Anna S. Afonasina

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Anna S. Afonasina

Ph. D. (Kandidat nauk) in philosophy, Master of Arts in history of philosophy Lecturer of the Institute of philosophy and law, Novosibirsk State University

Web page: nsu.ru/classics/eng/Anna/

Mailing address: Institute of philosophy and law, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogov Street, 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

E-mail: afonasina#gmail.com

Education

Research Interests

Classics, History of Greek Philosophy; esp. Empedocles and the Pythagorean Tradition; Literary and textual criticism; Renaissance Philosophy; History of religion

Academic employment and teaching experience

Publications

2017

ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΤΕΧΝΗ. Ocherki istorii antichnoj mediziny [Essays on Ancient medicine], in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin. St. Petersburg, 2017. – 230 p.

Antichnyj kosmos. Ocherki istorii antichnoj astronomii i kosmologii [Ancient cosmos. Essays on astronomy and cosmology in Antiquity], in collaboration with Andrej Schetnikov and Eugene Afonasin. St. Petersburg, 2017. – 403 p.

‘Letters of the Pythagorean women in their historical and philosophical contexts’, ΣΧΟΛΗ 11 (2017) 524-535 (in Russian) http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/11/11-2-afonasina.pdf

2016

‘The Strasbourg Papyrus of Empedocles. A note on its reconstruction and future tasks for studies,’ ΣΧΟΛΗ 10.1 (2016) 214–226 (in Russian) http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/10/10-1-afonasina.pdf

2015

ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ ΤΕΧΝΗ. Ocherki istorii antichnoj muzyki [Essays on Ancient music], in collaboration with Andrej Schetnikov and Eugene Afonasin. St. Petersburg, 2015. – 250 p. (in Russian)

‘Herophilus on pulse,’ ΣΧΟΛΗ 9.1, 93-104 (in Russian), in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin. http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/9/9-1-afon-ger.pdf

‘Could Iamblichus help us to understand one ancient relief?’ ΣΧΟΛΗ (2015) 9.1, 185-192 (in English) http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/9/9-1-afonasina.pdf

‘Empedocles on breathing,’ ΣΧΟΛΗ 9.2 (2015) 353–362 (in Russian) http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/9/9-2-afonasina.pdf

2014

Pifagorejskaya traditziya [The Pythagorean Tradition], in collaboration with Andrej Schetnikov, and Eugene Afonasin. St. Petersburg, 2014. – 745 p.

‘The houses of philosophical schools in Athens’, ΣΧΟΛΗ 8.1 (2014) 9–23 (in English), in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin. http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/8/8-1-afonasin.pdf

‘Ancient sources on painted statues,’ ΠΡΑΧΕΜΑ 1 (2014) 31-40 (in Russian).

2013

‘Timaeus of Locri, On the nature of the world and the soul, An introduction, a Russian translation from the Greek, and commentary,’ ΣΧΟΛΗ 7.1 (2013) 109-175. http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/7/7-1-afonasina.pdf

2012

‘The birth of harmony out of the spirit of tekhne,’ ΣΧΟΛΗ 6.1 (2012) 68-75 (in English). http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/6/6-1-af-tekh-en.pdf 2009

Neopifagoreitsy [The Neopythagoreans], in collaboration with Andrej Schetnikov, Ludmila Alexandrova, Timothy Myakin, John Dillon, and Eugene Afonasin, ΣΧΟΛΗ 3.1 (2009) 1-372 (a special issue of the journal) http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/schedule.htm

2007

‘Numenius of Apamea. Fragments and Testimonia’, ΣΧΟΛΗ 1.1, 65–134, an introduced and annotated Russian translation of the fragments (according to Des Places) and indices, in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin. http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/3/3-1-numenius.pdf

‘Shamanism and the Orphic Tradition,’ Skepsis 2007, pp. 24-31. http://www.nsu.ru/classics/eng/Anna/Kuznetsova_Shamanism.pdf

