معرفی
Julia Pfefferkorn is a Researcher in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Trier’s Department I since October 2022. She previously held research positions at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of St Andrews, and Università degli Studi di Salerno, focusing on Plato’s Laws and intersections between ethics, aesthetics, and Greek literature.
- Education: Doctorate in Philosophy (2020, summa cum laude, University of Tübingen/Università di Salerno), Magister in Philosophy (2014, Tübingen), B.A. in International Literature (2013, Tübingen).
Research Interests center on ancient ethics and aesthetics, moral responsibility, emotions in Antiquity, music and dance’s role in philosophical discourse, and the interplay between Plato’s dialogues and Greek literary traditions. Her work emphasizes choreia (choral dance) as a model for moral education and divine interaction.
Publications include the monograph Plato's Dancing City (Brill, 2023) and co-edited volumes on Platonic mimesis and Nietzsche studies. Recent articles explore Plato’s Sophist composition, shame in Laws, and cross-disciplinary metaphors in antiquity.
Awards:
- 2022: Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for best dissertation (International Plato Society).
Grants:
- 2016–2019: Doctoral scholarship from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
- 2018: DFG funding for “Platonic Mimesis Revisited” conference.
Teaching: Courses on Aristotle’s Politics, Plato’s Theaetetus, Alexander of Aphrodisias’ De Fato, and Plato’s Laws at University of Trier and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
