Dr Ellisif Wasmuth
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872622
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Location
5B.115, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm Thursdays 12-1 pm Zoom options available upon request.
Profile
Biography
Born in Norway, Istudied philosophy and engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) before moving to London to do an MPhilSt in Philosophy at Kings College London. I completed my PhD in 2016 at the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a Stipendiary Lecturer at St Johns College, Oxford beforejoining the 糖心Vlog in 2017.
Qualifications
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PhD University of Cambridge,
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MPhilSt King's College London,
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BA Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Ancient Philosophy, with particular focus on Plato
ancient conceptions of the self and self-knowledge
Socratic ethics
the Platonic dialogueAlcibiades I.
Current research
Plato: First Alcibiades
Book project. In progress.
鈥淧lato on self-knowledge as mirroring: Alc. I 132d1鈥�133c8鈥�
Journal article. In progress.
鈥淲hy Socrates鈥� legs don鈥檛 run off to Megara: moral deliberation in Plato鈥檚 Crito鈥�
Journal article. In progress.
Conferences and presentations
Institute of Classical Studies Speaker series
Invited presentation, Invited Speaker Series, London, United Kingdom, 12/2/2018
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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The World in Question: The Social, Cultural, Political & Environmental Legacies of the Enlightenment (CS201)
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Dangerous Ideas: Essays and Manifestos as Social Criticism Capstone (CS301)
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Critical Reasoning and Logical Argument (PY114)
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Philosophy Dissertation (PY426)
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Ancient Philosophy (PY431)
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Reading texts from the history of philosophy (PY436)
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Environmental Philosophy (PY911)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (4)
Wasmuth, E., Plato on self-knowledge as mirroring: 'Alcibiades I' 132d1鈥�133c8
Wasmuth, E., (2020). . Phronesis. 65 (4), 380-413
Wasmuth, E., (2018). Selverkjennelse og Statsmannskunst i Alkibiades I (Self-knowledge and statesmanship in Alcibiades I). Agora. 2018 (2-3), 20-45
Wasmuth, E., (2015). 惟危螤螘巍 螣螜 螝螣巍Y螔螒螡韦螜惟螡韦螘危: THE CORYBANTIC RITES IN PLATO'S DIALOGUES. The Classical Quarterly. 65 (1), 69-84
Book chapters (1)
Wasmuth, E., (2023). Interpretations and Echoes of the Delphic Maxim in Pre-Christian Greek Philosophy. In: Know Yourself. De Gruyter. 55- 84
Contact
Academic support hours:
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm Thursdays 12-1 pm Zoom options available upon request.
