Jonathan Greig
Postdoctoral researcher, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
I work on ancient/late antique philosophy (especially Neoplatonism) and Byzantine philosophy. This site gathers my publications, teaching, research in progress, and occasional notes and guides.
Recent
Sep 2026Submitted commissioned entry on Proclus for the Encyclopedia of Scepticism and Jewish Tradition. To appear late 2026.
Aug 2026Presented at the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies on Gennadios Scholarios and his reception of Ps.-Dionysius via Thomas Aquinas and the earlier Byzantine tradition.
Jun 2026Co-organized with Anna Izdebska the panel “Neoplatonist Visions of the History of Greek Philosophy and Their Reception in the Abrahamic Traditions” at the International Society of Neoplatonism Studies meeting at KU Leuven.
May 2026Co-organized with George Karamanolis a colloquium on Byzantine Philosophy and the Ancients at University of Vienna.
May 2026Invited talk, “Providence and the Soul between Proclus, the Chaldean Oracles, and Michael Psellos”, at the conference on Proclus and Michael Psellos, University of Vienna.
Selected publications
- “Soul and Body in Maximus the Confessor: Between Aristotle, Neoplatonism, and Early Christianity,” Journal of the History of Philosophy, in press (accepted May 1, 2026; anticipated late 2026).
- Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium: Context and Legacy. Edited by Jonathan Greig, Joshua Robinson, and Dragos Calma. Leiden: Brill, 2025. DOI
- “Reason, Revelation, and Sceptical Argumentation in 12th- to 14th-Century Byzantium,” Theoria 88/1, 2022. DOI
- The First Principle in Late Neoplatonism: A Study of the One's Causality in Proclus and Damascius. Leiden: Brill, 2021. DOI
Teaching
Fall Semester 2024Introduction to Ancient Philosophy, Newman University
Spring Semester 2023Ancient Philosophical Inquiry, KU Leuven
Spring Semester 2022Ancient Philosophical Inquiry and Methodology, KU Leuven
Summer Semester 2018Ancient Philosophical Theology, LMU Munich
Contact
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin