Short biography
Matthias M. Tischler, born 1968 in Münchberg (Germany), studied Medieval and Modern History, Applied Historical Sciences, Latin and Romance Philology, Philosophy, Theology and Islamic Studies at Heidelberg, Munich and Frankfurt. He obtained his PhD in Heidelberg (1998). He was an Assistant Professor at Frankfurt (2001–2009). After his habilitation at Dresden (2008/2009), he was Associate Professor (2009/2012), Senior Research Fellow at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (2013/2014), and Research Group Leader at the IMAFO (ÖAW) in Vienna (2015/2016). He was a Visiting Professor of the ÉPHÉ in Paris (2015) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Medieval Institute, Notre Dame, USA (2016), the IAS, Princeton, USA (2019), the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany (2020) and Tübingen University, Germany (2024). Since January 1, 2017, he has been ICREA Research Professor at the Institute for Medieval Studies (UAB). Since 2020 he is member of the Academia Europaea.
