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My current project draws on the classical past to shed light on what truth is for and what would be lost if we give up on it now. It juxtaposes the emergence of the idea of truth as a critical concept and as a communal value in Ancient Greece with our current struggles surrounding truth and truthfulness today. A particular focus is on the roles and functions of cultural institutions (both past and present) that serve as public 'stakeholders' of truth.

Part of this project is supported by an ARC DP of the Australian Research Council (DP 250102223 ‘Herodotus, Thucydides, and the ‘Discovery’ of Truth in Ancient Greece’).