Andreas Avgousti

Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow (2019/2020)

Profile

Research interests

Ancient Greek and Roman political thought
Late Antique political thought
History of political thought
Democratic theory
Moral psychology
European politics
Political history of Cyprus
International politics

Education

PhD, Political Science, Columbia University
MPhil (with distinction in Philosophy), Political Science, Columbia University
MA, Political Science, Columbia University
MSc (merit), Political Theory, London School of Economics
BSc (first class), London School of Economics

Biography

Andreas Avgousti studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, earning a BSc in Government and History (2006, with First Class Honours) and an MSc in Political Theory (2007, with Merit); he received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University (2015, with Distinction in the Philosophy Minor). Avgousti has since served as Lecturer in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Portland State University, and as the inaugural 鈥楬ellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow鈥� at the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at 丁香园AV. His research programme is motivated by contemporary democratic concerns regarding opinion in its various forms (viz. reputation, judgment, rumor) and is historically located in ancient Athens and the late antique Greek East. Avgousti just published his first book, Recovering Reputation: Plato and Demotic Power (Oxford UP, 2022), and is developing his next monograph, A Democratic Good from Late Antiquity: Persuasion in John Chrysostom. Avgousti is also involved with the 鈥楽ciences of Democracy鈥� project, his first thoughts on which may be found .

Publications

Monograph

Journal articles and book chapters

"An Overlooked Form of Demotic Power: Reputation in Plato鈥檚鈥楻epublic鈥�." History of Political Thought, 39:1, pp.1-15, 2018.
"A Text for the City: Plato鈥檚鈥楳enexenus鈥� and the Legacy of Pericles鈥�." Polity, 50:1, pp.72-100, 2018.
"Plato鈥檚 Uneasy Foundings." 顿颈谩濒辞驳辞蝉, XLVII:98, pp.85-110, 2015.
"By Uniting it Stands: Poetry and Myth in Plato鈥檚鈥楻epublic鈥�." Polis, 29:1, pp. 21-41, 2012.
"鈥楾he Indigenous Foreigner: British Policy in Cyprus 1963-1965." In H. Faustmann and E. Solomou (ed.) Independent Cyprus 1960-2010, Selected Readings from the Cyprus Review, University of Nicosia Press, Nicosia, 2011 (originally published in The Cyprus Review, 21:1, pp. 123-144, 2009).

Book reviews

Aldo Schiavone, 鈥楾he Pursuit of Equality in the West鈥�, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (in preparation)
Peter Baldwin, 鈥楥ommand and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State across History鈥�, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (forthcoming)
David Stasavage, 鈥楾he Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today鈥�,
Andreas N. Michalopoulos et al. (ed.) 鈥楾he Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature鈥�, .
Matthew Landauer, 鈥楧angerous Counsel: Accountability and Advice in Ancient Greece鈥�, Perspectives on Politics, 18:4, 2020, pp. 1199-1201.
Thomas L. Pangle, 鈥楾he Socratic Way of Life: Xenophon鈥檚鈥楳emorabilia鈥欌€�, Classical Philology, 114:4, pp.664-670, 2019.
Jonny Thakkar, 鈥楶lato as Critical Theorist鈥�, Review of Politics, 81:4, pp.691-695, 2019.
Dean Hammer (ed.), 鈥楢 Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic鈥�, Polis, 35:2, pp.577-581, 2018.
Don Adams, 鈥楽ocrates Mystagogos: Initiation into Inquiry鈥�, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 08.53, 2017.
James Kastely, 鈥楾he Rhetoric of Plato鈥檚鈥楻epublic鈥欌€�, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 04.43, 2016.
Nickolas Pappas and Mark Zelcer, 鈥楶olitics and Philosophy in Plato鈥檚鈥楳enexenus鈥欌€�, Polis, 33:1, pp.218-223, 2016.

Selected conference presentations and invited talks

鈥榁irtue versus Wealth: Two Ancient Proposals for our Plutocratic Times鈥� at the MPSA 2022 and at the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR) 2022.
鈥楥risis and Response in Ancient Greek Democracy鈥� at the University of Washington Department of Classics Conference for K-12 Teachers, February 2022.
鈥楥ounsels to the Athenian Democracy: on Isocrates鈥� Cyprian Orations鈥� at the International Society for the History of Rhetoric 2019, NPSA 2019, APSA 2020, and APT 2020, and MPSA 2021.
鈥極n the Purported Incompatibility of Philosophy and the City in Plato.鈥� Presented at the APT 2019.
"Why did Socrates fail to persuade the jury? Or, why Socrates is not a Socratic citizen." Presented at the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest 2018 and at the APSA 2018.
"Philosophy鈥檚 Reputation in Plato鈥檚 'Gorgias' and 'Theaetetus'." Presented at the WPSA 2017 and at the University of Washington Department of Classics Lunchtime Colloquium, Spring 2018.
"Wealth and Character: Cephalus鈥� Politics of Reputation in 'Republic 1." Presented at the MPSA 2017.
"Reputation in Plato鈥檚 'Republic鈥�." Presented at the APSA and the APT 2016.
"The Place of Reputation in the Political Theory of Plato鈥檚 'Laws'." Presented at the MPSA, the APT and the NPSA 2013 and at the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy 2014.
"The Search for Stability via a Marriage of Nature with Politics: An Understanding of Ciceronian Political Thought." Presented at the MPSA 2011.
"Pre-modern, Modern and Natural Understandings of Man: Plato, Hobbes and Evolutionary Theory鈥� at Victoria College," Presented at the University of Toronto 2009.

Select awards

2022, Nominated for the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for outstanding paper presentation at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Session on the Sciences of Democracies 2022 (Judgment in the Sciences of Democracies)
2019, Nominated for McWilliams Best Faculty Paper Award at the NPSA 2019 (Isocrates and democracy).
2018-2019, Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogy Program Award, funded by the Office of Academic Innovation at Portland State University
2015, Finalist for Excellence in Teaching Contemporary Civilization Award
2014, NPSA McWilliams Best Paper Award to a Graduate Student in Political Theory
2012, Teaching Scholar Award to teach in the General Studies Program at Columbia College
2012, Nominated for Best Paper Award to a Graduate Student in Political Theory at the NPSA
2008-2013, Faculty Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University (scholarship)

丁香园AV

SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies