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People
Who We Are
Honorary President
Professor Denis O’Brien
Core Members
Professor John Dillon
Professor Vasilis Politis
Dr Keith Begley
Dr David Horan
Dr Peter D. Larsen
Dr Brendan O’Byrne
Dr Pauline Sabrier
Professor Andrew Smith
Dr Daniel Vázquez
Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Giulio Di Basilio
Dr Margaret Hampson
Current Graduate Students
Didi Dong
Liming Jiao
William Strigel
Robert Toth
Jiayu Zhang
Former Postodoctoral Fellows
Dr Nicholas Banner
Dr Nicolò Benzi
Dr Christopher Buckels
Dr Ugo Zilioli
Former Graduate Students
Dr Olaf Almqvist
Dr Keith Begley
Dr Tianqin Ge
Dr David Horan
Dr Eleni Kaklamanou
Dr Peter D. Larsen
Dr Carl O’Brien
Dr Pauline Sabrier
Dr Colm Shanahan
Dr Jun Su
Members
Professor John Cleary †
Professor Dragos Calma
Dr Tim Crowley
Dr William Desmond
Professor Dermot Moran
Professor Fran O’Rourke
Dr Patrick Quinn
Corresponding Members
Professor Eugene Afonasin
Professor José Baracat Jr.
Professor George Boys-Stones
Dr Damian Caluori
Professor Riccardo Chiaradonna
Professor Eyjolfur Emilsson
Dr Mohammad Javad Esmaeili
Professor John Finamore
Professor Levan Gigineishvili
Professor John Glucker
Professor Verity Harte
Professor Douglas Hedley
Professor Christoph Helmig
Professor George Karamanolis
Professor Richard King
Professor André Laks
Dr David Lee
Professor Wei Liu
Professor A.A. Long
Professor Mary Margaret McCabe
Professor Jan Opsomer
Professor Catherine Rowett
Professor David T Runia
Professor Dominic Scott
Professor David Sedley
Professor Anne Sheppard
Dr Yuri Shichalin
Professor Marie-Louise Zovko
![Professor Denis O’Brien](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/d_obrien-348x500.jpg)
Professor Denis O’Brien
Honorary President
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Trinity Plato Centre
![Professor John Dillon](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/j_dillon-511x500.jpg)
Professor John Dillon
Director Emeritus
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Classics
dillonj@tcd.ie![Professor Vasilis Politis](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/VasilisPolitis_2020-105-333x500.jpg)
Professor Vasilis Politis
Director (2005-2016)
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
vpolitis@tcd.ie![Dr Keith Begley](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/12/Keith-409x500.jpg)
Dr Keith Begley
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Maynooth University – Department of Philosophy
begleyk@tcd.ie![Dr David Horan](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/d_horan-720x500.png)
Dr David Horan
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Irish Centre for Platonic Studies
davidphoran@gmail.com![Dr Peter D. Larsen](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/larsen1-404x500.jpg)
Dr Peter D. Larsen
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Dublin City University – School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music
larsenp@tcd.ie![Dr Brendan O’Byrne](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/b_obyrne.png)
Dr Brendan O’Byrne
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
obyrnebr@tcd.ie![Dr Pauline Sabrier](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/p_sabrier.png)
Dr Pauline Sabrier
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
sabrierp@tcd.ie![Professor Andrew Smith](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/Smith-pic-6-Oct-2017-Cropped.jpg)
Professor Andrew Smith
Associate Director
Institutional Affiliation: University College Dublin – School of Classics
andrew.smith@ucd.ie![Dr Daniel Vázquez](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/d_vazquez-500x500.png)
Dr Daniel Vázquez
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: UAB, Barcelona – Department of Philosophy (PROTEUS Project)
svazqueh@gmail.com![Dr Giulio Di Basilio](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/g_di_basilio-528x500.png)
Dr Giulio Di Basilio
IRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Mentor: Professor Vasilis Politis
dibasilg@tcd.ie![Dr Margaret Hampson](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/m_hampson-447x500.png)
Dr Margaret Hampson
IRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Mentor: Professor Vasilis Politis
hampsonm@tcd.ie![Didi Dong](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/didi_dong-463x500.jpg)
Didi Dong
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Mentor: Professor Vasilis Politis
dongdidi1994@qq.com![Liming Jiao](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/l_jiao-357x500.png)
Liming Jiao
Current Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Mentor: Professor Vasilis Politis
Email: jiaol@tcd.ie![William Strigel](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/w_strigel.jpg)
William Strigel
Current Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Classics
Email: w_strigel@hotmail.com![Robert Toth](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/r_toth-417x500.png)
Robert Toth
Current Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Mentor: Professor Vasilis Politis
