Personal profile
Personal profile
I received my PhD in Philosophy from the Joint Classics-Philosophy Program in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Before arriving at Illinois, I was an assistant professor at Rutgers and a junior fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies (https://chs.harvard.edu/). My appointment at Illinois is split between the Department of the Classics and the Department of Philosophy.
My research to date has focused largely on Hellenistic (i.e., post–Aristotelian) philosophy. In addition to a number of articles and notes, I co-edited (together with Jeffrey Fish of Baylor University) a volume of essays, Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition, for Cambridge University Press.
In addition to continued work in Hellenistic philosophy, I have recently begun to turn my attention to Xenophon’s Socratic writings. I am currently in the process of producing a both a new English translation of these (i.e., Apology, Memorabilia, Oeconomicus, and Symposium) and a philological and philosophical commentary on the Greek text of Xenophon's Apology and the parts of Memorabilia that most directly concern Socrates' trial.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition
Fish, J. (Editor) & Sanders, K. R. (Editor), Jan 1 2011, Cambridge University Press. 267 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Roman Epicureanism of the First Century BCE
Fish, J. & Sanders, K. R., Apr 29 2025, The Oxford Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy. Klein, J. & Powers, N. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 224-244 21 p. (Oxford Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction
Sanders, K., Sep 1 2022, In: Illinois classical studies. 47, 2, p. 227 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Socrates, Socratics, and Sophists
Sanders, K. (Editor), 2022, In: Illinois classical studies. 47, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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'Swearing by Hera' Redux: Further speculation on the origin of the oath ὴ τὴν Ἥραν
Sanders, K. R., Jan 20 2015, In: Mnemosyne. 68, 1, p. 121-126 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquires first edition of Plato’s works in Greek
Coker, C., Thomas, L. M., Petrou, E. & Sanders, K.
2/6/24
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Honors & Recognition
Activities
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Philodemus and the fears of death
Sanders, K. (Speaker)
Jun 2007Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Epicurean ethics and the Herculaneum papyri
Sanders, K. (Speaker)
May 2006Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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An Epicurean theory of the passions
Sanders, K. (Speaker)
Feb 2001Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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