Cecilia Trifogli, FBA (born 7 February 1961) is an Italian philosopher and academic. She has been Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Oxford since 2008, and a Fellow of All Souls College since 1999.[1] Her research focuses on philosophy in the Middle Ages, including epistemology, metaphysics, and the reception of Aristotle's philosophy.

Cecilia Trifogli
Born (1961-02-07) February 7, 1961 (age 63)
NationalityItalian
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Pisa, Italy Laurea
University of Milan, Italy
(Postgraduate work)

Early life edit

Trifogli was born on 7 February 1961 in Rome, Italy.[2] She was educated at the University of Pisa, graduating with a Laurea in Philosophy in 1986 and a Laurea in Mathematics in 1995.[3] She then undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Milan from 1996 to 2000.[4]

Academic career edit

In October 1999, she joined the University of Oxford as a lecturer in philosophy.[2][4] In 2008, she was appointed Professor of Medieval Philosophy.[5]

She is (since 2008) chairman of the British Academy Medieval Texts Editorial Committee,[6] and president of the ‘Aristoteles Latinus’ Commission of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Philosophy.[7]

Honours edit

In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Professor Cecilia Trifogli | All Souls College". www.asc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "personal CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Prof Cecilia Trifogli". Faculty of Philosophy. University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Cecilia Trifogli". All Souls College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Prof. Dr. Cecilia Trifogli". Medieval Institute. University of Fribourg. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Medieval Texts and Medieval British Manuscripts - British Academy". Britac.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  7. ^ "All Souls College, Oxford". All-souls.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.