Jonathan Greig
@jabgreig.bsky.social
Postdoc @ HU Berlin, deep dives in ancient/Byzantine philosophy. Occasional remarks, usual disclaimers.
A thought - something I keep hearing from various colleagues over and over again—departments like philosophy and theology who, *constantly*, prioritize tenure-track/tenure people over non-T/TT people, all things being equal.
Why??... Constant why.
Why??... Constant why.
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A thought - something I keep hearing from various colleagues over and over again—departments like philosophy and theology who, *constantly*, prioritize tenure-track/tenure people over non-T/TT people, all things being equal.
Why??... Constant why.
Why??... Constant why.
Incredible news - congratulations to an old Leuven colleague, Dan Batovici!
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Incredible news - congratulations to an old Leuven colleague, Dan Batovici!
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Journal of the History of Philosophy 63.4 (2025): an article analysing Aquinas's Five Ways. buff.ly/Kh0gIA9
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Journal of the History of Philosophy 63.4 (2025): an article analysing Aquinas's Five Ways. buff.ly/Kh0gIA9
I'm co-organizing a panel for the 2026 ISNS on differing narratives of Greek philosophy between Neoplatonists and their monotheist inheritors. Come join us!
isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm co-organizing a panel for the 2026 ISNS on differing narratives of Greek philosophy between Neoplatonists and their monotheist inheritors. Come join us!
isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
Recently realized that, besides 1-2 mailing lists, there isn't a blog or site tracking ancient/late antique philosophy events/news/pubs/etc. at the moment, along the lines of (say) IPM Monthly (ipmtoday.com).
Would there be any broader interest in this?
Would there be any broader interest in this?
August 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Recently realized that, besides 1-2 mailing lists, there isn't a blog or site tracking ancient/late antique philosophy events/news/pubs/etc. at the moment, along the lines of (say) IPM Monthly (ipmtoday.com).
Would there be any broader interest in this?
Would there be any broader interest in this?
New article (open access!) out in Synthese by @marilupapandreou.bsky.social - arguing for a new Aristotelian approach to artifacts, esp. in the domain of natural philosopher instead of the metaphysician. Looks very good: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Artworks, technical artefacts, and a few other things: a fresh Aristotelian approach - Synthese
I advance an Aristotelian approach by which we shall find a unified account of technical artefacts and artworks. The unification is conceptually available to Aristotle not because he does not have a s...
link.springer.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New article (open access!) out in Synthese by @marilupapandreou.bsky.social - arguing for a new Aristotelian approach to artifacts, esp. in the domain of natural philosopher instead of the metaphysician. Looks very good: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ancient philosophy people are so great at labels.
June 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ancient philosophy people are so great at labels.
Doing my favorite early summer activity: hang out in a beer garden and check out the recent pubs.
May 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Doing my favorite early summer activity: hang out in a beer garden and check out the recent pubs.
Now out! Immense thanks to our solid contributors. Anyone into Byzantine philosophy and Neoplatonism's legacy in the Eastern Christian world, this is the work for you! brill.com/display/titl...
Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium
"Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium" published on 19 May 2025 by Brill.
brill.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Now out! Immense thanks to our solid contributors. Anyone into Byzantine philosophy and Neoplatonism's legacy in the Eastern Christian world, this is the work for you! brill.com/display/titl...
May 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My suggestion a while ago that there should be a Rerum Novarum 2.0 seems finally to be resurfacing - and for a guy going for the Leonine heritage, very nice. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Pope Leo identifies AI as main challenge in first meeting with cardinals
New pontiff sets out vision, pledging to continue ‘precious legacy’ of predecessor Pope Francis.
www.aljazeera.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My suggestion a while ago that there should be a Rerum Novarum 2.0 seems finally to be resurfacing - and for a guy going for the Leonine heritage, very nice. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
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“We have been judged by the younger generation who think they have invented everything, […] but really, they are just wearing what we wore in our teen years.”
dads in 1968 🤝 millennials in 2025
dads in 1968 🤝 millennials in 2025
May 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“We have been judged by the younger generation who think they have invented everything, […] but really, they are just wearing what we wore in our teen years.”
dads in 1968 🤝 millennials in 2025
dads in 1968 🤝 millennials in 2025
Out today! Very pleased to see this work in the wild now—honored to have had the chance to contribute a ch. on the "bundle theory" of matter in Gregory's In hex. A must-read for late antique/early Christian philosophy readers: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
April 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Out today! Very pleased to see this work in the wild now—honored to have had the chance to contribute a ch. on the "bundle theory" of matter in Gregory's In hex. A must-read for late antique/early Christian philosophy readers: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Something mysteriously fitting about Pope Francis' passing after the resurrection, so sudden and immediately, as honestly hard as it is to digest. A similar feeling to what I had with my father's own passing.
