CURRICULUM VITAE
Danielle A. Layne, Ph.D.
Gonzaga University, Department of Philosophy
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION: ANCIENT GREEK and ROMAN PHILOSOPHY with emphasis on Plato and the Platonic tradition, Ancient Hermeneutics, Philosophy of Sex and Gender, History of Ancient Mysticism and Mythology
AREAS OF COMPETENCE: Existentialism, Foucault, Irigaray, Freud and Intersectional Feminisms
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2009), Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Dissertation: Double Ignorance: An Examination of Socratic Moral Wisdom
Directors: Prof. Carlos Steel and Prof. Gerd Van Riel
Committee: Prof. Geert Roskam and Prof. Franco Trabatonni
M.A. (2004), Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Thesis Concentration: Heraclitus and the Pre-Socratics in 19th century Germany
Director: Prof. Carlos Steel
B.A. (2002), Loyola University New Orleans
Double Major: Classical Studies and Philosophy Minor: Drama
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Professor of Philosophy, 2022-present
Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy, 2018-present
Book Review Editor for The Journal of the Platonic Tradition, 2024-present
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University, 2017-2022
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University, 2014-2017
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 2011-2014
Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans, 2010-2011
Lecturer/Teaching Assistant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2006-2009
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Plotinus: Ennead I.5, “On Whether Well Being Increases With Time”: Translation, with an Introduction and Commentary. Las Vegas: Parmenides Publishing, 2023.
Edited Volumes
Layne, D., Ahbel-Rappe, S., and Addey, C. (eds.), Soul Matters: Essays in honor of John Finamore, Atlanta: Society for Biblical Literature Publishing, 2023.
Layne, D., Decker, J., and Vilhauer, M. (eds.), Otherwise than the Binary: New Feminist Readings of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture. New York, SUNY Press, 2021.
Layne D., Tarrant, H., Renaud, F. and Baltzly, D. (eds.), Brill Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity. Leiden, Brill: 2018.
Layne D., and Finamore, J. (eds.), Platonic Pathways: Investigations into Plato and the Platonic Tradition. Las Vegas, Prometheus Trust: 2018.
Layne D. and Butorac, D. (eds.), Proclus and his Legacy. Berlin, De Gruyter: 2017.
Layne, D. and Tarrant, H. (eds.), The Neoplatonic Socrates. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press: 2014.
Peer-Reviewed Articles in Journals and Book Chapters
Coauthored w/ Mariana Ortega, “Eros, The Elusive,” in The Routledge Companion to Women in Ancient Philosophy, (ed.) S. Brill and C. McKeen, Milton Park, Routledge, March 2024.
“Divine Names and the Mystery of Diotima,” in The Routledge Companion to Women in Ancient Philosophy, (ed.) S. Brill and C. McKeen, Milton Park, Routledge, March 2024.
“The Indefinite Dyad and the Equality of the Male and Female Ruling Principles,” in Soul Matters: Essays in honor of J. Finamore, (ed.) S. Ahbel-Rappe, C. Addey and D. Layne, SBL, 2023.
“Irigaray’s Two and Plato’s Indefinite Dyad: The Space of Thinking,” Technophany: A Journal of Philosophy and Technology, Summer 2023.
“Otherwise Than the Father: Night and the Maternal Causes in Proclus’ Theological Metaphysics” in Women and the Female in Neoplatonism (ed.) J. Schultz, Leiden, Brill: 2022.
“Divine Mothers: Plotinus’ Erotic Productive Causes,” in Otherwise than the Binary: New Feminist Readings of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Culture, (eds.) Jessica Elbert Decker, Danielle A. Layne, and Monica Vilhauer, New York, SUNY Press 2021.
“The Virtue of Ignorance in Olympiodorus” in (ed.) L.A. Joose, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher, Leiden, Brill: 2021.
“Torch-Bearing Plato: Why Reason without the Divine is Not Philosophy After All” in (ed.) C. Addey, Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity, New York: Routledge: 2021.
“Feminine Power in Proclus’ Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus”, Hypatia: A Journal for Feminist Philosophy, 2021, pp.120-44.
“The Value of the Present Moment in Neoplatonic Philosophy”, Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy. Vol. 25:2, 2019, pp. 445-460.
“Viewing Films as Pseudos, Kalos or Eikos Mythos” co-authored with E. Schmidt in M. Weinman and S. Bildermans (eds.), Plato and the Moving Image. Leiden, Brill: 2018, pp. 37-59.
“Double Ignorance and the Perversion of Self-Knowledge” in J. Ambury and A. German (eds.), Knowledge and Ignorance of Self in Platonic Philosophy. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 2018, pp. 206-222.
“The Reception of Plato in the Anonymous Prolegomena to Platonic Philosophy” in H. Tarrant, D. Layne, F. Renaud and D. Baltzly (eds.), Brill Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity. Leiden, Brill: 2017, pp. 533-554.
