Plećaš Tamara

Tamara Plećaš (1987) is a Research Fellow and Assistant Director at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade. She obtained her Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Before joining the Institute, she worked at the Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (2017-2022) and as a Teaching Assistant at the same Faculty at the Department of Philosophy (2014-2021). Her main research interests are Ancient Greek philosophy, Hellenistic philosophy, Stoicism, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Friendship, Cosmopolitanism, and Greek and Roman Mythology. She is a member of the editorial board of the journals Critique: The Journal for Philosophy and the Theory of Society, and Khōrein: Journal for Architecture and Philosophy.

Latest publications

  • (2023) “The Roman Stoics on the Emancipatory Potential of the Philosophical Paideia“, Philosophy and Society 34(1): 59-69.
  • (2022) “Relying on Seneca in Moments of Crisis: The Case of Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia“, Theoria 65(4): 159-168.
  • (2022) “Roman Stoics Seneca and Epictetus on Epicurean hedonism and the social roles of philosophers” (with Ivan Nišavić), Theoria 65(3): 5-19. [in Serbian]
  • (2022) “An Essay on those who Want to be Wise and Those who Laugh at Them“,Kritika: časopis za filozofiju i teoriju društva 3(1): 3-18. [in Serbian]
  • (2021) “Female Friendship in Ancient Greece and Rome in Times of Crisis” in Irina Deretić (ed.), Women in Times of Crisis, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade: 21-33.
  • (2021) “Socrates and Epictetus the First and the Second Generation of Sophists”, Filozofska istraživanja41(2): 279-291. [in Croatian]