Kenneth Yu

Kenneth Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto, with additional affiliation to the Department for the Study of Religion. His research intersects Imperial Greek literature, ancient religious frameworks, and classical scholarship methodologies.

• University of Toronto (St. George Campus)
• Department of Classics & Department for the Study of Religion
• Academic rank: Assistant Professor

Yu's scholarly focus spans three key areas:

• Analysis of Greek religious epistemology and its disciplinary history
• Commentary practices in antiquity across philosophical and literary texts
• Evolution of aetiological reasoning from Homeric hymns to Imperial ethnography

His recent publications and projects include:

• Problems in Greek Religion: Constructing the Gods between Thauma and Philology (monograph)
• Co-edited volume The Oxford Handbook of Global Commentary (2020-25 SSHRC-funded)
• Titles in Ancient Greek Literature: Forms, Practices, and Theories (2022-25 SSHRC-funded)

Yu has held distinguished fellowships at:

• Collège de France
• Hardt Foundation (Switzerland)
• Institute of Classical Studies (University of Leuven)
• Center for Hellenic Studies (2022-23)

His academic credentials include:

• AB & PhD in Classics, University of Chicago