Classics and Ancient Philosophy

The Department of Classics, Department of Philosophy, and Committee on Social Thought collaborate to offer graduate students the opportunity to take a rich variety of courses and do research on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. The recently established Ph.D track in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy allows students to fulfill the requirements for a Ph.D. Degree in Classics by taking courses in both the Classics and the Philosophy Departments. In addition, the Chicago Consortium on Ancient Philosophy offers the opportunity to take courses at any of the three member institutions (the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago) and receive credit for these courses in the Classics Department.

People

Faculty members of the Classics Department, Philosophy Department, and Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago who have direct responsibility for instruction and research projects in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy:

  • Elizabeth Asmis (Professor of Classics)
  • Agnes Callard (Associate Professor of Philosophy)
  • Gabriel Richardson Lear (Professor of Philosophy) 
  • Jonathan Lear (Professor in the Philosophy Department and in the Committee on Social Thought)
  • Glenn Most (Professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and Visiting Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago)
  • Martha Nussbaum (Professor of Law and Ethics in the Philosophy Department, the Law School, and the Divinity School) 
  • David Wray (Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature)

Other members of the Consortium who teach classes and direct research on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy:

  • Richard Kraut, Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Classics at Northwestern University.
  • Constance Meinwald, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Sarah Monoson, Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Classics at Northwestern University.
  • John Schafer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at Northwestern University.
  • John Wynne, Associate Professor in the Classics Department at Northwestern University.