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We are delighted that four of our postdoctoral fellows are going on from Toronto to tenure-track jobs this year: Sosseh Assaturian to the University of Washington, Doug Campbell to Alma College, Michigan, Peter Osorio to the University of Maryland, and Thomas Slabon to the University of South Florida. We are extremely grateful for all that they brought to the ancient and medieval philosophy community here, and wish them well in their new jobs!
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re delighted to announce that Dr Rares Marinescu will be joining us as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from September this year. Dr Marinescu has studied at London, Heidelberg, and Cambridge, where he received his PhD in 2022 for a thesis on Proclus on Aristotle on Plato. A Case Study on Motion. His research interests lie in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and natural philosophy. He mainly works on Plato, Aristotle, and Neoplatonism and is particularly intrigued by the so-called ‘harmony’ between Plato and Aristotle.
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Congratulations to CSAMP alumni Allison Piñeros Glasscock and Juan Piñeros, both of whom have been awarded Humboldt Research Fellowships!
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The Sidney Robinson Prize in Ancient Philosophy is awarded annually for the best paper written in the past academic year by a University of Toronto graduate student in any of the participating CSAMP units (Classics, Medieval Studies, Philosophy), on any topic in ancient Greek or Roman philosophy (up to 529 AD). The Prize includes a cash award. Eligible students should simply find the best essay they wrote for a course in 2022-2023, anonymize it (the judgment will be made blind by an external expert), and send it to csamp@utoronto.ca as an email attachment by the end of Friday, 30th June 2023.
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The Department of Classics at the University of Toronto is offering a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship in Ancient Philosophy, to begin as soon as possible after 1st September 2023. Apart from pursuing their own research, the successful candidate will be available for up to 6 hours per week to assist in the organization of activities associated with CSAMP. The Fellowship comes with a salary of CA$60,000 per annum. Some opportunity for paid teaching might also be available.
To be eligible, you must have received a PhD in a relevant field (from any Department or Programme), or have fulfilled all conditions for conferral (including final approval of any post-viva corrections), before June 1, 2023. You must have had no more than two years (or full-time equivalent) of postdoctoral research experience by September 1, 2023.
If you wish to be considered, please send a single pdf to the address below combining: your CV, contact details for at least two and no more than three referees, a writing sample no more than 10,000 words in length, and a description of plans for an original and substantial research project to be pursued during the Fellowship, in around 500 words. (Proposals to rework the results of doctoral or other previous research projects will not be considered.) Your email cover should briefly indicate how your interests complement existing strength in ancient philosophy at Toronto, and may offer any other information you consider relevant to your application (but note that quality of information will be preferred over quantity).
The deadline for receipt of applications is midnight (EST) June 16, 2023. Application materials, and any inquiries in the meantime, should be sent to the Dircetor of CSAMP, Prof. George Boys-Stones at csamp@utoronto.ca.
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Our exchange program with Turin, part of the Torino-Toronto Alliance, is well under way: two weeks ago, Joseph Gerbasi was enjoying his time in Italy; this week, we are delighted to welcome six Ancient Philosophy scholars from Turin who will stay and work with us all this week. A warm welcome to them (shown here visiting the Fisher Rare Book Library).
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We are delighted and proud that recent CSAMP graduate Doug Campbell has been appointed to a tenure-track position in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College in Michigan. Doug completed his PhD on Plato’s Timaeus in 2020 under the supervision of Rachel Barney, and has since been with us as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in Philosophy. We’ll be sorry to see him go – but congratulations, Doug!
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We are delighted to announce that Tommaso De Robertis, working with John Magee (Classics / CMS) has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to work at Toronto from next year. His project is “Re-orienting the foundations of ‘new science’: John Philoponus and modern theories of space and void (1520-1604)”. We look forward to welcoming Tommaso to CSAMP!
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The exciting programme of speakers for the Winter 2023 Proseminar session (beginning on January 9) is now available to see under Events — or import the whole series directly into your calendar with this ics file.
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Congratulations to Dr Francesco Pica who this month successfully defended his PhD thesis: “John Duns Scotus on Cognitive Acts: Their Causes, Ontological Nature, and Intentional Character.” Congratulations to his supervisor, Martin Pickavé, as well!