Maria Stata Professor of Classical Greek Studies
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Areas of Interest:
History of Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Plato, Plotinus, Socratics, Aristotle, Ancient Greek Metaphysics, Ethics, and Moral Psychology, Contemporary Political and Social Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Marxist theory
Before coming to Boston University in 2024, Cinzia Arruzza taught at the New School for Social Research in NYC. She also held visiting positions at her alma mater – University of Rome Tor Vergata –, at the University of Piemonte Orientale, and at the University of Rome La Sapienza. She has been the recipient of two Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowships, both at the University of Bonn.
She has authored books in the history of ancient philosophy (A Wolf in the City. Tyranny and the Tyrant in Plato’s Republic, OUP 2018; Plotinus. Ennead II 5. On What is Potentially and What Actually, Parmenides Press 2015; Les Mésaventures de la théodicée. Plotin, Origène et Grégoire de Nysse, Brepols 2011) and in feminist theory (with Tithi Bhattacharya and Nancy Fraser, Feminism for the 99%. A Manifesto, Verso, 2019; with Lidia Cirillo, Storia delle storie del femminismo, Edizioni Alegre 2017; Dangerous Liaisons, Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism, The Merlin Press 2013).
She is currently working on a new book manuscript titled Socrates’ Women. Virtue, the Soul and Sexual Difference in the Socratic Circle and Plato’s Dialogues (under contract with OUP) and on the French translation with Introduction and Commentary of Plotinus’ Ennead III 6 (under contract with Vrin).