We are delighted to welcome three new Fellows and their remarkable projects:
George Karamanolis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna. His project examines the concept of timeless, non-synchronic simultaneity in creation as articulated by late antique philosophers such as Porphyry, Basil of Caesarea, and Gregory of Nyssa. By examining their use of the term ἀθρόως, τὸ ἀθρόον, Karamanolis explores how creation can be understood as occurring outside of time, with all aspects of the world coming into being simultaneously. His project seeks to bridge ancient metaphysical thought with modern physics, addressing questions about the interplay between form, matter, and divine causality.
Ahmed Ragab is Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies. His project explores the concept of time as a medical category in medieval Islamic thought. In a forthcoming book, Ragab explores how time shaped medical theory, practice, and ethics, intersecting with broader cultural and religious temporalities such as astrological influences, daily prayers, and lunar calendars. His research illuminates the web of meanings that made time a dynamic, multifaceted concept in medieval medicine and offers insights into the historical interplay between medicine and society.
Adam Trettel, a former Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Leipzig, is investigating the interplay between Christian and Roman conceptions of time in late antiquity. His project focuses on Prudentius' Liber cathemerinon 11-12, hymns celebrating Christmas and Epiphany. Comparing Prudentius' treatment of time and calendar with Ovid's Fasti I, and drawing on work by Anke Walter and Adolf von Harnack, Trettel examines how Christian liturgical rhythms reframed Roman temporal traditions. His work highlights the cultural and theological reconfiguration of time in the late ancient world.
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