Department Member, Classics
Thesis Title: Reading Plato in the Twelfth Century
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Jan Ziolkowski
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About
My primary research is founded on the twin studies of the transmission and reception of Classical texts, as well as more broadly the intellectual history of the Western world from antiquity through early modernity.
My dissertation investigates the reception of Plato in Medieval Latin texts from the early Middle Ages through the twelfth century. I specialize in identifying and utilizing new sources from manuscript material. More broadly, I seek to illuminate the manifold influences of Classical thought on medieval culture, and draw connections between Medieval Latin and other disciplines, such as music, art, law, theology, philosophy and vernacular literatures.
Other current projects include studies on ancient Latin Neoplatonism, medieval authors such as Sigebert of Gembloux, Arno of Reichersberg and Bernardus Silvestris, and the transmission of the Latin classics.
My teaching interests include classical Latin poetry and philosophy, intellectual history, late antiquity, Medieval Latin literature, and palaeography.
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