Andrea Fiamma

Andrea Fiamma (b. 1987) is a historian of medieval philosophy with expertise in palaeography. His research explores philosophical traditions in Central Europe and teaching practices in the faculties of arts and theology during the Late Middle Ages, extending to nineteenth- and twentieth-century historiography of medieval thought. He is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie “European” Fellow at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (PRAISE project). Previously, he held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Foggia for one year and at the University of Milan for four years, and has benefited from several short-term research grants, including the SIEPM One-To-One Stipend and funding from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara. In 2016, he obtained his PhD under a join doctoral agreement between “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara and the University of Lorraine with additional funding support from the “Vinci” programme of the Università Italo Francese / Université Franco Italienne (UIF/UFI).

Andrea Fiamma’s publications investigate the history of philosophy in the Late Middle Age, with emphasis on intellectual history. He worked on the transmission and reception of Albert the Great’s thought within the Dominican “Cologne School” and the “Via antiqua” at Central European universities up to its influence on Nicholas of Cusa’s thought. Drawing on previously unpublished texts on metaphysics, theories of knowledge, and theology, Fiamma’s work further addresses the institutional framework of university teaching in Central Europe, including commentaries, sermons, and speeches. He also undertook a critical reassessment of historiographical categories, such as the Middle Ages, Humanism, and German mysticism.