Liatsi Maria
Maria Liatsi studied Classics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (B.A. 1993) and at the University of Freiburg i.Br. (Ph.D. 1999). She has taught at the Universities of Ioannina (2004-2020), where she was appointed Full Professor in 2015, of Braunschweig (2006 until today), of Cyprus (2009), of Sao Paulo (2013), of Bonn (2014), of Mexico (2019). Since 2020/2021 she is Professor of Ancient Greek Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Her main research interests include Ancient Greek Philosophy, its reception in modern times, Ancient Greek Medicine and Ancient Greek Science in general. She is author of the following books: 1) Aristoteles, De generatione animalium, Buch V. Einleitung und Kommentar (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier: Trier 2000). 2) Interpretation der Antike. Die pragmatistische Methode historischer Forschung (Georg Olms: Hildesheim/Zürich/New York 2006). 3) Die semiotische Erkenntnistheorie Platons im Siebten Brief. Eine Einführung in den sogenannten philosophischen Exkurs (C. H. Beck: München 2008). 4) Irdische Unsterblichkeit. Die Suche nach dem ewigen Leben in der Antike, De Gruyter: Berlin/Boston 2021.
She is editor of the following volumes: 1) Pragmata. Festschrift für Klaus Oehler (with K.-M. Hingst, Gunter Narr: Tübingen 2008). 2) Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature. Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (De Gruyter: Berlin/Boston 2020). 3) Πλάτων. Ένα Εγχειρίδιο (= Platon- Handbuch. Hrsg. von C. Horn/J. Müller/J. Söder), University Studio Press: Thessaloniki 2023.
She has also published numerous articles on Aristotle, Plato, Ancient Greek Medicine, Ancient Greek Novel etc.
She has got various Fellowships (e.g. Daimler-Benz Foundation 1996-1997, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Foundation 1998, postdoctoral: Fritz Thyssen Foundation 2001-2002) and Research Awards (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2012-2014).
In 2012 she was elected extraordinary Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Braunschweig, Germany.
She has given a lot of lectures in Greece and abroad (Germany, USA, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Turkey, England, Japan, Chile, Brasil, Mexico).