Benjamin Wilck

Dr. Benjamin Wilck is a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a graduate of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (PhD 2022) and Princeton University. His work bridges ancient Greek philosophy, history/philosophy of mathematics, and digital medical humanities, with a focus on schizophrenia research through computational linguistics. He collaborates with Charité Medical University Berlin.

His research explores the philosophical underpinnings of Euclid’s Elements, dialectical methods in Aristotle, and linguistic markers in psychiatric conditions. Recent work analyzes Robert Walser’s texts to identify schizophrenia through lexical diversity and syntactic complexity.

Scientific Awards:

• De Gruyter Trends in Classics Poster Prize (2019)
• Finalist for the bologna.lab Teaching Award (2021)
• Karl-Max-Schneider Foundation Award (2014)

His publications span metaphysical analysis of mathematical objects, Pyrrhonian scepticism, and interdisciplinary psychiatry. He co-organizes international conferences on mathematical cultures and science communication.