Op maandag 5 januari werd in Mayflower Bookshop in Leiden een speciale editie van ‘Oudheid Café’ opgenomen voor de podcast ‘Oudheid’. Presentator Timo Epping ging met dr. Inger Kuin in gesprek over haar nieuwe boek over Diogenes.

DIOGENES | In een speciale editie van ‘Oudheid Café’ mocht ik in Mayflower Bookshop in #Leiden met dr. Inger Kuin (@ingerkuin.bsky.social) praten, in het Engels, over haar nieuwe boek over Diogenes!

Benieuwd? Deze aflevering van de podcast ‘Oudheid’ is nu overal te beluisteren 🎧

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NASSCAL First Fridays workshop flyer: Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo), "Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries” Friday, February 6, 2026, 12:00pm EST

Join us next Friday, 2/6, 12pm EST, for our first 2026 First Friday workshop!

Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”

Coming up: For our first new episode of 2026, Josh and Ray welcome @ingerkuin.bsky.social from the University of Virginia, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."

🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

I see! I have one of those too. This was wishful reading on my part coming from the deep suffering that is having to use our employer's chosen email software every day! I thought maybe you had somehow found a way out...

Sorry this is not helpful but HOW are you able to have your work email on gmail? Or is just a forwarding account you set up yourself?

Event page here: mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-diog...

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Doors at 19:30, start at 20:00. Language: English. Free admission. Breestraat 70, Leiden. Either the weather will clear up or it won't. In case of the latter you will get to experience the magic of the snow covered historic center of Leiden. Also, my mom thinks you should come.

Come with your questions, and (maybe) leave with a prize! We will be raffling off a copy of my new book "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic." If you don't win, copies will also be for sale from the wonderful Mayflower Bookshop.

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TOMORROW: first event of the new year, last stop on my mini book tour! Please join me and Timo Epping from podcast Oudheid for our book launch slash live podcast event: A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition.

Sportjournalist zou ik toch echt nooit kunnen worden.

Zo moeilijk. En zo moedig dat hij het blijf proberen.

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And this is our poster:

Full event info is here: mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-diog...

Start time 20:00, doors open 19:30. Language: English. Admission: free. Mayflower Bookshop, Breestraat 70, Leiden. If you would like to preorder a book, please contact the store! mayflowerbookshop.nl

This will be a book launch SLASH live podcast recording with a chance to win a free copy of my new book, Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic. Come hang out and chat with us!

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Dream team reconvenes, calling all Leidenaren and other randstedelingen! On January 5 @timoepping.bsky.social and I will host an event together in Leiden at Mayflower Bookshop: A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition!

Thanks! You as well!

Ancient Cynicism: Roving Philosophical Report YouTube video by Philosophy Talk

Later today Josh & Ray will be recording an episode about Diogenes the Cynic with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA. Back in 2013 our Roving Philosophical Reporter got this primer on Ancient #Cynicism and the so-called Dog Philosopher from the late linguist Geoff Nunberg: youtu.be/mv-OviODZm8 1/

Next week we'll be recording an episode about Diogenes of Sinope with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."

Got a question about the so-called Dog Philosopher? Let us know and we may ask yours on the show!

Two come to mind in Classics: Volk, The Roman Republic of Letters & Richlin, Slave Theater in the Roman Republic.

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lovely and enlightening event about @ingerkuin.bsky.social's new DIOGENES book in conversation w @aristofontes.bsky.social. there were sheet cookies with the cover!

Thanks for coming!!! It was great to see you.

I am especially here for the Peep Show crossover one, but going to enjoy all of them insanely much no doubt.

So excited for it!!

I trust that you’ll make a stink about everything I got wrong!

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Went on Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic podcast (out since yesterday) to talk about Diogenes and the Stoics, about what the latter can do, but also clearly what they cannot… Available wherever you get your podcasts.

Nope, that was all me, big missed opportunity indeed due to late November brain.

Having a Drink With Your Donkey: The Absurd in Antiquity

From the inimitable @ingerkuin.bsky.social!

Aankondiging van de speciale editie van ‘Oudheid Café’: maandag 5 januari in Mayflower Bookshop (Leiden) met dr. Inger Kuin over haar nieuwe boek over Diogenes!

Leuk nieuws: op maandag 5 januari ga ik vanaf 20.00 uur bij Mayflower Bookshop in Leiden in gesprek met dr. Inger Kuin (@ingerkuin.bsky.social) over haar nieuwe boek ‘Diogenes. The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic’ 🎤

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The third and final stop will be in my hometown Leiden, in The Netherlands. On January 5 I will speak with @timoepping.bsky.social for a live recording of his awesome podcast Oudheid at Mayflower Bookshop; doors 19:30, start 20:00. More info here: mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-diog...