John Magee studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Toronto, and he has taught at Columbia University (1986-92) and at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and University of Toronto (since 1992). He is a member of the Classics Department, the Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, and the Centre for Medieval Studies, of which he is currently the Director, and he is a Senior Fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. His general research interests are in late ancient philosophy and philosophical commentators, and in textual criticism. He has published extensively on Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius in particular and is currently working on a critical edition of his Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας commentaries and an English translation of Calcidius.
Professor & Chair of Centre for Medieval Studies
Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Contact Information (Classics)
E-mail: john.magee@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-946-7264
Contact Information (Medieval Studies)
E-mail: director.medieval@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-5542
Room: LI 304
Department of Classics
Centre for Medieval Studies
BA (Berkeley), PhD (Toronto)
125 Queen’s Park
email: john.magee@utoronto.ca
Research Interests
late ancient philosophy and philosophical commentators, textual criticism.
Selected publications
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii de divisione liber, Critical edition, translation, prolegomena, and commentary (Leiden 1998).
Boethius on Signification and Mind (Leiden 1989)