Research
My dissertation project focuses on the role metaphors of sexual reproduction play in Plato’s ethics, epistemology, and ontology. Right now, I am particularly focused on these metaphors as they appear in Diotima’s speech as it is recounted by Socrates in Plato’s Symposium. I plan to connect this to Socrates’ claim that he practices the art of midwifery in Plato’s Theaetetus.
In addition to my work on Plato, I also have ongoing projects on the pre-Socratics, Hippocratic Medicine, and Hesiod.
In addition to my work on Plato, I also have ongoing projects on the pre-Socratics, Hippocratic Medicine, and Hesiod.
Upcoming Presentations:
“Plato's Appropriation of Hesiodic Eros,”
Feminism & Classics 2020, May 21–24
Past Presentations:
“The Ethics of Reading Diotima as a Historical Figure,”5th Braga Colloquium History of Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
“Teaching Difficult Topics in the History of Philosophy,” BU MAP Inclusive Teaching Workshop
“Unlocking Plato’s Aviary with Aristotle’s entelecheia,” Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Participant’s Conference, Citta Di Castello, 2018
“This Speech is Not True: Plato’s Poetic Denial of Poetry,” Poetic Philosophers, Nanovic Institute for European Studies at Notre Dame