Areas of Specialization
Ancient Philosophy, Indian Philosophy

Areas of Competence
Ethics, Aesthetics, Nietzsche, German Idealism

Education
2005-Present Ph.D., Indian Philosophy and Sanskrit
Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
Dissertation title: Authenticity and the Problem of Beginning in the Mahabharata
(Expected defense date: October, 2008)

2002 Ph.D., Philosophy
New School for Social Research, New York
Thesis title: Mortal Knowledge in Parmenides & Plato

2001 M.A., Philosophy
New School for Social Research, New York

1990 B.A. in Religion, Philosophy, and Art History
Hunter College, New York
Honors Curriculum, Summa cum laude

Academic Appointments
2006-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College, NY.
2007 Lecturer, Drew University, NJ.
2005-2006 Assistant Professor, St. Peter’s College, NJ.
2003-2004 Lecturer, New York University, NJ.

Fellowships and Awards
2006 Kenny Fellowship, Saint Peter’s College
2004 Participant, International Research Colloquium: The Comparison and Opposition of ‘Antiquity’ and ‘Modernity’ in the Modern Age, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany

Publications
Books
• Return from Transcendence. Manuscript under review at Parmenides Publishing.
• (Ed.) Greek Religion: Philosophy and Salvation. Under preparation at Walter de Gruyter.
• (Ed.) Hegemony and Singularity: The Philosophy of Reiner Schürmann. Eds. Vishwa Adluri and Veronique Foti. In progress.
Articles
• “Initiation into the Mysteries: Experience of the Irrational in Plato.” Mouseion, Series III, Vol. 6 (2006): 407-423.
• “Heraclitus on Thanatos.” Abstracts of the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Philadelphia 2005
• “Night in Presocratic Thinking.” Abstracts of the 135th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Philadelphia 2004
• “Two Headed Mortals in Parmenides.” Abstracts of the 134th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Philadelphia 2003
• Introduction to Greek Religion: Philosophy and Salvation. Under preparation at Walter de Gruyter.
• “Who is Er?” in Greek Religion: Philosophy and Salvation. Under preparation at Walter de Gruyter.
• Foreword to Hegemony and Singularity: The Philosophy of Reiner Schürmann. Eds. Vishwa Adluri and Veronique Foti. In progress.
• “Father Parmenides: Alive?” Hegemony and Singularity: The Philosophy of Reiner Schürmann. Eds. Vishwa Adluri and Veronique Foti. In progress.
• “Beyond Strauss: Politics and Religion in Republic II.” Submitted to Phronesis for consideration.
Translations
• (German) Arbogast Schmitt. “Modernity and Plato: A Dynamic Relation.” Under review at Illinois University Press.
• (German) Christoph Riedweg. “Mysteries-Terminology in Plato, Philo and Clement of Alexandria.” Under preparation at Walter de Gruyter.
• (German) Dietrich Mannsperger. “Phusis in Plato.” Forthcoming.

Papers and Conference Presentations
• “City and Sacrifice.” Conference: The Ancient City: Conceptual Categories and Social Representations, Seminário Internacional Archai, Brasilia, 2008.
• “Mysteries misinterpreted: Plato’s Republic II.” Conference: The 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, New Orleans, 2008.
• “The Myth of Gyges in Plato and Herodotus: From Political Power to Salvation through Philosophy.” Conference: The 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, New Orleans, 2008.
• Chair. Panel discussion: Plato on Knowledge, American Philosophical Association, Pasadena, 2008.
• “Rational Cosmology in Plato’s Philebus.” Conference: Tri-Annual Symposium on Plato’s Philebus, International Plato Society, Dublin, 2007.
• “Socratic Labyrinth: Ritual Structure in Platonic Dialogue.” Conference: 57th Annual Meeting of the New Mexico/ West Texas (NMWT) Philosophical Society, NMWT Philosophical Society, Las Cruces, 2006.
• “ ‘Nostos’: Early Greek Thinking.” Conference: Morte e vida às origens do pensamento ocidental, Seminário Internacional Archai, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.
• “Pan-temporality in Nietzsche.” Conference: Nietzsche on Time and History, Friedrich Nietzsche Society, Cambridge, 2005.
• “Initiation into the Mysteries: Experience of the Irrational in Plato.” Conference: (Ir)rationality in Antiquity: Greeks and Irrationals, The Classical Association of the Canadian West & The Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, Victoria, 2005.
• “Exile and Influence: Intellectual Roots of Neo-conservatism.” Conference: Inclusions and Exclusions in the new Europe, Society for Applied European Thought, Banská Bystrica, 2005.
• “Heraclitus on Thanatos.” Conference: 136th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association (APA), APA, Boston, 2005.
• “Socrates the Messiah: Philosophy and Religious Experience.” Conference: Seminar in Religion, Columbia University, New York, 2005.
• “The Philosophical Ethics of Greek Religion.” Conference: God, Philosophy, and the Ethical Life, Southhampton University, Southampton, 2005.
• “Parmenides and Plato on Immortal Being and Tragic Knowing.” Conference: The Parallelism and Opposition of Antiquity and Modernity, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Marburg, 2004.
• “Iphegnia’s Critique of Metaphysics.” Conference: Elämä, taide, fenomenologia, Seminar on Continental Philosophy, Helsinki, 2004.
• “Phusis: Nature and Temporality in Early Greek Philosophy.” Conference: Encontro de saberes às origens do pensamento ocidental, Seminário Archai, São Paulo, 2004.
• “Heidegger’s Greeks.” Guest Lecture, Department of Classical Studies, Madison, 2004.
• “Night in Pre-socratic Thinking.” Conference: 135th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association (APA), APA, San Francisco, 2004.
• “Plato and Heidegger on the Origin of the Work of Art.” Conference: Plato: Contemporary German Interpretations, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, 2003.
• “Soul in Ancient Indian and Greek Philosophy.” Conference: Dialogue among Civilizations, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, New York, 2003.
• “Two-headed Mortals in Parmenides.” Conference: 136th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association (APA), APA, Philadelphia, 2003.
• “Plato’s Phaedrus: A Parmenidean Reading.” Conference: International Conference on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Binghamton, 2001.
• “Metempsychosis in Hinduism: A Post-metaphysical Approach.” Conference: Dialogue amongst Civilizations, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Binghamton, 2001.

Other Professional Activity
2003 Co-organizer, conference: Plato: Contemporary German Interpretations,
Fordham University, NY. Invited guests: Arbogast Schmitt and David Murphy.
2002-present Chair, Indian Studies Panel, Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy.
2008 Publishing editor, Indialogue: Indian and Western intellectual traditions in dialogue (www.indialogue.info)
2008 Reviewer, The International Journal for the Platonic Tradition
2004-present I manage a website dedicated to Presocratic philosophy at www.presocratics.org

Professional Affiliations
• American Philosophical Association
• American Philological Association
• Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
• The American Oriental Society
• American Philosophical Practitioners’ Association

Languages
Fluent in German, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Telugu; Reading knowledge of ancient Greek and French