Collin Hilton (Classics) Successfully Defends Dissertation "Plutarch reading Plato: Interpretation and mythmaking in the early Empire"

It is with great pleasure that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences announces that Collin Hilton (Classics) has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation. His project, "Plutarch reading Plato: Interpretation and mythmaking in the early Empire" is an investigation of the philosophy of Plutarch of Chaeronea (c. 46-120 CE), illuminating the central questions about Plutarch's embrace of Plato's dialectical exegesis and imagistic mythmaking in the construction of his own philosophy. This final year of his project comes on the heels of a one year research fellowship and residency at the American Institute in Rome. Collin's dissertation was advised by Paul Shorey Professor and Chair of Greek and Professor of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Radcliffe Edmonds.

Congratulation Collin!