A foundation course for all first-year students provides training in analytical, theoretical, and methodological skills. After completion of this course, students have the opportunity to participate in reading groups connected with their research. One to four reading groups are offered each semester. Additionally, students can join a research seminar, dedicated either to a piece of recent literature or to a central problem of ancient philosophy.

Second and Third Year

During the second and third year, students focus on the completion of their dissertations. Candidates have the opportunity to present their projects to the whole faculty and discuss them with the members of the School and invited international guests. The Graduate School offers advanced text seminars, research seminars, and soft-skills courses on, e.g., oral and multi-media presentation or writing grant applications.

VL 51001 Aristotle’s Metaphysics: An Introduction
Beere
Tue 10–12, UL 6, 1070

HS 51052 Aristotle’s Logic
Beere, Malink
Mo 10–12, HAN 6, 1.03

HS 51061 CURRICULUM PLATONICUM III: Plato’s Phaedrus or How to read a Platonic dialogue?
Helmig
Mo 16–18, HAN 6, 1.03

CO 51062 Philosophical Colloquium
Helmig
Mo 18–20 (biweekly), HAN 6, 1.03

HS 51072 Aristotle: Metaphysics Gamma
Malink
Tue 12–14, I 110, 241

HS 510991 Plato’s Timaios
Mouroutsou
We 10–12, HAN 6, 1.03

HS 520992 Plato’s notion of chôra in Aristotle and in the later Platonic tradition
Helmig, Beere
Mo 12–14, HAN 6, 1.03

UE 5270058 Die griechische Kommentartradition zu den Ersten Analytiken des Aristoteles
Grigoryeva, Helmig
Thu 12–14, FRS 191, 4026

SE 5270073 Cicero, De natura deorum
Helmig
Thu 16–18, FRS 191, 4026