Eric Cullhed

Professor in Greek at Department of Linguistics and Philology

E-mail:: Eric.Cullhed@lingfil.uu.se
Visiting address:: Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3H
Postal address:: Box 635
751 26 UPPSALA

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ORCID:: 0000-0003-4043-0294

Short presentation

I am a professor of Ancient Greek. I have mainly specialized on the Homeric epics and their legacy. My work is driven by a curiosity to venture into new domains, methodologies, and materials, and I have conducted research on Latin American poetry, aesthetics, philosophical psychology, och trained machine learning models to restore lost segments of Ancient Greek papyri and inscriptions. I have also written a book on the philosophy of crying.

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Biography

Born 1985

Education

2018 – Docent in Greek, Uppsala University

2014 – Ph.D. in Greek, Uppsala University

2009–2010 – Courses in philology, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

2009 – Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Greek, Uppsala University

2007 – Bachelor's degree in Latin, Stockholm University

Positions

2024.05– – Professor of Greek, Uppsala University

2021.03–2024.04 – Senior Lecturer in Greek, Uppsala University

2019.07–2024.06 – Pro Futura Scientia XIII Research Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study

2015.05–2019.06 – Research Assistant Professor in Greek, Uppsala University

2015.01–2015.04 – Researcher, RJ Project "Texte et récit à Byzance", Uppsala University

2010.04–2014.12 – Ph.D. Candidate in Greek, Uppsala University

2008.01–2009.08 – Research Assistant, Ars edendi Programme, Stockholm University

2006.08–2007.12 – Teaching Assistant in Latin, Stockholm University

Visits

2025.09–2026.07 – Senior Visiting Researcher, Logos – Research Group in Analytic Philosophy, Universitat de Barcelona

2022.01–2022.07 – Visiting Researcher, Thumos – The Genevan Research Group on Emotions, Values and Norms, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences and University of Geneva

Media

Swedish radio about my book on weeping

https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/asne-seierstad-tararnas-historia-och-sportlov-med-patrik-lundberg

Psychology Podcast episode about my book crying

https://shows.acast.com/65ba4427eac8160017b8df85/69a5bab7c8a5f10081de08dd

Conversation on Swedish national radio with Anna Blennow and Viktor Hariz about the Odyssey

https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/odysseen-berattelsen-som-vagrar-do

Podcast episode about my book on weeping

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ab5v2-1a5eed3

Swedish national television segment about my book on weeping

https://www.tv4play.se/klipp/24e2b659457a33f05ae4/video-darfor-grater-vi-tararnas-roll-i-vara-liv

Short interview in relation to my book on Crying, M Magasin Mars 2025 no. 5, p. 83

https://go.readly.com/magazines/58b19da803c6b7c5110000aa/69b34cefe2b2ca7d387ec8c8/83

Essay in Dagens Nyheter by Johan Kellman Larsson on the occasion of my book on weeping.

https://www.dn.se/kultur/johan-kellman-larsson-varfor-har-man-borjat-grata-i-offentligheten-igen

Swedish national television, SVT Sverige Live (kl. 16.21). Om by book on Weeping (2026)

https://www.svtplay.se/video/j4dmQ19/sverige-live-1/idag-16-00?video=visa&position=1267

Interview in Vårdfokus (the journal of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals)

https://www.vardfokus.se/historiskt/den-som-inte-lidit-och-grater-har-inget-att-erbjuda-i-samtidens-offentlighet/

Interview in the magazine ETC: "He wants to solve the riddle of crying"

https://www.etc.se/inrikes/han-vill-loesa-graatandets-gaata-jag-trivs-bra-med-att-ha-kyrkogaarden-taett-inpaa

Interview in the newspapers Sydsvenskan and Helsingborgs Dagblad about my book on Crying (2026)

https://www.sydsvenskan.se/inpa-livet/varfor-grater-vi-nu-sagas-de-gamla-teorierna-om-tarar

Publications

Selection of publications

Recent publications

Eustathius of Thessalonica Commentary on the Odyssey. Volume III: Commentary on Rhapsodies 9–12

Cullhed, Eric

Brill Academic Publishers, 2026
Gråt: Tårarnas filosofi– från antiken till idag

Cullhed, Eric

Natur och kultur, 2026
Iliaden och fantasins moraliska gränser

Cullhed, Eric

Part of Svensk filosofi, 2026
Ubi sunt?: On the Varieties and Mixed Pleasures of Poignancy

Cullhed, Eric

Part of Mixed Feelings, p. 79-95, Walter de Gruyter, 2025
- DOI for Ubi sunt?: On the Varieties and Mixed Pleasures of Poignancy
Odysseus's Tears on Scheria and the Meaning of (Heroic) Life

Cullhed, Eric

Part of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, p. 1-34, 2025

All publications

Articles in journal

Books

Chapters in book

Collections (editor)

Conference proceedings (editor)

Klassisk filologi i Sverige: Reflexioner, riktningar, översättningar, öden

Cullhed, Eric; Lindberg, Bo

2015

Monograph doctoral thesis

Eustathios of Thessalonike: Parekbolai on Homer’s Odyssey 1–2: Proekdosis

Cullhed, Eric

2014

Other

Svenaeus antagonist liknar mer ett spöke än en värdig motståndare

Cullhed, Eric

Part of Respons : recensionstidskrift för humaniora & samhällsvetenskap, p. 33-35, 2023
Oden till en impotent gud med enorm penis

Cullhed, Eric

Part of Svenska Dagbladet, p. 48-48, 2022

Eric Cullhed

Short presentation

Keywords

Biography

Media

Swedish radio about my book on weeping

Psychology Podcast episode about my book crying

Conversation on Swedish national radio with Anna Blennow and Viktor Hariz about the Odyssey

Podcast episode about my book on weeping

Swedish national television segment about my book on weeping

Short interview in relation to my book on Crying, M Magasin Mars 2025 no. 5, p. 83

Essay in Dagens Nyheter by Johan Kellman Larsson on the occasion of my book on weeping.

Swedish national television, SVT Sverige Live (kl. 16.21). Om by book on Weeping (2026)

Interview in Vårdfokus (the journal of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals)

Interview in the magazine ETC: "He wants to solve the riddle of crying"

Interview in the newspapers Sydsvenskan and Helsingborgs Dagblad about my book on Crying (2026)

"In this book you will drown in rears": Review of my book on Crying (2026)

"Why do we shed tears?" Review of Crying (2026) in Svenska Dagbladet

Review of crying

Morning radio show interview on my book on crying

Segment on my book Crying (2026) on Swedish national radio

Essay by Karin Brygger on national radio on Crying (2026)

Interview in Uppsala's local newspaper on Crying (2026)

Swedish national radio P4 on Crying (2026)

Podcast, Podd: Lära från lärda, on Crying (2026)

Uppsala Nya Tidning: news paper article on the occasion of Crying (2026)

Uppsala Nya Tidning, review of Crying (2026)

Review of Crying (2026) in Anekdot, Bokrevyn # 14 (03 april, 2026), 24:24.

Swedish Health Magazine, Må Bra, on Crying (2026)

Dagens Nyheter interview on crying

Podcastinterview by Thomas Nordegren

Radio show, Eftermiddag i P4 Stockholm, on Crying (2026)

Popular science magazine Modern psykologi 3/2026 on Crying (2026)