“Proclus on Socratic Ignorance, Knowledge and Irony” in A. Stavru and C. Moore (eds.), Socrates and the Socratic Dialogue. Leiden, Brill: 2017, pp. 836-854.
“The Platonic Hero,’” in D. Layne and D Butorac (eds.), Proclus and his Legacy. Berlin, De Gruyter: 2017, pp.53-68.
“Cosmic Etiology and Demiurgic Mimesis in the Ascent of the Soul” in J. Dillon and A. Timotin (eds.), Platonic Theories of Prayer. Leiden: Brill, 2016, pp. 134-163.
“Socrates Neoplatonicus,” in R. Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Paris, C.N.R.S.-Éditions: 2015, pp. 416-438. English translation and reduced content reprinted in The Neoplatonic Socrates. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press: 2014, pp. 167-177.
“Involuntary Evil and the Socratic Problem of Double Ignorance in Proclus,” The International Journal for the Platonic Tradition, J. Finamore (ed.), Leiden, Brill: Spring 2015, pp. 27-53.
“The Neoplatonic Socrates” co-authored with H. Tarrant in D. A. Layne and H. Tarrant (eds.), The Neoplatonic Socrates. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press: 2014, pp.1-19.
“The Character of Socrates and the Good of Dialogue Form: Neoplatonic Hermeneutics,” in The Neoplatonic Socrates. (eds.) D. A. Layne and H. Tarrant. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press: 2014, pp.80-96.
“A Fatal Affair? Socrates’ Foreknowledge and Alcibiades’ Freedom in Proclus,” in P. d’Hoine and G. Van Riel (eds.), Fate, Providence and Moral Responsibility in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Thought. Leuven, Leuven UP: 2014, pp.267-290.
“Philosophical Prayer in Proclus’ Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus,” Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 67.2, 2013, pp. 345-368.
“From Irony to Enigma: Discovering Double Ignorance in Plato’s Dialogues.” Méthexis: Revista Internacional de Filosofía Antigua/International Journal for Ancient Philosophy. Vol. 23, 2010, pp. 1-18.
“Ceaselessly Testing the Good of Death in Plato’s Phaedo,” Newsletter for the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, 11(1), 2010, pp. 22-32.
“In Praise of the Mere Presence of Ignorance from Plato to Erasmus.” The Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Vol. 83, 2009, pp. 253-267.
“Refutation and Double Ignorance in Proclus.” Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy. Vol. 13:2, 2009, pp. 347-362.
“What do Socrates, Abelard, and Heidegger have in Common?” [original title] Philosophy for Everyone: College, Sex and Philosophy, (eds.) F. Allhoff and M. Bruce, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers: 2009.
Reviews
Review of S. Abel-Rappe’s Socratic Ignorance and Platonic Knowledge in the Dialogues of Plato (SUNY, 2018) in Polis, March 2019.
Review of Coleen P. Zoller. Plato and the Body: Reconsidering Socratic Asceticism, (SUNY, 2018) in the Journal for the History of Philosophy, 2019.
Review of E. Watts’ Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher (Oxford University Press, 2017) in The Journal of the Platonic Tradition, vol. 11:2, Brill: Leiden, Fall 2017.
Popular Philosophy
Synthemata, Late Antique Ritual Practice and Weird Platonism: Secret History of the Western Exoteric Tradition. May 2022. https://shwep.net/podcast/danielle-layne-on-synthemata-late-platonist-ritual-praxis-and-weird-platonism-2/
Podcast in the Time of Coronavirus: Part III, podcast interview for Good is in the Details. April 2020. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-part-iii/id1466729675?i=1000469923627
Platonic Priestesses: Erotic Pedagogy from Antiquity to the Present invited keynote presentation for Women Intellectuals in Antiquity symposium at The University of Oxford. (Feb. 15-16, 2020). https://historyofphilosophy.net/danielle-layne-platonic-priestesses-erotic-pedagogy-antiquity-present
Ancient Philosophical Therapy, podcast interview for Good is in the Details. July 2019. https://goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/ancient-philosophical-therapy
Hypatia: The Good Woman? Blog of the American Philosophical Association: Women in Philosophy. Published July 2019. https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/07/18/hypatia-the-good-woman/
Forthcoming/In-Review/Under Contract
Volumes:
The Philosophical Historical Spirit of the Platonic Tradition: Essays in honor of Harold Tarrant (ed.) D. Layne and F. Renaud. (submitted to Cambridge University Press for review Feb. 2024)
Articles:
“Toward a New Direction: Reading the Dyad in Plato’s Parmenides” (ed.) D. Layne and F. Renaud. (submitted to Cambridge University Press for review Feb. 2024)
“From the Pythagorean Unlimited to the Platonic Indefinite Dyad” (ed.) D. Burns, Ancient Philosophy and Religion, Brill.
Books:
A New Platonism: The Erotic Philosophy of the Divine Feminine (current MS project, submitted proposal to Cambridge University Press for review July 2023 – positive response, awaiting contract)