ABOUT
Associate Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Phone: +370 5 268 7220
Research areas
- Ancient philosophy
- Ancient medicine
- Ancient science
- Ancient aesthetics
- Stoicism
Teaching areas
- Ancient philosophy
- Theories of the body and health in antiquity
- Women in the ancient intellectual tradition
- Research text composition
PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
- 2025 Čelkytė, A. „Galen on Human Physiology: Taking the Body Apart and Putting it Back Together Again”, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781009435833,
(https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009435833). - 2025 Čelkytė, A. „The Stoic Theory of Beauty”, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 9781474461610.
Articles
- 2024, Čelkytė, A. „Chrysippus’ Lullaby: The early Stoics on the benefits of mousikē”, The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, the special issue The Poetics and Pragmatics of Hellenistic Aesthetics 67.2: 38–53.
- 2024, Čelkytė, A. „The Stoics and Economic Rationality”, Pege/Fons 7–8 (2024), a special issue by E. Helmer and M. del Pilar Montoya (eds), 221–237.
- 2024, Čelkytė, A. „The School of Hypatia and the Problem of the Gendered Soul”, The Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy, eds. S. Brill and C. McKeen, p. 495–508, Routledge.
- 2023, Čelkytė, A. „The Medico-Oikonomic Model of Human Nature in Bryson’s Oikonomikos”, Phronesis 68.2: 206–235.
- 2023, Čelkytė, A. „Hypatia”, Women in the History of Science: A Sourcebook, eds. H. Wills, S. Harrison, E. Jones, R. Martin, F. Lawrence-Mackey, p. 45–52. University College London Press.
- 2020, Čelkytė, A. „The Soul and Personal Identity in Early Stoicism: Two Theories? ”, Apeiron 53.4: 463–486.
- 2017, Čelkytė, A. „The Stoic definition of beauty as summetria”, The Classical Quarterly 67.1: 88–105.
- 2017, Čelkytė, A. „Epicurus and aesthetic disinterestedness”, Mare Nostrum 7: 56–75.
- 2016, Čelkytė, A. „Ancient Aesthetics”, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Reviews
- 2022, Čelkytė, A. „A Review of Oikonomia: philosophie grecque de l’économie by E. Helmer”, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2022.05.16.
- 2021, Čelkytė, A. „A Review of Pythagorean Women Philosophers by D. Dutsch”, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 134.4: 664–5.
- 2021, Čelkytė, A. „A Review of Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments by L.A. Salas”, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2021.06.38.
- 2018, Čelkytė, A. „A Review of Teleology in the Ancient World, ed. Julius Rocca, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2018.10.13.
- 2017, Čelkytė, A. „A Review of A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics, ed. Pierre Destrée and Penelope Murray”, International Journal of Philosophical Studies 25.5: 731–4.
- 2017, Čelkytė, A. „A Review of Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher by E.J. Watts”, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2017.10.07.
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
PhD thesis
- 2015 “Chrysippus on the Beautiful: Studies in A Stoic Conception of Aesthetic properties”, St Andrews University, Classics department, supervisor – S. Halliwell.
Research Projects
- NWO XS project „Reconstructing the Philosophical Views of the School of Hypatia” (406.XS.24.02.095), 2025, Leiden University, project leader.
- „Kultūrinės ir filosofinės vertybės Cicerono De Officiis“, Vilnius University, 2024–2027, Lietuvos mokslų taryba, project participant.
- „Hellenistic economic philosophy“, NWO project, Leiden University, 2021–2025, projekto dalyvė (postdoc).
- “Galen’s physiology”, NWO project, Utrecht University, 2017–2020, project participant (postdoc).
- Aspasia Diversity Fund Grant, 2020, workshop project, project leader/organiser.
- A research grant for postdoctoral research, Yonsei University, 2015–17, postdoctoral project.
- Doctoral Studentship, University of St Andrews, School of Classics, 2011–13, doctoral project.
Conferences, workshops, seminars
- 2025/11/14 „Philosophers, gymnastai and the contention for the moral domain“, international conference The Limits of Philosophy in the Imperial Age, invited talk, Utrecht University.
- 2025/08/22 „Cosmological arguments in the school of Hypatia“, international conference Cosmology and Argument in Ancient Philosophy, invited talk, Vilniaus Universitetas.
- 2025/7/8 „From Virtue to Money: The Concept of Trust in Stoic Ethics“, international conference Symposium Hellenisticum XVII, invited talk, Cornell University.
- 2025/5/22 „From Virtue to Money: The Concept of Trust in Stoic Ethics“, Leiden University History of Philosophy Institute Colloquium, invited talk.
- 2025/5/8–9 „Ptolemais of Cyrene on expert impressions“, international workshop A workshop on expert impressions, Université Catholique de Louvain, invited talk.
- 2024/7/1–3 „The Neopythagoreans and the Mathematics of the Embryo“, international conference Ancient Embryology, Cambridge University, invited talk.
- 2024/4/25–6 „Dios’ On Beauty“, international workshop Pseudopythagorica Atelier XIV, Paris, invited talk.
- 2024/1/12 „Mathematical Explanations in Ancient Embryology“, international seminar series Network of Ancient Medical and Philosophical Physiology, Sorbonne University and the University of Lille, invited talk.
- 2023/8/24–6 „The Stoics on economic rationality“, international conference Economic Epistemologies in the Graeco-Roman World, Leiden University, invited talk.
