- Areas of Expertise
- Ancient Philosophy (esp. Aristotle and the Stoics),
Ancient Grammar (esp. Apollonius Dyscolus and Priscian) - Areas of Competence
- Logic, Philosophy of Language, Greek and Latin Literatures, Greek Palaeography
Swiss citizen
Employment
- 2009–13
- Postdoctoral Scholar
Departments of Classics & Philosophy, UCLA - Autumn 2008
- Visiting Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
School of Philosophy, University of East Anglia - 2007–2008
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva - 2000–2006
- Assistant in Ancient Philosophy (on leave in 2004–2005)
Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva
Education
- 19 May 2007
- Doctorat in Philosophy, adviser Jonathan Barnes
Diss. Title:Apollonius Dyscolus: De pronomine pars generalis
Mention très honorable avec les félicitations du jury à l’unanimité
Prix Charles Bally de l’Université de Genève
President of the Jury: Alain de Libera (Geneva)
Jury: David Blank (UCLA), Michael Frede (Oxford), Jean Lallot (ENS)
University of Geneva [Abstract] Apollonius’ monograph on pronouns is the first grammatical treatise in Greek to have survived from antiquity. More than a hundred pages long, closely argued and densely written, it features extensive discussions of such seminal notions as anaphora, deixis, person, etc. For my dissertation I have edited, translated, introduced, and commented on the pars generalis—the first half—of Apollonius’ treatise. The edition lays a new foundation for Apollonian studies: the first editor since 1811 to have read the manuscript, I offer a better—and sometimes radically different—text; and in an appendix, I provide a full apparatus criticus, with all variant readings and corrections ever proposed. The translation and extensive commentary are the first to appear in English. The introduction investigates the life and works of the princeps grammaticorum, expounds his theory of language, reconstructs the history of the text, and outlines the principles of this new edition. - Michaelmas 2006
- Visiting Student, adviser David Sedley
University of Cambridge - 2004–2005
- Recognised Student, adviser Michael Frede
University of Oxford - 1999–2000
- Visiting Student, adviser Irene Heim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA - Spring 1999
- Pensionnaire étranger, adviser Jean Lallot
École normale supérieure, Paris - February 1999
- Licence in Philosophy, Ancient Greek, Latin, Archaeology,
History of Art, and Musicology
University of Geneva
Publications
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Presentations
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Teaching
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Fellowships, Prizes, Grants
Vivien Law Prize for an Essay on the History of Linguistic Ideas, Prix Charles Bally de l’Université de Genève, Fellowship for Advanced Researcher (Swiss National Science Foundation), Fellowship for Prospective Researcher (Swiss National Science Foundation), Bourse d’accueil (École normale supérieure), Scholarship of the Swiss Government
Travel grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, The Mind Association, the Société Académique de Genève, the Department of Philosophy at the University of Geneva, and the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Languages
- Swiss German
- Native speaker
- English
- Fluent speaking, reading, and writing
- French
- Fluent speaking, reading, and writing
- German
- Fluent speaking, reading, and writing
- Italian
- Proficient reading
- Spanish
- Proficient reading
- Ancient Greek
- Excellent reading knowledge
- Latin
- Excellent reading knowledge
Referees
Jonathan Barnes, Université de Paris IV–Sorbonne & École normale supérieure, Paris
David L. Blank, UCLA
Alain de Libera, University of Geneva
Jean Lallot, École normale supérieure, Paris
Catherine J. Osborne, University of East Anglia
David N. Sedley, University of Cambridge
