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 College 

How Plato Wrecked Syracuse: A Story of Philosophy Gone Wrong 

Thursday, March 5th, 2026 at 6pm 

British & Irish Studies Room, Norlin Library M549 

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. 

*The Fountain Lecture is free and open to the public