Dr Emily Hulme
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Dr Emily Hulme

PhD Prin.
Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
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The University of Sydney
Dr Emily Hulme

Emily Hulme is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, specializing in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Her research interests include Plato’s epistemology and ethics, philosophy of language from Parmenides to the Stoics, and arguments concerning the status of women in the ancient world.

  • Techne
  • Plato
  • Ancient Greek oracles
  • Ancient democracy

Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

Philosophy Among Professionals: Techne in Plato (monograph)

Project titleResearch student
An animal koine? Scales of comparison and evidence for the practical treatment of animals in ancient Greece, 800-300 BCRosie SYKES

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Hulme, E. (2025). A (Literally) Cathartic Reading of "All Too Well". In L. Brainard, R. Davis, and J. Flanigan (Eds.), The Philosophy of Taylor Swift: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin - forthcoming. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Hulme, E. (2024). Plato's Argument for the Inclusion of Women in the Guardian Class: Prospects and Problems. In S. Brill and C. McKeen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy, (pp. 165-180). New York: Routledge. [More Information]

Journals

  • Hulme, E. (2025). Cynic Egalitarianism, Cynic Misogyny? Ancient Philosophy, 42(2), 39-52. [More Information]
  • Hulme, E. (2024). Review of Katharine R. O'Reilly and Caterina Pellò (eds.), "Ancient Women Philosophers: Recovered Ideas and New Perspectives", Cambridge University Press, 2023. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. [More Information]
  • Hulme, E. (2024). Review: Plato's Life and Works - Waterfield (R.) "Plato of Athens. A Life in Philosophy", Oxford University Press, 2023. The Classical Review, 74(1), 75-77. [More Information]

2025

  • Hulme, E. (2025). A (Literally) Cathartic Reading of "All Too Well". In L. Brainard, R. Davis, and J. Flanigan (Eds.), The Philosophy of Taylor Swift: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin - forthcoming. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Hulme, E. (2025). Cynic Egalitarianism, Cynic Misogyny? Ancient Philosophy, 42(2), 39-52. [More Information]

2024

  • Hulme, E. (2024). Plato's Argument for the Inclusion of Women in the Guardian Class: Prospects and Problems. In S. Brill and C. McKeen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy, (pp. 165-180). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Hulme, E. (2024). Review of Katharine R. O'Reilly and Caterina Pellò (eds.), "Ancient Women Philosophers: Recovered Ideas and New Perspectives", Cambridge University Press, 2023. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. [More Information]
  • Hulme, E. (2024). Review: Plato's Life and Works - Waterfield (R.) "Plato of Athens. A Life in Philosophy", Oxford University Press, 2023. The Classical Review, 74(1), 75-77. [More Information]

2022

  • Hulme, E. (2022). First Wave Feminism: Craftswomen in Plato's Republic. Apeiron : a Journal for Ancient Philosophy, 55(4), 485-507. [More Information]
  • Hulme, E. (2022). Is Farming a Techne?: Folk Concepts in Plato and Aristotle. Ancient Philosophy, 42(2), 443-451. [More Information]
  • Hulme, E. (2022). Plato's Knowledge Vocabulary and John Lyons's "Structural Semantics". Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, 61, 1-24. [More Information]

2019

  • Hulme, E. (2019). The Good-Directedness of Techne and the Status of Rhetoric in the Platonic Dialogues. Apeiron : a Journal for Ancient Philosophy, 52(3), 223-244. [More Information]

2018

  • Hulme Kozey, E. (2018). Another "Peri Technes" Literature: Inquiries about One's Craft at Dodona. Greece and Rome, 65(2), 205-217. [More Information]