James Henderson Collins II is Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney and Associate in Hellenic Studies at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies. His research focuses on the daily, practical, and social aspects of philosophy and other intellectual pursuits. He founded and directs the interdisciplinary Performing Wisdom program which develops strategies for introducing people of all walks and ages to philosophy as active, often public disciplines through dramatic and rhetorical training and performance.