Alexander Fidora#
| Membership Number: | 4438 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.icrea.cat/community/icreas/17514/alexander-fidora-riera/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008, 09: ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Ancient and Medieval Studies, Spain
- 2006, 03: ICREA Researcher, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Ancient and Medieval Studies, Spain
- 2003, 02: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at J. W. Goethe-Universität, Department of Philosophy, Frankfurt a. M. Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Cross-cultural transmission of philosophical texts
- Medieval Catalan literature
- Editions of Latin texts
- Medieval philosophy
- Religious polemic during the Middle Ages
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Nominated chair of FWO's Philosophy & Theology panel
- 2024 Nominated contact person of Alfred Topefer Foundation for Spain
- 2022 Awarded the A. v. Humboldt – J. C. Mutis Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 2021 Appointed member of ERC's SH5 panel (Texts and concepts)
- 2021 Appointed Liaison Professor of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) for Spain
- 2017 Elected Vice-President of the Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM)
- 2014 ERC Consolidator Grant "The Latin Talmud" (FP7/2007-2013, CoG 613694)
- 2014 Elected Board Member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
- 2012 Elected Executive Director of the Institut d'Estudis Medievals of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- 2012 Elected President of the Spanish Society of Medieval Philosophy
- 2012 Awarded the Samuel Toledano Prize (Jerusalem)
- 2012 Elected Board Member of the Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM)
- 2011 Awarded the Premi Internacional Catalònia, from the Catalan National Academy (Institut d'Estudis Catalans)
- 2008 Awarded the ERC Starting Grant "Latin into Hebrew"
- 2007 Elected Académico Correspondiente of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo
- 2006 Distinguished with the honorary title Magister of the Maioricensis Schola Lullistica (Palma de Mallorca)
