Dr Ellisif Wasmuth
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872622
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Location
5B.115, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm Thursdays 12-1 pm Zoom options available upon request.
Profile
Biography
Born in Norway, Istudied philosophy and engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) before moving to London to do an MPhilSt in Philosophy at Kings College London. I completed my PhD in 2016 at the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a Stipendiary Lecturer at St Johns College, Oxford beforejoining the University of Essex in 2017.
Qualifications
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PhD University of Cambridge,
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MPhilSt King's College London,
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BA Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Ancient Philosophy, with particular focus on Plato
ancient conceptions of the self and self-knowledge
Socratic ethics
the Platonic dialogueAlcibiades I.
Current research
Plato: First Alcibiades
Book project. In progress.
“Plato on self-knowledge as mirroring: Alc. I 132d1–133c8”
Journal article. In progress.
“Why Socrates’ legs don’t run off to Megara: moral deliberation in Plato’s Crito”
Journal article. In progress.
Conferences and presentations
Institute of Classical Studies Speaker series
Invited presentation, Invited Speaker Series, London, United Kingdom, 12/2/2018
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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The World in Question: The Social, Cultural, Political & Environmental Legacies of the Enlightenment (CS201)
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Dangerous Ideas: Essays and Manifestos as Social Criticism Capstone (CS301)
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Critical Reasoning and Logical Argument (PY114)
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Philosophy Dissertation (PY426)
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Ancient Philosophy (PY431)
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Reading texts from the history of philosophy (PY436)
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Environmental Philosophy (PY911)
Publications
Journal articles (4)
Wasmuth, E., Plato on self-knowledge as mirroring: 'Alcibiades I' 132d1–133c8
Wasmuth, E., (2020). Why Socrates' legs didn't run off to Megara: Moral deliberation in Plato's 'Crito'. Phronesis. 65 (4), 380-413
Wasmuth, E., (2018). Selverkjennelse og Statsmannskunst i Alkibiades I (Self-knowledge and statesmanship in Alcibiades I). Agora. 2018 (2-3), 20-45
Wasmuth, E., (2015). ΩΣΠΕΡ ΟΙ ΚΟΡYΒΑΝΤΙΩΝΤΕΣ: THE CORYBANTIC RITES IN PLATO'S DIALOGUES. The Classical Quarterly. 65 (1), 69-84
Book chapters (1)
Wasmuth, E., (2023). Interpretations and Echoes of the Delphic Maxim in Pre-Christian Greek Philosophy. In: Know Yourself. De Gruyter. 55- 84
Contact
Academic support hours:
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm Thursdays 12-1 pm Zoom options available upon request.