Email: tothr@tcd.ie![Jiayu Zhang](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/j_zhang-534x500.png)
Jiayu Zhang
Current Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Mentor: Professor Vasilis Politis
Email: zhangj7@tcd.ie![Dr Nicholas Banner](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/gabriel-ramos-zNiGprYuvXA-unsplash-340x500.jpg)
Dr Nicholas Banner
IRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Classics
Mentor: Professor John Dillon
nicholasbanner@gmail.com![Dr Nicolò Benzi](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/Niccolo_Benzi.jpg)
Dr Nicolò Benzi
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation: University College London – Department of Greek and Latin
n.benzi@ucl.ac.uk![Dr Christopher Buckels](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/c_buckels.jpg)
Dr Christopher Buckels
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation: Junípero Serra High School
cbuckels@hotmail.com![Dr Ugo Zilioli](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/u_zilioli.jpg)
Dr Ugo Zilioli
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation: Durham University – Department of Classics and Ancient History
ugo_zilioli@yahoo.co.uk![Dr Olaf Almqvist](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/o_almqvist.jpg)
Dr Olaf Almqvist
Former Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: University College Dublin – School of Classics
almqviso@tcd.ie![Dr Keith Begley](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/12/Keith-409x500.jpg)
Dr Keith Begley
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Maynooth University – Department of Philosophy
begleyk@tcd.ie![Dr Tianqin Ge](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/gabriel-ramos-zNiGprYuvXA-unsplash-340x500.jpg)
Dr Tianqin Ge
Former Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin – Department of Philosophy
Email: geti@tcd.ie![Dr David Horan](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/d_horan-720x500.png)
Dr David Horan
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Irish Centre for Platonic Studies
davidphoran@gmail.com![Dr Eleni Kaklamanou](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/e_kaklamanou1.jpg)
Dr Eleni Kaklamanou
Former Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: The Open University, Cyprus – Department of Philosophy
kaklamae@tcd.ie![Dr Peter D. Larsen](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/larsen1-404x500.jpg)
Dr Peter D. Larsen
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: Dublin City University – School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music
larsenp@tcd.ie![Dr Carl O’Brien](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/c_obrien-552x500.png)
Dr Carl O’Brien
Former Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: University of Heidelberg
obriencs@tcd.ie![Dr Pauline Sabrier](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/p_sabrier.png)
Dr Pauline Sabrier
Core Member
Institutional Affiliation: FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
sabrierp@tcd.ie![Dr Colm Shanahan](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/c_shanahan.png)
![Dr Jun Su](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/j_su.png)
Dr Jun Su
Former Graduate Student
Institutional Affiliation: China University of Political Science and Law
suju@tcd.ie![Professor John Cleary †](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/john_cleary.jpg)
Professor John Cleary †
Member
![Professor Dragos Calma](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/d_calma.jpg)
Professor Dragos Calma
Member
Institutional Affiliation: University College Dublin – School of Philosophy
dragos.calma@ucd.ie![Dr Tim Crowley](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/t_crowley.jpg)
Dr Tim Crowley
Member
Institutional Affiliation: University College Dublin – School of Philosophy
tim.crowley@ucd.ie![Dr William Desmond](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/w_desmond.jpg)
Dr William Desmond
Member
Institutional Affiliation: NUI Maynooth – Department of Ancient Classics
william.desmond@nuim.ie![Professor Dermot Moran](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/08/d_moran-612x500.png)
Professor Dermot Moran
Member
Institutional Affiliation: Boston College
dermot.moran@bc.edu![Professor Fran O’Rourke](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/f_orourke.jpg)
Professor Fran O’Rourke
Member
Institutional Affiliation: University College Dublin – School of Philosophy
fran.orourke@ucd.ie![Dr Patrick Quinn](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/gabriel-ramos-zNiGprYuvXA-unsplash-340x500.jpg)
Dr Patrick Quinn
Member
Institutional Affiliation: All Hallows College – Department of Philosophy
pquinn@allhallows.ie![Professor Eugene Afonasin](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/12/afonasin-373x500.jpg)
Professor Eugene Afonasin
Institutional Affiliation: Novosibirsk State University, Russia
afonasin@post.nsu.ru![Professor José Baracat Jr.](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/12/s200_jos_.baracat_junior.jpg)
Professor José Baracat Jr.
