Credit: Carter Brundage

I am a Professor of Greek Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, jointly appointed in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (AMNE) and Philosophy. I'm also joint general editor of the Ancient Commentators translation project.

I study the philosophers of the ancient Graeco-Roman world, especially the vibrant intellectual traditions that emerged around Plato and Aristotle during their lives and later, during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. I am interested in the practice of philosophical education (paideia) in late antiquity, and the role that philosophy – ancient and modern – can play in cultivating individual and collective flourishing.

My recent books study the ancient reception of two classic "first books" in philosophy, Aristotle's Categories and Plato's Alcibiades, which were respectively foundational for the rudiments of logic and virtue. My current research focuses on the Neoplatonic “scale of virtues” in late antiquity. Recently, I’ve also begun to work in cross-cultural philosophy, with a working group on Buddhist-Platonist philosophical dialogue.

I'm also currently working on several projects in teaching & learning, learning technology, and community-engaged learning.

background

I grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and completed my undergraduate degree in Classics (2004) at UBC’s Department of Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies. I subsequently completed my master’s degree (2006) and doctorate (2009) at the University of Oxford. I began teaching at UBC in 2010.

Land and Place

I am very grateful for the opportunity to work at my university’s Vancouver Point Grey campus, which is situated on the traditional and ancestral land of the Musqueam people, which has never been ceded.

Projects

Selected papers

BOOKS