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Area of Research: Ancient Philosophy

Job Description: The Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto invites applications for a two-year a Postdoctoral Scholar position beginning August 2024. The successful applicant will have significant research interests in some area of Ancient philosophy and is expected to teach one to two courses per year, that is, 1.0 to 2.0 HCE (half course equivalent, one term length) per year.

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto is widely recognized as Canada’s best and most comprehensive philosophy department and as an international leader in the field. The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct research and live in one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan cities in the world. For more information about the Department of Philosophy, please visit http://www.philosophy.utoronto.ca. The successful applicant will be a member of the Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. For more information, please visit https://csamp.utoronto.ca

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission

Salary: $49,000 plus a teaching stipend depending on the number of courses taught. The current stipend for 1.0 HCE is $8,142.50+ 4% vacation pay and is set by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. All teaching related duties are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement

Please note that should the minimum rates stipulated in the collective agreement fall below the rates stated in this posting, the minimum rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

Required qualifications: Applicants must have completed all requirements for their doctorate by July 31, 2024. Candidates must also be no more than 5 years from the awarding of their degree as of the start date for the position.

Expected start date: August 1, 2024

Term: August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026

FTE: 100%

The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week for a full-time postdoctoral fellow (pro-rated for those holding a partial appointment) recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and training and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work.

Employment as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement.

Application instructions

To be considered for this position, applications must be submitted electronically at
ancient.philosophy.postdoc.utsc@utoronto.ca by the closing date; please include “Ancient Philosophy Postdoc” in the subject line. Applications should be submitted as a single pdf with a cover letter, a current CV, and a sample of written work (around 20 pages). Applicants should also submit the names and contact information for two references and should alert their referees that letters will be requested for candidates invited for an interview.

Closing date: February 29, 2024, 11:59pm EST

Supervisor: Professor Christian Pfeiffer

Contact: Jason Ferreira
jason.ferreira@utoronta.ca

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The 11th Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

“Aristotle’s Hylomorphism”

Friday, March 22 & Saturday March 23, 2019

Speakers:

• David Charles (Yale)
• Mary Louise Gill (Brown)
• Emily Katz (MSU)
• Mary Krizan (UW-La Crosse)
• Marko Malink (NYU)
• Katy Meadows (MIT)

Commentators:

• Bryan Reece (Toronto / Center for Hellenic Studies)
• Doug Campbell (Toronto)
• Phil Corkum (Alberta)
• Jacob Rosen (Harvard)
• Anne Siebels Peterson (Utah)
• Susan Sauvé Meyer (Penn)

Schedule

Friday, March 22

2:00–2:30  Welcome

2:30–4:00  Mary Louise Gill, “Food and Self-Maintenance in Aristotle’s De Anima II.4″
Comments: Doug Campbell / Chair: David Sedley (Cambridge)

4:30–6:00  Katy Meadows, “Aristotle’s Priorities in the Metaphysics”
Comments: Susan Sauvé Meyer / Chair: Mark Johnstone (McMaster)

Saturday, March 23

10:00–11:30  David Charles, “Enmattered Forms and Efficient Causation”
Comments: Bryan Reece / Chair: Sean Kelsey (Notre Dame)

12:00–1:30  Emily Katz, “Hylomorphism in Mathematical Objects”
Comments: Phil Corkum / Chair: Rachel MacKinnon (Toronto)

3:00–4:30  Marko Malink, “Antisthenes on Definition: Metaphysics H 3″
Comments: Anne Siebels Peterson / Chair: Christopher Noble (Syracuse)

5:00–6:30  Mary Krizan, “The structure of Aristotle’s material elements”
Comments: Jacob Rosen / Chair: Devin Henry (Western)

Conference organizers: Jessica Gelber & Christian Pfeiffer.

University of Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy 2018

Friday, September 21 – Saturday, September 22, 2018

Conference Schedule

Friday, September 21

Session I (4:30 – 6:30)

Chair: Peter Eardley (University of Guelph)

Christopher Martin (University of Auckland): “Only God Can Make A Tree: Abaelard on Wholes and Parts and Some Evidence of His Later Thinking About Them.”

Commentator: Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University)

Saturday, September 22

Session II (10:00 – 12:00)

Chair: Kara Richardson (Syracuse University)

Riccardo Strobino (Tufts University): “Avicenna’s Account of Conditionals and the Logic of Scientific Discourse”

Commentator: Asad Q. Ahmed (University of California, Berkeley)

Session III (2:00 – 4:00)

Chair: Matthieu Remacle (University of Toronto)

Michael Fatigati (University of Toronto): “Avicenna on Uniquely Human Emotions”

Daniel Simpson (St. Louis University): “Naturally Apt For One Another: Ockham on the Nature of Causal Linkage”

Aline Medeiros Ramos (Université du Québéc à Montréal/Université du Québéc à Trois-Rivières): “The Status of Prudence in Buridan’s Ethics”

Session IV (4:15 – 6:15)

Chair: Claude Panaccio (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Irène Rosier-Catach (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris): “The ‘Linguistic Turn’ of Medieval Logic in the Early XIIth Century”

Commentator: Andrew Arlig (Brooklyn College)

All sessions are free and open to the public and will be held in Room 100 of the Jackman Humanities Building.

Organized by Martin Pickavé, Deborah Black, and Peter King.

Tenth Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

“New Work on the Presocratics”

Friday March 30-Saturday March 31, 2018

Schedule

Friday

Coffee

10:00-12:00: André Laks (Universidad Panamericana) and Glenn Most (Chicago/Pisa): “Editing the Early Greek Philosophers: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”

Lunch break

2:00-3:45: Tom Mackenzie (University College London): “Empedoclean Problems of the Self and the Function of the Daimonology”

Comments: Victoria Wohl (Toronto)

Coffee and timbits

4:00-5:45: Claire Louguet (Université de Lille III): “Tragedy and Philosophy: The Prometheus Bound and Parmenides”

Comments: Matthew Watton (Toronto)

Conference dinner

Saturday

Coffee

9:30-11:15 Mirjam Kotwick (The New School): “Allegoresis and Analogy in the Derveni Papyrus and the Hippocratic Text On Dreams (Vict. 4)”

Comments: Marion Durand (Toronto)

Coffee break

11:30-1:15 André Laks (Universidad Panamericana): “How Preplatonic Worlds Became Ensouled”

Comments: Brad Inwood (Yale)

Lunch break

2:15-4:00 Patricia Curd (Purdue University): “What Can Parmenides Know?”

Comments: Boris Hennig (Ryerson)

Coffee break

4:15-6:00 David Sider (NYU): “Repetitions in Empedocles”

Comments: Stephen Menn (McGill)

Conference dinner

Participation in the conference is free, but preregistration is required: contact Rachel Barney at rachel.barney@utoronto.ca or Roberto Granieri roberto.granieri@mail.utoronto.ca.