Date & time
Thursday, October 30, 2014
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
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The Contest between Achilles and David: Homer, the Bible, and the Question of Human Excellence
A lecture by Professor Peter J. Ahrensdorf
Speaker(s)
Professor Peter J. Ahrensdorf
Cost
This event is free
Organization
Liberal Arts College
Contact
Sita Zarrabian
514-848-2424 ext. 2565
Where
Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve W.
Room H-763
Wheel chair accessible
Yes
Peter J. Ahrensdorf is the James Sprunt Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Classics at Davidson College. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Yale University (1980) and went on to obtain his Ph.D from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, where he wrote a dissertation on Socrates's defense of the philosophical life in Plato's Phaedo (1989). Professor Ahrensdorf has won a Fulbright Scholar Award and two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. An acclaimed teacher, he received in 2013 the Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching Award at Davidson College.