Prof Han Baltussen (he / him)
Emeritus Professor
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Organisation unit

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities School of Humanities

Location

Adelaide University, Napier, 8 Room: 10
Profile of Prof Han Baltussen

About me

I am the former W.W. Hughes Professor of Classics and a retired academic (no teaching, less admin). I specialise in intellectual history and Greco-Roman philosophy, and currenlty work on a funded project on self-care and self-consolation in the ancient world, examining the emotions and solutions linked to grief and loss.

I have received various honours in international fellowships (IAS-Princeton, Royal Flemish Academy, London Institute of Classical Studies, IASH at Edinburgh University) and was elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2009, a sign of peer recognition for my pioneering research in the history of ideas.

I have worked in the Netherlands, the USA (one year), the UK and have been in Australia since 2002, contributing to the departmental teaching program and research outputs as well as the organisational side of the instutition (committees, headship, research lead for the ERA 2018).

I am no longer teaching

I am a fellow of the Australian Acedemy of the Humanities, member of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (representing Adelaide staff and postgraduates in Classics).
Last updated on 07/09/2026 by Han Baltussen