Philosophisches Seminar

Dr. Maria Cristina Mennuti

Teach@Tuebingen Fellow

Kontakt

maria.c.mennutispam prevention@durham.ac.uk
maria-cristina.mennutispam prevention@philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de

Sprechzeiten

Sprechzeiten:
nach vorheriger Vereinbarung per E-Mail (bitte eine Woche im Voraus), immer Di und Do von 14-16 Uhr

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Antike Philosophie, Platon, Platonismus, Stoizismus, Antike Religion, Antike Wissenschaft

 

Curriculum vitae

2025 – ongoing Postdoctoral and Teaching Fellow, Tübingen Universität, Department of Philosophy, Teach@Tübingen Fellowship
2021 – 2025 Ph.D. in Classics, Durham University (UK), Department of Classics and Ancient History, Dissertation: Mapping Daimonology from Plato’s Academy to the Roman Empire
04/2025 Visiting Fellow, University of Notre Dame (USA), College of Arts and Letters, History of Philosophy Forum
09/2024Visiting Student, Fondation Hardt, Genéve (Switzerland)
2022 – 2025 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Durham University, Department of Classics and Ancient History
03/2021 – 08/2021DAAD Fellow, Tübingen Universität, Philologisches Seminar
2018 – 2020M.A. in Philosophy, Università di Torino (IT), Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Thesis: A New Model of Platonism: the Epinomis by Philip of Opus

Publikationen

forthcoming 2026 

  • ‘From Homer to Platonism: The Reception and Role of Daimons in Ancient Philosophy’. Collection de l'Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité 2026. Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté.
  • ‘Recasting Zoroastrian Dualism within the Greek Philosophical Imagination’ in de Jong, A.F., Rose, J., and Stewart, S. (eds.), The Zoroastrian World. London: Routledge.
  •  The Philosophy of Plato’s Academy, G. De Cesaris, C. Cacciatori, and M.C. Mennuti (eds.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  •  ‘The Early Academy and Its Associates’ in M.C. Mennuti and G. De Cesaris, Introduction to G. De Cesaris, C. Cacciatori, and M.C. Mennuti (eds.), The Philosophy of Plato’s Academy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2022 

  • Review of M. Detienne, La notion de daïmôn dans le pythagorisme ancien: de la pensée religieuse à la pensée philosophique. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2021 in Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

Workshops und Konferenzen

2024

  • ‘Aspetti della Demonologia nelle Teorie della Provvidenza del Medioplatonismo’, WiP Seminars, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell'Educazione, Università di Torino, 1 October
  • ‘The Epinomis in the Old Academy: A New Model of Mathematical Cosmology’, V International Congress in Greek Philosophy, Coimbra, 27-29 June
  • ‘Sleeping with Daemons. A Philosophical Relationship between Daemons and Dreams’ Oneirata. Workshop on Sleep, Dreams, and Divination in Aristotle and his Predecessors, Durham, 22-23 May
  • ‘Daimones from Homer to Plato: Inventing Superstition?’, Atelier Clisthène, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, 2-3 April
  • ‘Prolegomena to Greek Philosophy: The Appropriation of Zoroastrian Dualism’, Classical Association Conference, University of Warwick, 22-24 March 

2023

  • ‘Cosmology and Mathematics in the Epinomis’, Gargnano Ancient Philosophy Sessions ‘Mathematics in Ancient Platonism’, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, 28-30 June
  • ‘Xenocrates: The True Philosopher and his Personal Daimon’, FINO Graduate Conference, Università di Pavia, 22-24 June

2022

  • ‘Sophia and Phronesis in the Theory of Knowledge of the pseudo-Platonic Epinomis’, Project Academy Workshop 3: Philip of Opus, Hermodorus of Syracuse, the Index Academicorum, Durham University, 27-28 June 

2019

  • ‘Space and Territory in Plato: The Elements of a Good Politics’, Summer School of Nature and Technology “Meristema”, Ischia, 24-27 October