Lectures and Presentations

1. A Case for Platonic Virtue in Governance of the Post-National World, The Fintry Trust, UK, 2024

2. Eternal Memory and Alien Wisdom in a Reinventing World, Alef Trust, EUROTAS Creative Bridges Conference Oxford, UK, 2024

3. The One Self, The Problem of Self-Knowledge, C.G. Jung Institute, Switzerland, 2024

4. Recovering the Philosophy of the Self, Northwestern University Intersections Podcast, USA, 2024

5. The Mystery of Diotima, Goddess: Real or Imagined?, Ancient Civilisations, Cosmic Intelligence, The Ox-Herding Pictures and the Path of Self-Discovery, Finding One’s Muse, The Art of Dreams, Andrei Muresanu National College, Romania, 2018-present

6. A Case for Virtue in Business and Leadership, Northwestern University, USA, 2024

7. Atlantis: Idea, Concept or Place?, International History Conference, Alexandria, Egypt, 2023

8. Philosophy and the Human Ideal, University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, 2023

9. Ancient Philosophy in the Present, 17th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, Romania, 2023

10. A Philosophical Universe?, Northwestern University, USA, 2023

11. Progress and Retrieving Hellenistic-Persian Wisdom on Reconciling Opposites, Genius of the Soul: Rediscovering the Daimōn, Ministry of Education and Associated Universities, Iran, 2023

12. Communication Across Multiple Domains of Knowledge, University of Minnesota, USA, 2023

13. The Apophatic Source of Cataphatic Self-Knowledge, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022

14. New Natural Theology and the Notion of the Numinous, John Templeton Foundation, Croatia, 2022

15. On Innovative Higher Education, The Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, England, 2022

16. Hellenistic Perspectives in Contemporary Thought, Homerton College, University of Cambridge, England, 2022

17. Ancient Philosophy in Science and Religion, Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford, England, 2022

18. Place, Space and Time, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, England, 2021

19. Shūm, a Sanskrit-Inspired Language for States of Mind, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, England, 2020

20. Wisdom as Sophia, The Genius of the Soul, Blackfriars Priory, England, 2019

21. The HeArt of Alchemy, C.G. Jung Institute, Switzerland, 2019

22. Aristotle’s Education of the Heart, public lecture, Romania, 2018

23. Numinous Threads, Self-Examination and Relationships, Myth and Logos in Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, Northwestern University, USA, 2017

I. The Influence of the Daimōn in Ancient Philosophy upon Contemporary Psychology, IRCEP Journal, Vol. 3(9), 2023

II. Ancient Philosophy in the Present, IRCEP Journal, Vol. 3(8), 2023

III. A New Paradigm for Womxn in Philosophy? Interview with Prof. John Dillon, PhiloSophia in S&R at Oxford, 12(15), 2023

IV. Totality: A Return to the Self?, PRS Journal, Vol. 2(6), 2023

V. Diotima of Mantinea: Then and Now?, PhiloSophia in Science and Religion at Oxford, 10(2), 2023

VI. Behind the Art: The Mystery of Diotima, YouTube, https://youtu.be/r50GkTCJQVg?si=2od59JRPwBCu7JBn, 9.2023 

VII. The Mystery of Diotima: Revealing the Art, YouTube, https://youtu.be/mvw6XR4D-o0?si=qR56OjeCmL6WOUQl, 10.2023

VIII. Classical Syncretism and Modern Interdisciplinarity, Romania Cultural Radio, Springs of Philosophy, 2022

IX. Ancient Philosophy in Science and Religion, University of Oxford, Ian Ramsey Centre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoRZwbg7y1g, 2022

·  Romanian Government Ministry for Research, Innovation, and Digitalisation (MCID) – president for the Honorary Council for Science, Innovation and Technology (COSIT), 2023-present

·  Northwestern University – global ambassador in Eastern Europe, Romania, 2023-present

·  Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, England – social media and alumni magazine contributor, 2021-present

·  PhiloSophia in Science and Religion Oxford Society – leader, writer, editor, intellectual contributor, 2023-present

·  Ian Ramsey Centre and John Templeton Foundation, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford – online presenter and lecturer, 2022-2023

·  Northwestern & Loyola Universities, USA – classical studies courses contributor, 2017-2023

·  New Thinking Allowed TV, USA – philosophical-educational episodes facilitator, 2017-2022

·  Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism, England – intellectual and creative advisor, 2018-2020

·  St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, England – fundraiser, social media contributor, 2020

·  Northwestern University, USA – founder of Leadership Thought Forum and Metamorphosis radio show on WNUR 89.3FM, 2012-2017

▪︎  Parmenides, Zeno and Socrates as a Noetic Triad; Some Reflections on Proclus’ Use of the Oracles in his Commentary on the Parmenides, with Regius Prof. Emeritus John Dillon

▪︎  Can Theurgy Save the World? and Parmenides, Zeno and Socrates as a Noetic Triad, with Regius Prof. Emeritus John Dillon

▪︎  Near-Death Experience and the Afterlife Across Cultures: A Historical Perspective, with award-winning author and scholar, Dr. Gregory Shushan, 2024

▪︎  Self-Realization and the Problem of Supernatural Belief, A Hellenic Exploration of the I-Ching, Reality and the Self, Dream Work and Method, with American Prof. Emeritus of Philosophy Pierre Grimes, 2023-2024

▪︎  Freedom: An Impossible Reality, with British Prof. Raymond Tallis, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Academy of Arts, 2023

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✶  Royal Society of Arts Fellowship (FRSA), 2024

✶  University of Oxford Studentship, John Templeton Fellowship, Peter Harrison Scholarship, Ian Ramsey Centre Grantee, 2021-2023

✶  Northwestern University (NU), Alpha Sigma Lambda Honours Society, Dean’s List, and multiple Scholarship Awards 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017

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