While in Greece, Nehamas was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the philosophy department at Aristotle University and from the art theory and history department at Athens School of Fine Art.
A native of Athens, Greece, Nehamas received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University in 1971 and joined the faculty in the philosophy and comparative literature departments in 1990.
Nehamas is the founding director the Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, the former chair of the humanities council and the former director of the Program in Hellenistic Studies.
His research at the University focuses on Plato and Nietzsche as well as beauty and judgment.
Nehamas has won many honors and awards, including the Mellon Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities Award in 2001.
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