Meet the Speaker: Dr. Andrea Robiglio

Dr. Andrea Aldo Robiglio is professor of the history of medieval and renaissance philosophy at KU Leuven. He obtained his MA (1996) and PhD (2001), under the supervision of A. Bausola and A. Ghisalberti, from the Catholic University “Sacro Cuore” in Milan. Before moving to Leuven, he worked at the Universities of Nijmegen, Fribourg CH, Freiburg im Breisgau, Notre Dame, Groningen, and at the Centre de Recherches Historiques of the CNRS (Paris). Robiglio’s area of specialization concerns the history of philosophy with a focus on philosophical anthropology, ethics and politics, extending from the 12th to the 17th century. Another area of scholarly activity concerns the history of philosophical historiography (esp. in the 20th century) and the relation between philosophy and literature.