Announcing Our 2026-27 Small Grants Recipients

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The History of Philosophy Forum is pleased to announce our 2026-2027 Small Grants recipients! These accomplished international scholars will be conducting and presenting research at the University of Notre Dame during extended visits occurring throughout the academic year. We look forward to welcoming everyone to campus and encourage members of our community to reach out to them during their visit. Information about events planned during their visits is updated regularly on our events page. For information about our Small Grants Program for International Researchers, click here.

Grant Recipients

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Juliano Eugenio da Silva | Baptist College, Undergraduate Theology Program

Lecturer, Independent Researcher

Project: Ritual and Metaphysics between Iamblichus and Pseudo-Dionysius

Visiting January 11 - February 15

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James Kinkaid | Bilkent University

Assistant Professor

Project: An Attempt at a New Interpretation of the Wissenschaftslehre

Visiting January 15 - March 15

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Francesca Bonini | Thomas-Institut of the University of Cologne

Postdoctoral Researcher

Title: Theology under Scrutiny: Hervaeus Natalis’ Response to Durand of Saint-Pourçain’s Sentences Commentary

Visiting February 15 - March 12

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Eleni Mathiou | Universidad Panamerica (Mexico City)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Project: Consciousness and Self-Consciousness in Antiquity

Visiting February 22 - March 3

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Irmgard Männlein | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Professor

Project: Ethics in the Pseudoplatonic Dialogues

Visiting March 4 - March 25

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Julia Regina Pfefferkorn | Universität Trier

Postdoctoral Researcher

Project: Involuntary Injuries and Kinds of Wrongdoing: Plato's Contribution to an Ancient Debate

Visiting March 26 - April 13

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Paolo Gigli | Università della Svizzera italiana

Researcher and Lecturer in Philosophy

Project: Perception and Knowledge in Theaetetus 184b-186e

Visiting April 1 - April 22

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Hussien Soliman Elzohary | Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Head of Academic Studies at Manuscript Museum

Project: From Emotional Discipline to Intellectual Pleasure: Governance of the Soul and Moral Psychology in Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī

Visiting April 1 - April 15

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