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The 2026 Celia M. Fountain Lecture- How Plato Wrecked Syracuse: A Story of Philosophy Gone Wrong

FREE EVENT with JAMES ROMM, James H. Ottoway, Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard CollegeÌý

How Plato Wrecked Syracuse: A Story of Philosophy Gone WrongÌý

Thursday, March 5th, 2026 at 6pmÌý

British & Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library M549Ìý

Join us with James Romm as we uncover the surprisingly messy, human side of the West's most famous thinker, Pluto, and his rather ill-fated political experiment in Syracuse.Ìý

*The Fountain Lecture is free and open to the publicÌý

How Plato Wrecked Syracuse