The event was co-organised by the Collegeium Politicum with support from UIC Barcelona, the Chair for Social and Restorative Justice Pere Tarrés -URL, the University of Barcelona and the Catalan Association of Philosophy.

During the two-day event the issue of pain and punishment in ancient thought was discussed, focusing attention above all on the reflections of Plato and Aristotle. It was tackled from the physiological perspective of pain to its most spiritual meaning, looking at its political and educational relevance in particular, by means of punishment and a feeling of shame.