Pisa Exchange

The Northwestern University Department of Classics collaborates with colleagues in classics and philosophy at the University of Pisa on intellectual exchange projects. See also the Department of Philosophy's News and Events calendar.

Faculty contacts at Northwestern: Robert Wallace and Kenneth Seeskin
Faculty contact at Pisa: Umberto Laffi

Annual Pisa Lecture

Co-sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy and Classics, Northwestern University

Joint Conference

In spring 2009, the two universities will co-present a conference in Pisa tentatively titled "Love: Sacred and Secular." Contact either Robert Wallace or Kenneth Seeskin for updates/details

Joint sponsors are the Universita de Pisa, Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia, Dipartimento di Filosofia, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche del Mondo Antico;
Northwestern University's Departments of Philosophy and Classics, and the Classical Traditions Initiative

Also in spring 2009, Robert Wallace (Classics NU) and Margherita Facella, a Pisa historian of ancient Rome, will take part in another faculty exchange between Northwestern and the University of Pisa, one of Italy's top-ranked research universities. Says Wallace, "It's going to be a true exchange . . . I'm going to Pisa, where I will live in Margherita's apartment, ride her bicycle and teach a course for her while she lives in my apartment, rides my bicycle and does the same here for me."

Pisa Exchange Event Archive 2007-2008

Pisa Exchange Event Archive 2006-2007