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Florin George Călian

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Florin George Călian (born October 6, 1978) is a Romanian historian of religion and philosophy.[1][2] He is a researcher at the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Lucian Blaga University.[3]

Born (1978-10-06) 6 October 1978 (age 47)
Bucharest, Romania
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Florin George Călian
Born (1978-10-06) 6 October 1978 (age 47)
Bucharest, Romania
OccupationsHistorian, philosopher, journalist, essayist
Education
EducationUniversity of Bucharest, Central European University
Gabor Betegh
Philosophical work
Continental philosophy Analytic philosophy
InstitutionsCentral European University
Main interests
Religious Studies, Ancient Philosophy
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Since 2020 he has been the coordinator of the Andre Scrima scholarship program, offered by the Sibiu Ecumenical Research Center.[4][5]

Educational background

Florin George Călian studied psychology, philosophy and classical languages in Bucharest. He had a MA degree in archeology and Greek-Roman history from the University of Bucharest, and another MA in Medieval studies from Central European University. He obtained his doctoral degree from Central European University, with a dissertation on Plato's ontology of numbers, under the supervision of Gábor Betegh.[6]

Professional background

Călian had several research stays at the Departement für Philosophie of Université Fribourg (Switzerland), Trinity College (University of Oxford), Plato Center (Trinity College Dublin), Tübinger Stift (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen), New Europe College (Bucharest), Robarts Library (Toronto), Department of Incunabula, Old and Precious Books, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Wien).[7] Together with the philologist Antoaneta Sabău, Florin Călian founded a school for classical and oriental languages: Dan Slușanschi School for Classical and Oriental Languages, which is under the administrative stewardship of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.[8] The main languages promoted by the school are: Spoken Latin, Ancient Greek, Sahidic Coptic, Biblical Hebrew and Old Slavonic.[9][10] He published and lectured about platonic[11] and neoplatonic philosophy,[12] classical philology,[13] religious studies,[14][15] sacred spaces,[16] etc. Călian is member of the editorial board of SCHOLÉ. Independent Journal of Philosophy[17] and Review of Ecumenical Studies. As journalist he published in Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[18] The Armenian Weekly,[19] Capital Cultural,[20] Contributors, etc.

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  • Nicht jeder Spezialist ist auch ein Intellektueller,[21]
  • Philosophy, Research, Classics[22]
  • Studying classical philology (with Antoaneta Sabău)[23]
  • Philosophy today[24]
  • Transparențe TVR Cluj[25]

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