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Mark SchiefskyProfessor of the Classicsmjschief(at)fas.harvard.edu Curriculum Vitae (pdf) |
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Mark Schiefsky took his Ph.D. degree in Classical Philosophy from Harvard
University in 1999 and has been an Assistant Professor in the Department
of the Classics since January 2000. His research interests are centered on the
interaction of ancient philosophy and science, especially medicine and mechanics. His publications include a commentary on the Hippocratic treatise On Ancient
Medicine (Brill 2005), along with several articles on ancient medicine and mechanics; he is currently working on a book that will explore the connections between ancient mechanics, mechanical technology, physics, and mathematics. Professor Schiefsky is also collaborating closely with scholars at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany on the Archimedes Project, an international initiative funded by the National Science Foundation to create a digital library for the history of mechanics and mechanical technology (http://archimedes.fas.harvard.edu). He has taught courses on
Plato and Lucretius in the original languages, as well as Ancient Greek
Medicine, Introduction to Ancient Philosophy, and Ancient Cosmology and Mechanics in translation.
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