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Conferences and events

Conference room.

Besides welcoming scholars for research stays and organising the Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique, the Hardt Foundation makes its facilities available for conferences and other private and public events.

The Orangery, which has been renovated and converted, provides the ideal setting for a variety of events: conferences, symposia, seminars and concerts. Depending on the layout, it can accommodate up to 65 people seated.

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A Conference in Honor of David Sider

From 3 to 6 August 2026, Fondation Hardt

"From philosophy to poetry", organisé par Colin King (Universität Basel), Stephen Kidd (Brown University), Phillip Mitsis (New York University)

72nd Entretiens sur l'Antiquité classique

From 7 to 11 September 2026, Hardt Foundation

“The Death Penalty in Ancient Greece and Rome”
prepared by Filippo Carla-Uhink.

Greco-Roman dinner with the Nunc est bibendum association at the Hardt Foundation

18 June 2026, 7 pm, Hardt Foundation

Annual Conference on Ancient Philosophy

28 May 2026, 5 pm, Hardt Foundation

“Réévaluer les savoirs secondaires. Pistis, aisthêsis et doxa dans les Seconds analytiques d’Aristote”, by Prof. Pierre-Marie Morel (Paris).

Hardt Lectures on Classical Antiquity

7 May 2026, 6:30 pm, UniMail MR290

"Citizens or Subjects? Two Ancient Greek Pathways Out of Social Crisis", by Prof. Josiah Ober (Sanford University), 2025 Balzan Prize winner.
In English, with simultaneous translation into French. Free entrance.

Une confédération des Balkans: le projet de Jean Capodistrias

11 February 2026, 12:00, Palais Eynard

Présentation du livre de Georges Kalpadakis.

Hermogène à Genève: Retour d’un livre rare à la Bibliothèque de Genève

9 October 2025, 6 pm, Hardt Foundation

71st Entretiens sur l'Antiquité classique

From 25 to 29 August 2025, Hardt Foundation

« Revisiting Plato’s Republic VIII-IX », prepared by Voula Tsouna and Angelos Chaniotis.

Annual Conference on Ancient Philosophy

22 May 2025, 5 pm, Hardt Foundation

“Plato’s Myth of Atlantis: Truth and Poetry”
by Dorothea Frede, Professor Emerita at the University of Hamburg.

Hardt Lectures on Classical Antiquity

14 May 2025, 7 pm, UniMail S 150

“Ancient Sparta Today”, by Prof. Paul Cartledge (University of Cambridge).
Free entrance.