Institutional Affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
baracatjr@hotmail.com![Professor George Boys-Stones](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/gbs3-300x286-1.jpg)
Professor George Boys-Stones
Institutional Affiliation: University of Toronto
george.boys.stones@utoronto.ca![Dr Damian Caluori](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/d_caluori.png)
Dr Damian Caluori
Corresponding Member
Institutional Affiliation: University of Edinburgh – Department of Philosophy
dcaluori@ed.ac.uk![Professor Riccardo Chiaradonna](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/maxresdefault-889x500.jpg)
Professor Riccardo Chiaradonna
Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Institutional Affiliation: Università di Roma Tre
riccardo.chiaradonna@uniroma3.it![Professor Eyjolfur Emilsson](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/emilsson.jpg)
Professor Eyjolfur Emilsson
Institutional Affiliation: University of Oslo
e.k.emilsson@ifikk.uio.no![Dr Mohammad Javad Esmaeili](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/12/43_orig.jpg)
Dr Mohammad Javad Esmaeili
Institutional Affiliation: Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran
esmaeili.mj@gmail.com![Professor John Finamore](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/finamore_john_classics_0.jpg)
Professor John Finamore
Institutional Affiliation: Department of Classics – University of Iowa
john-finamore@uiowa.edu![Professor Levan Gigineishvili](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2021/01/levan_gigineishvili_d33a8ba6-497x500.jpg)
Professor Levan Gigineishvili
Institutional Affiliation: Ilia State University, Tbilisi
![Professor John Glucker](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/183px-John_Glucker.jpg)
Professor John Glucker
Institutional Affiliation: Tel-Aviv University
![Professor Verity Harte](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/main-harte.jpg)
Professor Verity Harte
Saden Professor of Philosophy and Classics
Institutional Affiliation: Yale University
![Professor Douglas Hedley](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/image_normal.jpg)
Professor Douglas Hedley
Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
Institutional Affiliation: University of Cambridge – Faculty of Divinity
rdh26@cam.ac.uk![Professor Christoph Helmig](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/image_preview-e1601544033728.jpg)
Professor Christoph Helmig
Institutional Affiliation: University of Cologne
christoph.helmig@uni-koeln.de![Professor George Karamanolis](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/g_karamanolis.png)
Professor George Karamanolis
Institutional Affiliation: University of Vienna
gkaramanolis@univie.ac.at![Professor Richard King](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/r_king.jpg)
Professor Richard King
Corresponding Member
Institutional Affiliation: Universität Bern – Institut für Philosophie
richard.king@philo.unibe.ch![Professor André Laks](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/a_laks.png)
Professor André Laks
Corresponding Member
Institutional Affiliation: Paris–Sorbonne (emeritus) & l’Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
laks.andre@gmail.com![Dr David Lee](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/d_lee.png)
Dr David Lee
Corresponding Member
Institutional Affiliation: Oxford University
david.lee@philosophy.ox.ac.uk![Professor Wei Liu](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/s200_wei.liu_.jpg)
Professor Wei Liu
Institutional Affiliation: Department of Philosophy – Renmin University of China
![Professor A.A. Long](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/professor-long.jpg)
Professor A.A. Long
Institutional Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
aalong@berkeley.edu![Professor Mary Margaret McCabe](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/rx_FirB5-500x500.jpeg)
Professor Mary Margaret McCabe
Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Institutional Affiliation: King’s College London
mm.mccabe@kcl.ac.uk![Professor Jan Opsomer](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/opsomer.jpg)
Professor Jan Opsomer
Institutional Affiliation: De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy – KU Leuven
jan.opsomer@kuleuven.be![Professor Catherine Rowett](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/CatherineRowettASPNG400x400.png)
Professor Catherine Rowett
Corresponding Member
Institutional Affiliation: University of East Anglia
c.rowett.uea.ac.uk![Professor David T Runia](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/12/unknown.jpeg)
Professor David T Runia
Institutional Affiliation: University of Melbourne
david.runia@acu.edu.au![Professor Dominic Scott](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/d_scott.png)
Professor Dominic Scott
Corresponding Member
Institutional Affiliation: Oxford university – Faculty of Philosophy
dominic.scott@philosophy.ox.ac.uk![Professor David Sedley](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/10/image_normal-1.jpg)
Professor David Sedley
Emeritus Lawrence Professor of Ancient Philosophy
Institutional Affiliation: University of Cambridge – Facutly of Classics
dns1@cam.ac.uk![Professor Anne Sheppard](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/Anne_Sheppard_photo-481x500.jpg)
Professor Anne Sheppard
Institutional Affiliation: Department of Classics – Royal Holloway University of London
A.Sheppard@rhul.ac.uk![Dr Yuri Shichalin](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/07/gabriel-ramos-zNiGprYuvXA-unsplash-340x500.jpg)
Dr Yuri Shichalin
Institutional Affiliation: Museum Greco-Latinum
![Professor Marie-Louise Zovko](https://media.dublinplatocentre.ie/media/2020/09/Zovko_Image.jpg)