ProfessorDirk Baltzly

Dirk Baltzly is emeritus professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania. His area of specialisation is Ancient Greek Philosophy.

Biography

Dirk completed his first PhD in Philosophy at Ohio State University in 1992. Since then he has worked at King's College, London (1992-94) and Monash University (1994-2013). He has been a visiting fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London (2000) and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (2010-11). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities (2008) in both the Philosophy and Classics sections. He was the 2021-22 President of the Australasian Association for Philosophy.

Career summary
Qualifications

PhD, Classics, Monash University, October 2008
PhD, Philosophy, The Ohio State University, USA August 1992
MA, Philosophy, The Ohio State University, USA March 1988
BA with Honors in Philosophy and History, The Ohio State University, USA August 1985

Memberships

Australasian Association for Philosophy
Australasian Society for Classical Studies
American Philosophical Association
International Plato Society