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Students at work in the Classical Studies Library.

Program in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Michigan combines the strength of two of Michigan’s leading departments, Philosophy and Classical Studies, both of which have been consistently ranked in the top ten programs in their respective fields for decades.

Students in the program will pursue a PhD in either Philosophy or Classical Studies and an MA in the companion field. All of this can be achieved within the standard six years for each program. Learn more ›

Gabriel Shapiro has arrived!

01 July 2024

Gabriel Shapiro (Princeton PhD, a Bersoff fellow at NYU) has arrived in Ann Arbor and started his position (tenure-track) in Michigan’s Department of Philosophy. He will be teaching a seminar Fall term 2024 on Aristotle's Metaphysics Gamma, and courses on Plato and Friendship in Winter term. (Click here for current faculty in the Program.)

Glenn Zhou has accepted a position in Philosophy at Texas A&M

06 March 2024

Glenn Zhou (PhD Philosophy, MA Greek) has accepted a tenure track position at Texas A&M, starting in Fall 2024. He defended a PhD dissertation here in July, "Aristotle at the Boundaries: The Stopping and Starting Problem, the Contraries Problem, and His Theory of the Boundaries of Processes" (under the direction of Victor Caston).

Matteo Milesi has accepted a position in Classics at The University of Texas at Austin

04 March 2024

Matteo Milesi (PhD Classics, MA Philosophy) has accepted a tenure track position at The University of Texas at Austin in Fall 2024. He defended a PhD dissertation here in September on Porphyry's activity as a commentator of Homer, the Bible, and Ptolemy's treatise on Harmonics (under the direction of Francesca Schironi).

Sara Panteri has accepted a position in Classics at Tulane University

08 March 2023

Sara Panteri (expected PhD Classics, MA Philosophy) has accepted a tenure track position at Tulane University, starting in Fall 2024, following a post-doc year there to work on her book on Eratosthenes. She is currently finishing a PhD dissertation here on reasoning and understanding in the Iliad and the Odyssey (under the direction of Jonathan Ready).

Upcoming Events

  • Friday & Saturday, 12 & 13 April 2024
    Fifth Annual Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop in Ancient Philosophy
    Keynote: Jessica Moss, New York University
    Schedule and locations TBA
  • Weekly Reading Group Meeting
    Aristotle on perceptual awareness and discrimination
    Picking up at DA 3.2, 426b22
    time and room TBA


    Wednesday–Friday, 27–29 March 2024
    Prospectives recruitment fair