{"title":"Series: Loeb Classical Monographs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eLoeb Classical Monographs\u003c\/strong\u003e series offers a diverse exploration across disciplines, inviting readers to engage with works that span \u003cem\u003ephilosophy, psychology, finance, history, and beyond\u003c\/em\u003e. Each title presents thoughtful analysis and insight, perfect for those seeking depth and clarity in subjects that challenge conventional wisdom or illuminate complex fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the practicalities of business and investment to the imaginative realms of travel and children's literature, these volumes blend scholarly precision with accessible expression. 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Organized in celebration of the sesquicentenary of his birth, the James Loeb Biennial Conferences were convened to commemorate his achievements in four areas: the Loeb Classical Library (2017), collection and connoisseurship (2019), and after pandemic postponement, psychology and medicine (2023), and music (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the focus of the third conference shifted from Loeb as practitioner to Loeb as patient, the connection between his philanthropy and his personal experience remains clear and fascinating. Loeb suffered from the illness known today as severe bipolar disorder, for which he was treated by Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926), a pioneer in interdisciplinary brain and psychiatric research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting from the extensive records of this treatment, the volume's contributors examine the history of mental illness from antiquity to the present in light of Loeb's own condition, research, and contributions to medical humanism and psychiatric medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871407100140,"sku":"9780674997752","price":61.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8479403482428.jpg?v=1759878589"},{"product_id":"the-loeb-classical-library-and-its-progeny-9780674248717","title":"The Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Loeb (1867–1933), one of the great patrons and philanthropists of his time, left many enduring legacies both to America, where he was born and educated, and to his ancestral Germany, where he spent the second half of his life. Organized in celebration of the sesquicentenary of his birth, the James Loeb Biennial Conferences were convened to commemorate his achievements in four areas: the Loeb Classical Library (2017), collection and connoisseurship (2019), psychology and medicine (2021), and music (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject of the inaugural conference was the legacy for which Loeb is best known and the only one to which he attached his name—the Loeb Classical Library, and the three series it has inspired: the I Tatti Renaissance Library, the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, and the Murty Classical Library of India. Including discussions by the four General Editors of each Library's unique history, mission, operations, and challenges, the papers collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny\u003c\/i\u003e also take stock of these series in light of more general themes and questions bearing on translations of \u003cem\u003eclassical\u003c\/em\u003e texts and their audiences in a variety of societies past, present, and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428284907756,"sku":"9780674248717","price":61.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674248717.jpg?v=1774497234"},{"product_id":"east-west-9780674033481","title":"East \u0026 West","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe papers in this volume are based on a 2006 Princeton University symposium in honour of Glen W. Bowersock on the occasion of his retirement from the faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study. Here, a distinguished international group of ancient historians explores the classical antiquity that Bowersock has given us over a scholarly career of almost fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe topics offered in \u003ci\u003eEast and West\u003c\/i\u003e range throughout the ancient world from the second century BCE to late antiquity, from Hellenistic Greece and Republican Rome to Egypt and Arabia, from the Second Sophistic to Roman imperial discourse, from Sulla's self-presentation in his memoirs to charitable giving among the Manichaeans in Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays represents the first attempt to take in Glen Bowersock's well-developed scholarly interests as a whole. 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