Andrea Falcon
Male
Italian
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Philosophy
1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada
E-mail: afalcon@alcor.concordia.ca
1ST CLASS HONORS DEGREE PHILOSOPHY
at the University of Venice
Title of Thesis: Aristotle's Rhetoric
(Supervisor: Professor Carlo Natali)
DOCTORATE IN PHILOSOPHY
at the University of Padua
Title of Thesis: Aristotle's Theory of Division
(Supervisors: Professor Enrico Berti, Professor Mario Mignucci)
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
at the University of Padua
FULL-TIME MATRICULATED VISITING STUDENT
at Balliol College, University of Oxford
(Supervisors: Professor Jonathan Barnes, Professor Michael Frede)
VISITING STUDENT
at King's College KQC, University of London
(Supervisor: Professor Richard R. K. Sorabji)
VISITING STUDENT
at Keble College, University of Oxford
(Supervisor: Professor Michael Frede)
Goethe Institut, Frankfurt
Zertifikat Deutch als Fremdsprache
(1ST Level Certificate in German as a Foreign Language)
Europa Kolleg, Kassel
(awarded an Internationaler Jugendaustausch und Besucherdienst
der Bundesrepublik Deutchsland Studentship)
Goethe Institut, Padua
Zeugnis Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung
(2ND Level Certificate in German as a Foreign Language)
St. Giles College, Brighton
Higher Certificate in Spoken English and Comprehension (Oxford University)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University
RESEARCH FELLOW in the Department of Philosophy
at the University of Padua
(Brief description: a four-year research fellowship in Ancient Philosophy to study
Aristotle and the Aristotelian tradition from the Hellenistic Time to Late Antiquity)
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in the Department of
Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in the Department of Philosophy at the Ohio State University
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech
'Xenarchus of Seleucia and Aristotelianism in the First Century BCE'.
(Brief description: translation from the Greek, with introduction and notes, of all the surviving
testimonies concerning Xenarchus of Seleucia, one of the earliest interpreters
of Aristotle. Xenarchus' activity will be placed in its historical context, the
revival of interest in Aristotle's philosphy that took place in the first
century BCE. The impact of this work throughout antiquity, the Middle Ages and
the Renaissance will be traced and evaluated).
'Aristotele, Topici'.
(Brief description: translation from the Greek, with introduction
and notes, of Aristotle's Topics. This is part of a project
of translating the whole Organon of Aristotle, and is to
be published by the Laterza Press, Bari (Italy). It will be the
standard text for Italian universities replacing the Colli edition.
Professor Mario Mignucci is the general editor of the project).
Paper presented at the International Conference on Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology and the Life Sciences held in July at King's College London, the Institute of Classical Studies, and The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. (Title: Aristotle's Theory of Division).
Paper presented at the Berkeley Conference in Ancient Philosophy, November 17-19. (Title: The Relevance of the Study of the Celestial Bodies for Aristotle's Science of Nature).
Paper presented at the Central European University, Budapest, July 3. (Title: Aristotle's Project of Investigation into Nature).
Commentator at the Princeton Classical Philosophy Conference, Princeton, December 1-2.
Paper presented at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (Title: On the Unity and Structure of Aristotle's Science of Nature).
Paper presented at HOPOS 2006, (Title: Aristotle on the Unity of the Soul and Life).
Paper presented at the ISNS Conference, (Title: Plotinus on Celestial Motion).
Paper presented at the conferenceReading Aristotle’s De anima, Bishop’s University, September 28-30, 2006.
Symposium Aristotelicum on the first book of the On Generation and Corruption.
Symposium Aristotelicum on the third book of the Metaphysics (Metaphysics Beta).
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
at The Institute of Classical Studies, London
(Brief Description: this was the first systematic look
at the ancient exegesis of Aristotle and Plato in the period 200-600
AD. The workshop was attended by scholars from all over the world
and I spoke about later interpretations of the physics of Plato
in the Timaeus).
GRADUATE SEMINAR
on the De caelo of Aristotle at Oriel College, University
of Oxford.
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in the Philosophy Department at The Ohio State University
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Pittsburgh
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University
Although my focus is Aristotle and his philosophy of nature, my interest in the ancient world is wide-ranging, and extends to include study of how ancient theories have been received in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and also modern times.
Greek, Latin, English, French, German, Italian.