- 2023/4/11–12 „Agree to Disagree: Diogenes vs. Antipater in Cicero’s De Officiis III“, conference The Northern Association for Ancient Philosophy, St Andrews University, invited talk.
- 2023/1/23–4 „Galen on the Ever-Moving Soul“, international conference Psychology in Cosmological Perspectives, Leuven University, invited talk.
- 2022/12/9 „Galen on the Ever-Moving Soul“, international seminar series Hokkaido Ancient Philosophy Colloquium, The University of Hokkaido, invited talk.
- 2022/6/15 „The Stoics on the Purpose of Art“, international conference The Joint Meeting of OIKOS Ancient Philosophy and Science and Ancient Rhetoric and Aesthetics groups, Ancient Aesthetics between Philosophy and Rhetoric, Leiden University, invited talk.
- 2022/05/12 “The Stoics on the Purpose of Art“, seminar series The B Club, Cambridge University, invited talk.
- 2022/05/05 „Brusono Oikonomikos ir antikinė ekonomikos filosofija“, seminar, Vilnius University, invited talk.
- 2022/05/04 „Stoikai apie meno paskirtį“, Lietuvos Klasikų Asociacijos susitikimas, Vilnius University, invited talk.
- 2022/04/07 „Modelling Oikonomic Knowledge in Bryson’s Oikonomikos“, seminar series Forum Antiquum, invited talk.
- 2022/01/06 „The Stoics on the Purpose of Art“, international conference Society of Classical Studies, panel The Poetics and Pragmatics of Hellenistic Aesthetics, invited talk.
- 2021/09/25 „Taking Bodies Apart and Putting Them Back Together Again: The Foundational Unity of Galen’s Physiology“, international conference The final conference of the Galen Project, Utrecht University, invited talk.
- 2021/08/05 „Galen on Animals and Animal Intelligence“, international seminar series Animalia Network International Meeting, invited talk.
- 2021/06/30 „Hypatia on Gendered Soul“, international workshop Preparatory Workshop for the Volume on Ancient Women Philosophers, invited talk.
- 2020/12/04–05 „Movers and Shakers: Galen on the notion of Demiurge“, international workshop Ancient Life Sciences, pt. 2, Utrecht-Edinburgh Universites, invited talk.
- 2020/03/06–07 „The Irreducibility of Higher Cerebral Functions in Galen,“ international workshop Ancient Philosophy Workshop at UT Austin, submitted talk.
- 2020/02/15–16 „Lost and Found: Hypatia’ Philosophical Views“, international conference Women Intellectuals in Antiquity, Oxford University, submitted talk.
- 2019/09/20 „Presentation of Galen’s QAM 782–791K=44,6–51,11M=25,14–38,4B,“ international workshop CAW Reading Seminar, Westmalle, invited talk.
- 2019/04/23–4 „Asclepiades of Bithynia on the Soul“, international workshop Hellenistic philosophy and science workshop, Utrecht University, invited talk.
- 2018/06/11 „Roman Philosophy and Freedom“, book symposium The Book Symposium A. d. Dijn’s Freedom: An Unruly History, Leiden University, invited talk.
- 2018/05/14 „Galen on Parts and Wholes“, tarptautinė seminarų serija Montagskolloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, invited talk.
- 2018/03/02 „Socratic Sophrosunê in Charmides and Symposium“, international workshop OIKOS Ancient Philosophy Day, Utrecht University, invited talk.
- 2018/02/15 „Inference to the Best Explanation in Galen“, international conference The 12th London Ancient Science Conference, Institute of Classical Studies, London, submitted talk.
- 2016/06/27 „The Contents of Chrysippus’ On The Beautiful“, international conference Forgotten Books and Cultural Memory, Taipei Tech, submitted talk,
- 2016/06/20 „Plato’s Theory of Forms and the concept of Truth“, book symposium The Book Symposium on Blake E. Hestir’s Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth (2016), Yonsei University, invited talk.
- 2015/11/07 „The Stoic definition of Beauty as summetria“, international workshop Workshop on ancient philosophy, University of Hokkaido, invited talk.
- 2015/06/28 „The Stoic notion of the wise man as a thought experiment“, international conference Seoul Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy, Seoul National University, invited talk.
- 2015/06/06 „Two Stoic notions of the soul“, seminarų serija Underwood International College workshop on the History of Philosophy, invited talk.
- 2014/02/20 „Stoic Thought Experiments“, international conference Scottish Classics Postgraduate Conference, The University of Edinburgh, submitted talk.
- 2013/10/12 „The Stoic Argument ‘That Only The Beautiful is The Good“, international conference The 31st annual joint meeting of The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP) With The Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (SSIPS), Fordham University, submitted talk.
- 2013/05/03 „Are the Stoic Views of Love and Beauty Self-Contradictory?“, seminarų serija Postgraduate Work-in-Progress seminar, London Institute of Classical Studies, submitted talk.
- 2012/11/12 „‘Only the wise man is beautiful’: the Stoic paradox“, seminarų serija Postgraduate Work-in-Progress seminars, Dublin Trinity College, submitted talk.
- 2012/10/10 „The ancient version of emergence? The Stoic definition of summetria“, international conference Ancient Science Conference, University College London, submitted talk.
- 2011/06/04 „What does it mean to be a beautiful individual in Stoicism?“, international conference, King‘s College London postgraduate conference, submitted talk.
- 2011/06/10 „To Make Oneself Beautiful in the Eyes of God: Do the Stoics Recognise Beauty of an Individual?“, conference STAGE, St Andrews University, submitted talk.