Jacqueline Feke

My research examines the history, philosophy, and rhetoric of the ancient Greek physical and mathematical sciences, with a focus on the philosophical systems of ancient Greek mathematicians. My book, Ptolemy's Philosophy: Mathematics as a Way of Life, was shortlisted for the British Society for the History of Science's Pickstone Prize.

• "Ancient Greek Laws of Nature." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 107 (Oct. 2024): 92-106.

•  Ptolemy’s Philosophy: Mathematics as a Way of Life.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018.

• “Meta-mathematical Rhetoric: Hero and Ptolemy against the Philosophers.”  Historia Mathematica Vol. 41.3 (Aug. 2014): 261-276.
• “Mathematizing the Soul: The Development of Ptolemy’s Psychological Theory from On the Kritêrion and Hêgemonikon to the Harmonics.”  Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 43.4 (Dec. 2012): 585-594.
• “Ptolemy’s Defense of Theoretical Philosophy.”  Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science 45.1 (Jan. 2012): 61-90.

• 2026-2027: Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellow, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto

• 2021-: Senior Fellowship, Massey College, University of Toronto.

• 2017-2019: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant.

• 2012-2015: Harper-Schmidt Fellowship, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, University of Chicago.
• 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Modern Geometry and the Concept of Space, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.

• 2009-2012: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Introduction to the Humanities Program, Stanford University