Giulia De Cesaris

Currently, I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (MSCA) at the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the University of Turin, Italy.

My research interests lie in the History of Platonism, with a specific focus on the Early Academy—the phase during which Plato's school was led by the first generation of his pupils. Other areas of interest include the Platonic tradition more broadly, Aristotle, and Hellenistic Pythagoreanism.

In my MSCA project, I aim to demonstrate how the ethical theories developed within the Early Academy played a crucial role in understanding the origin of the debate on virtue and happiness in the 4th century BC.