Katarzyna Borkowska, MA

15.05.2020 | 28.05.2020

Research Assistant

History of Natural and Medical Sciences Research Unit Room: A18 Phone: +48 22 65 72 728 Office hours: Tuesday, 1pm–3pm, Wednesday, 12pm–2pm E-mail: kasia.bor@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0002-3963-1569

Academic interests

• history of ancient and medieval medicine
• ancient philosophy
• evolution of ideas

Education, academic degrees and titles

• 2015– doctoral studies, Institute of Classical Studies, University of Warsaw
• 2014 – MA at the Institute of Classical and Slavic Studies, University of Gdańsk
• 2012 – BA at the Institute of Classical Studies, University of Warsaw

Employment

• since 2019 – Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences – Research Assistant

International experience

• 2019 – Vandœuvres – one-month research stay at the Fondation Hardt pour l’étude de l’antiquité classique
• 2018 – Vandœuvres – one-week research stay at the Fondation Hardt pour l’étude de l’antiquité classique

Selected publications

Chapters in edited volumes

• Cicero and male virtue, “The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture” (in press).

• Translatio, imitatio, aemulatio: Assimilation of Greek thought in Cicero’s philosophical writings, conference proceedings in the “Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy” series, Brepols, (in press).
• The unique meaning of Plato’s ἀρετή, [w:] Studies in Greek philosophy: Ethics, politics and the origins of philosophy on Rhodes, red. Konstantine Boudouris, Maria Veneti, Ionia Publications, Ateny 2018, s. 74–78.

Other

Conferences

• 2019 – Międzygórze – II Studenckie Spotkania Filozoficzne Powtórka (paper title: Wartość powrotów do źródeł: O tym, jak holistyczny ogląd rzeczywistości prezentowany przez greckich filozofów wpłynął na rozwój teorii fizyki kwantowej).
• 2018 – Montreal – Foreign influences: Philosophy and circulation of knowledge in antiquity (paper title: Translatio, imitatio, aemulatio: Assimilation of Greek thought in Cicero’s philosophical writings).
• 2017 – Rhodes – 29^th International Conference of Philosophy (paper title: The unique meaning of Plato’s ἀρετή); conference organised by the International Association for Greek Philosophy (IGAP).
• 2016 – Kraków – II Philosophical Conference Od mniemań do wiedzy (?) organised by the Pedagocical University of Krakow, (Scio me nihil scire – czy poszukiwanie prawdy jest skazane na porażkę).

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