Metafizika v Antichnosti II. Istochnikovedeniye [Metaphysics in Antiquity II. Source criticism], A textbook, Novosibirsk UP, 2007. 133 p. (in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin)

Metafizika v Antichnosti III. Numeniy iz Apamei [Metaphysics in Antiquity III. Numenius of Apamea], A textbook, Novosibirsk UP, 2007. 107 p. (in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin)

2006

Metafizika v Antichnosti I. Pifagorejskaya traditsiya [Metaphysics in Antiquity I. The Pythagorean Tradition], A textbook, Novosibirsk UP, 2006. 98 p. (in collaboration with Eugene Afonasin)

“Historical Pythagoras: the problem of reconstruction of intellectual biography,” Trudy vserossijskogo filisofskogo seminara imeni P.V. Kopnina (sessija 2) [Proceeding of Regional Philosophic Seminar in memory of P.V. Kopnin]. Tomsk, 2006 (in Russian).

“Harmony in the Pythagorean Tradition,” Universum platonovskoj mysli. Vypusk 13 [Universe of Platonic thought, issue 13]. St. Petersburg, 2006, p. 47–59 (in Russian).

2005

“The concept of Harmony in Ancient Philosophy: A Summary,” Stichting Pythagoras Newsletter (Naarden), No. 5, December 2005, editors Nico Bader and Marie-Anne de Roode, p. 6 http://www.stichting-pythagoras.nl/

“The concept of Harmony in Empedocles,” Materialy regional’noj nauchnoj konferentsii molodykh uchenykh Sibiri v oblasti gumanitarnykh i sotsial’nykh nauk [Proceedings of scientific conference of young scholars of Siberian region in Humanities and Social sciences]. Novosibirsk, 2005, pp. 23-25 (in Russian).

Conferences, workshops

2017 School Traditions. International Symposium, organized by the Centre for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, Novosibirsk, Sept. 5.

2015–2017 Aristotelian Tradition. International Seminars, organized by the Centre for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, Novosibirsk, Institute of History, Moscow, and Institute of Philosophy, Moscow, Sechenov Medical University, Moscow, supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation. The director: Eugene Afonasin:

2017 15th Annual Conference for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, June, 14-17 Olomouc, Czech republic

2014 12th Annual Conference for the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, June, Lisbon

2010-2013 Tekhne. Theoretical foundations of arts, sciences and technology in the Graeco-Roman world, The International Seminar of the Centre for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, Novosibirsk. Invited faculty included David Konstan, Teun Tieleman, Leonid Zhmud, Luc Brisson and others. – Assistant director

2012 Arxai: Proclus Diadochus of Constantinople and his Abrahamic interpreters, Istanbul, December 12–16.

2007-2010 Teaching Classics. Fundamental Values in the Changing World, The International Seminar of the Centre for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, Novosibirsk. Invited faculty included John Dillon, D. O’Meara, David Konstan, Teun Tieleman, Leonid Zhmud, John Rist, Luc Brisson and others. – Assistant director

2007, May, Rethinking Dodds. Rationalism and irrationalism in Ancient Philosophical Tradition, Institute of philosophy and sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences, organized by the Centre for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, Novosibirsk.

2006, August, XVIIth International Symposium of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, “Arts and Sciences in the Greek Philosophical Tradition” and the First Bilingual Summer Seminar, Pyrgos and Ancient Olympia, Elia, Greece.

2006, July, Philosophy and Science in the Graeco-Roman World, Summer University at Central European University, Budapest. The directors: G. Betegh, I. Bodnár, I. Bárány; invited faculty: David Sedley, Mark Schiefsky, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Allan Gotthelf, Myles Burnyeat

2005, August, The Universe of Platonic Thought, the 5th International School of Russian Platonic Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Offices

2005- Secretary, The Centre for Ancient Philosophy and Classical Tradition

2007- Executive secretary, ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition

Academic societies

2005- International Platonic Society, St. Petersburg Division

2006- International Member, Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture, Greece

2013- International society for Neoplatonic studies