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Johan Tralau is a Professor at Uppsala University specializing in Government. His current research interests include conceptions of the beginning of time and justice as reflected in Hesiod's works, Greek, Mesopotamian, and Hittite sources. He delves into the origins of political philosophy from ancient Greece, analyzing texts by significant figures such as Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Tralau interprets these mythologies and their implications on normative theories. He was awarded the Lundblad Prize by the Swedish Academy in 2013 for his work in classical philology and ancient history. In addition to his academic pursuits, he has a background in sports, having been part of the Stockholm Mean Machines team, which won the Swedish championship in American football. His recent publication in 2024 is a book titled "Myten om tidens början" (The Myth of the Beginning of Time), which further explores themes of Hesiod and the origins of justice. Furthermore, Tralau has served as an invited lecturer at prestigious institutions such as the Collège de France and Università di Siena. Currently, he is a visiting scholar at the laboratory Cultures – Environnements. Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen Âge at Université Côte d'Azur in Nice.
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