Carol Atack

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Ancient Greek political thought & intellectual history; Plato, Xenophon, democracy, anachronism and antiquity.
 Fellow, Classics DoS & tutor at Newnham College, Cambridge. She/her.
Webhttps://newn.cam.ac.uk/person/carol-atack/
Bloghttps://anachronismandantiquity.wordpress.com
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Carol AtackAug 25, 2023
Where did it all go wrong? How can we make it better? @billt (pictured) asks important questions to open the splendidly named Wuthering Bytes conference in Hebden Bridge.
Carol AtackApr 11, 2023
Time to take another look at Xenophon’s Socrates - my blog post for OUP Academic, to go with the newly published Memories of Socrates, Martin Hammond’s translation of the Memorabilia and Apology, with introduction and notes by me: https://blog.oup.com/2023/04/xenophons-kinder-socrates/
Xenophon’s kinder Socrates

The idea that Xenophon’s Socratic dialogues entirely lacked the philosophical bite or intellectual depth of Plato’s had become a commonplace in a philosophical discourse which prioritised abstract knowledge over broader ethics. Dr Carol Atack makes the case for Xenophon's kinder Socrates.

OUPblog
Carol AtackFeb 19, 2023
Tomorrow! 'Plato’s longue durée:
the politics of time in the later dialogues' at the @cambridge_cpt seminar. Will fulfil my ambition to talk about Atlantis in this seminar...
Carol AtackFeb 6, 2023
Sean RedmondApr 26, 2022

#introduction

Two decades in #LibTech (currently NYPL) and #MuseTech. #AthenianHistory enthusiast (and PhD). For some reason I spent the pandemic learning more about the ancient Athenian Calendar than I ever I thought I would.

Some projects:
https://pypi.org/project/heniautos/
https://pypi.org/project/juliandate/
https://pypi.org/project/akrophonobolos/
https://github.com/seanredmond/parker_and_dubberstein
https://github.com/seanredmond/attic-demes

heniautos

Ancient Athenian calendar generator

PyPI
Show threadCarol AtackFeb 4, 2023
@armb Yes, I like the format very much. I’ve another paper coming out on in an edited book hosted on the same platform later this year, also #OpenAccess. I wish more English-language platforms had as good a format.
Carol AtackFeb 4, 2023
A Cambridge DiaryFeb 3, 2023

The busway from Trumpington to Addenbrooke's Hospital at sunset tonight.

A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4696) Friday 3rd February 2023.

#photography #Cambridge #CambridgeUK

Carol AtackJan 31, 2023
Newly published: 'Ambiguities of Despotic Power in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia', in 'Transgresser pour mieux régner', Cahiers Mondes Anciens Vol. 17. Very pleased to be in such good company and to be published in this excellent open access format. https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/4723
Show threadCarol AtackJan 16, 2023
Then the following week I'll be at the Cambridge seminar (chez @cambridge_cpt) talking about 'Plato's Longue Durée: the Politics of Time in the Later Dialogues', taking in Atlantis, Magnesia and Plato's critical engagement with historiography. I'm hoping to get the paper on the seminar web site even if the session itself is delayed... #history #politicalthought #plato #cambridge
https://www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/lent
Lent | Cambridge Centre for Political Thought

Research Seminar Series 1 Research Seminar Series 2 23 January Democracy and Caesarism in Histories of Progress: G. F.

Carol AtackJan 16, 2023

Two seminar outings for new-ish research this term - one for Plato, one for Xenophon. (And both of course subject to UCU strike dates). First up is '“The Work of the Free”: Xenophon and the Politics of Liberality' at the Institute for Historical Research History of Political Ideas seminar, on February 15th. I'll be arguing for a greater emphasis on the link between liberty and liberality in Xenophon's thought.

#history #politicalthought #xenophon #london
https://www.history.ac.uk/events/work-free-xenophon-and-politics-liberality

“The Work of the Free”: Xenophon and the Politics of Liberality

Institute of Historical Research
Carol AtackJan 4, 2023
A Cambridge DiaryJan 4, 2023

Perhaps appropriately for the 4th day of a New Year, Antony Gormley's DAZE IV beneath a near full moon over the University’s Sidgwick Site tonight.

A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4666) Wednesday 4th January 2023.

#photography #CambridgeUK #cambridge #antonygormley