David Charles was initially a Lecturer and Research Lecturer in Christ Church, Oxford (1972-8) and was from 1978 a Fellow and Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford, until 2008 when he became a Research Professor. Since 2014, he has been a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. In addition, he has held visiting professorships at Brown, Rutgers and UCLA, Tokyo Metropolitan, Taiwan National and Venice Universities. He was a co-founder with Vasilis Karasmanis of the European Society for Greek Philosophy and is an Honorary Fellow of the Technical University of Athens.