Personal profile
Research overview
David Lepidi is a PhD student in Classics at the University of St Andrews. His project, Plant Perception in the Ancient World, focuses on ancient understandings of the perceptive and psychological capacities of plants. It aims to show how, despite the dominant anthropocentric approach to the conception of the vegetable kingdom in ancient literature, there existed alternative traditions that viewed the boundaries between living beings as porous and recognised plants as sentient and autonomous beings.
He holds a BA in Classics (2023) and an MPhil in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature (2025).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Philosophy, Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature. , University of Oxford
2023 → 2025
Bachelor of Arts, Classics, University of Exeter
2020 → 2023
Keywords
- PA Classical philology
- SB Plant culture