Alexander Martin Fidora Riera

Alexander Martin Fidora Riera serves as an ICREA Research Professor in the Department of Ancient and Medieval History at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), where he has directed multiple ERC projects and served as Executive Director of the Institute of Medieval Studies (2012-2019). Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Frankfurt University (2003-2006). His institutional affiliations include editorial roles for seven international book series and membership on over 15 journal editorial boards.

Research interests center on medieval intercultural intellectual exchanges, with groundbreaking work challenging traditional historiography regarding Jewish intellectual traditions in Europe and Arabic influences on Latin scholasticism. His critical edition of the 1245 Latin Talmud translation (Corpus Christianorum) revolutionized understanding of Christian-Jewish intellectual relations. Current research examines Christian approaches to Rabbinic Judaism and Islamic philosophical traditions in medieval Iberia.

His publication trends reveal sustained focus on primary source editing (particularly Talmudic and polemical texts), theoretical frameworks for interreligious studies, and recovery of marginalized intellectual networks. Key methodological contributions include transcultural analysis of knowledge transmission and deconstruction of Orientalist assumptions in medieval scholarship.

• Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2022)
• Member of Academia Europaea (2017)
• Premio Samuel Toledano (2012)
• Premi Internacional Catalònia (2011)
• Magister of Maioricensis Schola Lullistica (2007)

Fidora has supervised nine PhD students, six of whom now hold academic positions internationally (Frankfurt, Granada, Dresden, Leuven, Petrolina, Buenos Aires). His grant portfolio includes nine major projects, most notably ERC-funded initiatives like LATTA (The Latin Talmud) and EL TALMUD LATINO, alongside support from Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Spanish Ministry of Science. Current projects examine Muhammad in Latin Christian contexts and Ramon Llull's political thought.

He leads the Islamolatina research group within UAB's Institute for Medieval Studies, directing collaborative teams across six countries. Current initiatives focus on digital humanities approaches to medieval polemical manuscripts and interdisciplinary studies of religious conversion networks in the Mediterranean.