Department of Ancient Philosophy

The Department of Ancient Philosophy was established in 2025 on the basis of two former departments: the Department of the History of Western Philosophy and the Department of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy and Science.

Head of the Department: Nadezhda Volkova, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow.

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS

• History of Ancient Philosophy: main schools and traditions;
• Early Greek Philosophy;
• Platonism and Neoplatonism;
• Aristotelianism;
• Stoicism;
• Ancient Historiography of Philosophy;
• Commentary Tradition of Antiquity;
• Ancient ontology;
• Ancient epistemology;
• Ancient ethics;
• Reception of Ancient philosophy in Christian theology.  

STAFF

• Nadezhda Volkova, PhD in Philosophy, Head of the Department, Senior Research Fellow

• Mikhail Egorochkin, PhD in Philosophy, Research Fellow

• Andrey Lebedev, PhD in Philology, Main Research Fellow

• Sergey Melnikov, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow

• Svetlana Mesyats, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Head of the Department.

• Valery Petroff, DSc in Philosophy, Professor, Chief Research Fellow

• Andrey Seregin, PhD in Philology, Senior Research Fellow

• Maria Solopova, PhD in Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow

• Alexander Stoliarov, DSc in Philosophy, Leading Research Fellow

• Stanislav Nikolaev, Post-Graduate Student, Junior Research Fellow