Katharine O’Reilly

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Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Philosophy Toronto, Ontario katharine.oreilly@torontomu.ca

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Dr. O’Reilly studied ancient philosophy at the University of Toronto, King’s College London, and the University of Oxford (DPhil, 2019), before joining King’s College London with a cross-appointment between Philosophy and Classics in 2019. She joins Toronto Metropolitan University's (formerly Rye...

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Bio/Research

Dr. O’Reilly studied ancient philosophy at the University of Toronto, King’s College London, and the University of Oxford (DPhil, 2019), before joining King’s College London with a cross-appointment between Philosophy and Classics in 2019. She joins Toronto Metropolitan University's (formerly Ryerson's) Philosophy Department in July 2021. She is a specialist in Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophy, particularly ancient moral psychology. Her work is focused on prudentialism, memory, anticipation, pain and pleasure.

Dr. O’Reilly teaches topics in Ancient Philosophy (including Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic Philosophy, Late Ancient Philosophy, and specialist modules on particular texts and schools), Moral Philosophy, Ethics (Historical and Contemporary), Gender & Philosophy, and Women in Ancient Thought. She holds a PGDip (Postgraduate Diploma) in Higher Education, and a PGCAP (Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice) in Higher Education from King’s Learning Institute and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Association (HEA). From 2020-24 she sits on the Management Committee of the British Society for the History of Philosophy.


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