Summary
Catherine Joanna Rowett (born 29 December 1956, previously publishing as Catherine Osborne from 1979 to 2011) is a British academic and former Member of the European Parliament representing the Green Party of England and Wales. She is Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. She is known in particular for her work on Greek Philosophy, especially the Pre-Socratic philosophers.[1] She was a Green Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 2019 until 31 January 2020, when the United Kingdom left the European Union.[2]
Catherine Rowett | |
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 Catherine Rowett, Cambridge, 2019 | |
| Norfolk County Councillor for West Depwade division | |
| Assumed office 13 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Barry Duffin |
| Member of the European Parliament for East of England | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Alex Mayer |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1956 Yeovil, England |
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Website | catherinerowett |
| Academic background | |
| Doctoral advisor | Christopher Stead |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works |
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Academic career edit
Rowett read Classics at the King's College, Cambridge, where she was also awarded her PhD with a dissertation on Hippolytus of Rome and Pre-Socratic philosophers. The dissertation was published as Rethinking Early Greek Philosophy: Hippolytus of Rome and the Presocratics by Cornell University Press in 1987.[3]
Rowett became a Junior Research Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge in 1984. In 1987, she took up a Senior Research Fellowship at St Anne's College, Oxford while also a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. From 1990 Rowett was a lecturer in philosophy at Swansea University. On leaving Swansea in 2000, Rowett became Reader in Greek Culture at the University of Liverpool and then 2003 she moved to the University of East Anglia as a lecturer in philosophy. Rowett became Reader in 2006 and then Professor of Philosophy in 2008. She was the Head of the School of Philosophy (later incorporated into the current School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies) from 2005 to 2008.[1]
Rowett was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship from 2007 to 2009 for her work on knowledge and truth in Plato,[4] which formed the foundation of her work published as Knowledge and Truth in Plato: Stepping Past the Shadow of Socrates by Oxford University Press in 2018.[5]
Political career edit
Rowett stood as a Green Party candidate for the constituency of South Norfolk in the 2015 and 2017 general elections.[6][7]
She was selected as the lead Green Party candidate for the East of England in the 2019 European Parliament election[8] and was elected[2] with her Green Party list receiving 12.7% of the votes cast.[9] The party topped the poll in Norwich with 26% of the votes cast in the city.[10] Her seat was dissolved on 31 January 2020, following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
On 13 July 2023, Rowett was elected as a Green Party councillor on Norfolk County Council when she won the West Depwade by-election.
Selected publications edit
As Catherine Rowett edit
- Knowledge and Truth in Plato: Stepping Past the Shadow of Socrates (Oxford University Press, 2018)
As Catherine Osborne edit
- Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, Duckworth, 2009)
- Dumb beasts and Dead Philosophers: Humanity and the Humane in Ancient Philosophy and Literature (Oxford University Press, 2007)[11]
- Philoponus Commentary on Aristotle's Physics book 1.1-3 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, Duckworth, 2006)
- Presocratic Philosophy: a very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- Eros Unveiled: Plato and the God of Love (Clarendon Press, 1994)[12]
- Rethinking Early Greek Philosophy: Hippolytus of Rome and the Presocratics (Cornell University Press, 1987)[13]
References edit
- ^ a b "Catherine Rowett - Research Database, The University of East Anglia". people.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ a b "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Furley, David (1991). "Review of Rethinking Early Greek Philosophy: Hippolytus of Rome and the Presocratics". The Philosophical Review. 100 (1): 157–160. doi:10.2307/2185530. JSTOR 2185530.
- ^ "The Leverhulme Trust: Awards Made in 2007" (PDF). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Knowledge and Truth in Plato: Stepping Past the Shadow of Socrates. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 26 June 2018. ISBN 9780199693658.
- ^ "Parliamentary candidate 2017". South Norfolk Greens. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Grimmer, Dan. "WATCH: Who is standing in the General Election 2017 in South Norfolk and why do they think you should vote for them?". Diss Mercury. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Catherine Rowett heads Green Party's push to elect an MEP in May". Eastern Green Party. 18 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Clarke, Seán; Gutiérrez, Pablo; Hulley-Jones, Frank (27 May 2019). "European election latest results 2019: across the UK". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Elections 23 May 2019 − Results of the Norwich count". Norwich City Council. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Miles, Graeme (2007). "Review of: Dumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers. Humanity and the Humane in Ancient Philosophy and Literature". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- ^ Price, A. W. (1997). "Review of Eros Unveiled. Plato and the God of Love". International Journal of the Classical Tradition. 4 (1): 118–121. JSTOR 30222329.
- ^ Schofield, Malcolm (1988). "Rethinking Early Greek Philosophy: Hippolytus of Rome and the Presocratics. Catherine Osborne". Isis. 79 (3): 537–538. doi:10.1086/354829. ISSN 0021-1753.
External links edit
- University of East Anglia staff page