Cecilia Trifogli

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Cecilia Trifogli
Born (1961-02-07) February 7, 1961 (age 62)
NationalityItalian
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma mater University of Pisa, Italy Laurea
University of Milan, Italy
(Postgraduate work)

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.

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Early life

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

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

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

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