Andrés Quero-Sánchez

Associate Professor Andrés Quero-Sánchez (born August 11, 1966 in Andújar, Spain) serves at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Regensburg, where he has held his position since June 2011. He also directs the Philosophical Department of the International Institute for German Culture Andújar (MAQUE) in Spain since July 2020.

His educational background includes a Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras from Universidad de Granada (1989), followed by German and Philosophy studies at the University of Regensburg where he earned his Master's degree with highest honors (1.0). He received his doctorate in 2002 with the dissertation Plenitudo esse as Freedom. The Idealistic Metaphysics of Meister Eckhart and Johann Gottlieb Fichte (summa cum laude) and completed his habilitation in 2010 with Above which existence. Albert the Great's realistic correction of idealism.

Quero-Sánchez specializes in the intersection of medieval philosophy and German Idealism, particularly focusing on connections between Meister Eckhart's mysticism and Schelling's philosophy. His DFG-funded research project The Eternal Concept of the Individual demonstrated for the first time philological evidence of Schelling's connection to Meister Eckhart's tradition, revealing two distinct phases of Eckhart's reception in Schelling's development.

• Medieval Philosophy
• German Idealism (particularly Schelling)
• History of Mystical Thought
• Metaphysics
• Philosophical Theology

His significant scholarly contributions have been recognized with the DAAD Prize for outstanding foreign students (1998) and substantial funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his independent research projects. Quero-Sánchez has held research positions at prestigious institutions including the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, the Meister Eckhart Foundation, and the Max Weber College at the University of Erfurt.

As a multilingual scholar, he possesses excellent knowledge of Latin, Ancient Greek, and Middle High German, along with native fluency in Spanish and professional proficiency in German and English. His work bridges historical-philological analysis with systematic philosophical investigation, making significant contributions to understanding the continuity between medieval thought and German Idealism.