Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230100573

Funded Activity Summary

Classical Traditions and Future Thinking in Late Antiquity. The project aims to investigate how Classical texts were used to critique traditional Greco-Roman forms of predicting the future. It will show that future thinking is critical to the function of politics and religion in society, especially in times of sustained uncertainty. The project’s outcomes include a greater appreciation of the strategies Late-Antique thinkers used to confront and exploit Classical thought, the lasting impact uncertainty may have on modes of future knowledge, and the intellectual developments of Late Antiquity. The project will benefit Australian culture by offering a clearer grasp of how humans construct, manipulate, and make use of future thinking when the world undergoes significant political and social flux.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2023

End Date: 31-12-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $429,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Latin and classical Greek literature | Religious studies | Classical Greek and Roman history | Christian studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Christian studies | Classical Greek and Roman history | Expanding Knowledge In History, Heritage and Archaeology | Expanding Knowledge In Language, Communication and Culture | Expanding Knowledge In Philosophy and Religious Studies | Latin and classical Greek literature | Religious studies

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