Short biography
Alexander Fidora, born 1975 in Offenbach (Germany), studied philosophy at the University of Frankfurt. He obtained his PhD in 2003 at Frankfurt University, where he has been co-director of a DFG-research project. In 2006 he accepted a position at ICREA in the Department of Ancient and Medieval Studies of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where he has been Executive Director of the Institute of Medieval Studies (until 2019). PI of two ERC projects, Fidora has been a Visiting Professor at Saint Louis University, Universidad Panamericana in Mexico, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Pennsylvania. His work has been distinguished with the "Premi Internacional Catalònia" (2011), the "Samuel Toledano Prize" (2012) and the "A. v. Humboldt Research Award" (2022). Co-editor of the journals "Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval" and "Historical Interactions of Religious Cultures"; Member of Academia Europaea.
