Drews Friedemann

Drews Friedemann is a Research Fellow at the University of Münster's Institute for Classical Philology, holding a habilitation in Classics with a teaching qualification. His career includes a Heisenberg Scholarship (2014-2020) and a temporary acting professorship in Classical Philology at the University of Osnabrueck (2018-2019). He earned his doctorate summa cum laude from the University of Rostock (2007) and habilitation in 2010. His research focuses on ancient philosophy, patristics, and the reception of antiquity, with interdisciplinary interests in Indo-European linguistics.

• Education: Studies in Latin, Ancient Greek, Theology, and Comparative Philology at Universities of Rostock and Newcastle (1995-2002)
• Doctoral work: Human Free Will and Divine Providence in Augustine, Proclus, Apuleius and John Milton
• Habilitation thesis: Methexis, Rationality and Mysticism in Dionysius the Areopagite's Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

Research interests span ancient philosophy's intersection with mysticism, early Christian texts, and the evolution of Latin philosophical traditions. His recent projects include a German Research Foundation-funded study on self-knowledge in Augustine's Confessions (2020-2023).

• Awards: Heisenberg-Scholarship (2014-2021)

Grants include leadership of the DFG project on Augustine's psychology and temporal constitution. No formal advisee list is provided, though his habilitation and professorial roles suggest mentorship activities. His work bridges classical philology with theological and philosophical hermeneutics.