Heinrich von Staden

Heinrich von Staden
Classics and History of Science
Professor Emeritus
School of Historical Studies

Heinrich von Staden has written on a variety of topics in ancient science, medicine, philosophy, and literary theory, from the fifth century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. Drawing on a wide range of scientific, philosophical, and religious sources, he has contributed to the transformation of the history of ancient science and medicine, particularly of the Hellenistic period. His book Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria (1989) is a major contribution to the history of Greek intellectual discourse. His current projects include a book on Erasistratus (one of the two early pioneers of human dissection), a study of the role of animals in ancient scientific theories and practices, and further work on the “semantics of matter” in ancient science.

Universität Tübingen, Ph.D. 1968; Yale University, Faculty 1968–98, William Lampson Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature 1996–98; University of California, Berkeley, Sather Professor of Classical Literature 2009–10; Institute for Advanced Study, Professor 1998–2010, Professor Emeritus 2010–; Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Institut de France, Foreign Member; Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen, Corresponding Fellow; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow; American Philosophical Society, Member; British Academy, Corresponding Fellow; Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Foreign Member; Université de Lausanne, Honorary Doctorate of Letters 2010; Université Paris-Sorbonne, Honorary Doctorate 2011; American Philological Association, Charles Goodwin Award of Merit 1992; American Association for History of Medicine, William H. Welch Medal 1993

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