Memoria aeterna, Pope Francis
Memoria aeterna, Pope Francis
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Something mysteriously fitting about Pope Francis' passing after the resurrection, so sudden and immediately, as honestly hard as it is to digest. A similar feeling to what I had with my father's own passing.
Memoria aeterna, Pope Francis
Memoria aeterna, Pope Francis
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If you have excellent knowledge of Latin, and you'd like to get a 4-year job to work with medieval philosophy and manuscripts, there is a week left to apply! #philsky #medievalsky
FitMA is hiring! We are looking for a motivated PhD-candidate in medieval Latin philosophy to join our team @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! Deadline for applications: 24 April
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD-candidate (4 years) for the project ‘Fluidity in the Medieval Aristotle. Readers and Readings of the Greek-Latin Translations’ (FitMA)
Interested in Greek-Latin translations of Aristotle?
www.kuleuven.be
April 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
If you have excellent knowledge of Latin, and you'd like to get a 4-year job to work with medieval philosophy and manuscripts, there is a week left to apply! #philsky #medievalsky
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Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna.
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
April 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Four-year postdoc in Syriac studies in Vienna.
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
Join my team in the FWF START Project "Generative Authority: The Followers of the Apostles as Literary Characters," genaut.univie.ac.at/
Deadline June 1st. Happy to respond to any inquiries!
@fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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Vesuvius as a Titan covering Philodemus' School in Ash for posterior discovery at Herculaneum.
(made with chatgpt for a class I'm teaching on Lucretius)
(made with chatgpt for a class I'm teaching on Lucretius)
April 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Vesuvius as a Titan covering Philodemus' School in Ash for posterior discovery at Herculaneum.
(made with chatgpt for a class I'm teaching on Lucretius)
(made with chatgpt for a class I'm teaching on Lucretius)
Proclus vs Damascius
April 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Proclus vs Damascius
This looks excellent and immensely essential for our field. Looking forward to reading soon.
🧵This is a piece very dear to my heart - a short piece, but I think important. I know of no other historiography of the history of science studies within #Byzantine Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Green #OpenAccess version will soon be available on Zenodo + I have 10 codes to share.
Τὰ μαθήματα for Byzantinists | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | Cambridge Core
Τὰ μαθήματα for Byzantinists - Volume 49 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This looks excellent and immensely essential for our field. Looking forward to reading soon.
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FitMA is hiring! We are looking for a motivated PhD-candidate in medieval Latin philosophy to join our team @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! Deadline for applications: 24 April
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD-candidate (4 years) for the project ‘Fluidity in the Medieval Aristotle. Readers and Readings of the Greek-Latin Translations’ (FitMA)
Interested in Greek-Latin translations of Aristotle?
www.kuleuven.be
April 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
FitMA is hiring! We are looking for a motivated PhD-candidate in medieval Latin philosophy to join our team @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social! Deadline for applications: 24 April
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Certain Thomist types (like the River Forest'y folks) might appreciate this Alexandrian take.
March 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Certain Thomist types (like the River Forest'y folks) might appreciate this Alexandrian take.
Props to Damascius
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Props to Damascius
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Medioevo 49 (2024): a special issue on the concept of action in 13th-century Parisian masters of arts, covering commentaries on De anima, De sensu, Ethics, Politics, Liber sex principiorum, and treatises on music theory. buff.ly/oFqhr88
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Medioevo 49 (2024): a special issue on the concept of action in 13th-century Parisian masters of arts, covering commentaries on De anima, De sensu, Ethics, Politics, Liber sex principiorum, and treatises on music theory. buff.ly/oFqhr88
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Today is the feast of St. John Climacus, d. 649, author of the Scala Paradisi. BNF Coislin 263 is a copy of that work written in 1059 per to its colophon (the black and red text page with geomentric layout in the third pic). I have a #codicology q for those of you who know Greek MSS...🧵
March 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today is the feast of St. John Climacus, d. 649, author of the Scala Paradisi. BNF Coislin 263 is a copy of that work written in 1059 per to its colophon (the black and red text page with geomentric layout in the third pic). I have a #codicology q for those of you who know Greek MSS...🧵