Parra, Norman Mora and Sergio Ariza in their home city of Bogotá, Colombia to discuss the seminar we held today on Plato's Apology and a paper…
Christopher LongMarch 1, 2011
Walter Brogan, Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, editor of Epoché: Journal for the History of Philosophy and a founding member of the Ancient Philosophy Society joins me for episode 42 of the Digital Dialogue.…
Christopher LongDecember 20, 2010
Mark Shifmann joins me to discuss Plutarch's understanding of the practice of Socratic philosophy as animated by erotic wisdom. Plutarch himself focused more on Socratic practice than on attempting to articulate a systematic account of…
Christopher LongJune 29, 2010
Sean Kirkland joins me for Digital Dialogue episode 35 to joins me today to talk about a book project he is completing entitled Ontology and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues. Our discussion focuses on the…
Christopher LongJune 15, 2010
Episode 32 of the Digital Dialogue is a recording of my paper on Plato's Protagoras entitled, "Crisis of Community: The Topology of Socratic Politics," delivered at the 10th Annual Independent meeting of the Ancient Philosophy…
Christopher LongMay 3, 2010
Ryan Drake, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University and graduate of Penn State's Philosophy Department, joins me for Digital Dialogue 31 which focused on the paper I will deliver at the 2010 Ancient Philosophy…
Christopher LongApril 20, 2010
A group of students from my Philosophy 200, Ancient Greek Philosophy, course join me for episode 22 of the Digital Dialogue. Drew Bullard, Jordan Sanford, Cody Yashinsky, Anthony Zirpoli, Tony Arnold, Pam Doran and Joni…
Christopher LongDecember 15, 2009
Holly Moore, who defended her dissertation, entitled "Plato's Analogical Thought" at DePaul University on October 12th, 2009, joins me for episode 15 of the Digital Dialogue. Dr. Moore is a graduate of Penn State's Undergraduate…
Christopher LongOctober 26, 2009
Sara Brill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, joins me for episode 13 of the Digital Dialogue. Sara graduated from the Philosophy Department here at Penn State in 2004, where she wrote her dissertation…
Christopher LongSeptember 29, 2009
Digital Dialogue 12 is with Mark Munn who is Professor of Ancient Greek History, Greek Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies here at Penn State. We focus on the relationship between eros and democracy…
Christopher LongSeptember 19, 2009
In episode six of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and longstanding member of the Ancient Philosophy Society. Marina has written extensively on Plato, focusing…
Christopher LongJuly 28, 2009
