Dragoș Calma
| Dragoș Calma | |
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Dragos Calma is a Romanian philosopher and Associate Professor of Medieval Philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD). He is specialized in the history of medieval philosophy, with interests in history of metaphysics, Neoplatonism, Latin Averroism, and 15th-c. Albertism.
Education
He graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (2001) before pursuing advanced studies in France. He attended the École normale supérieure as an international student (2001–2003) and earned his PhD from the Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) in 2008. His doctoral research, under the supervision of Ruedi Imbach, focused on the presence of Averroes in the work of Dietrich of Freiberg.
Career
In 2018, Dragos Calma was appointed at the UCD School of Philosophy. Throughout his career, he has held several research and teaching positions across Europe:
- International Chair of Philosophy: In 2026, he held the Chaire internationale de philosophie at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
- Visiting Professorships:
- École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris (2026)
- Vivarium Novum, Frascati (2025, 2026)
- Università di Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli (2023)
- Univertatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca (2010-2013)
- Fellowships: He has been a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Bonn, a Newton International Fellow of the British Academy at Clare College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Warburg Institute.
Awards and Honors
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (2018): Awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of his lifetime achievements in research.
- Ad Astra Excellence Research Prize (2018)
- ERC Consolidator Grant: Neoplatonism and Abrahamic Traditions 'NeoplAT'(2018–2023)
- Occidentul Românesc (2024)
Editorial Projects
- He founded and codirects (with Olivier Boulnois, Wouter Goris and Pasquale Porro) the Brill series History of Metaphysics: Ancient, Medieval, Modern
Selected Bibliography
- Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes (Leiden: Brill, 2019–2022). 3 Volumes.
- Neoplatonism in the Middle Ages (Turnhout: Brepols, 2016). 2 Volumes.
- Études sur le premier siècle de l’averroïsme latin (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011).
- Le poids de la citation. Étude sur les sources grecques et arabes de Dietrich de Freiberg (Fribourg: Academic Press, 2011)
(for a complete list, see: https://people.ucd.ie/dragos.calma/publications)
References
Category:Living people Category:Romanian philosophers Category:Medievalists Category:University College Dublin faculty Category:Alumni of Paris-Sorbonne University
References
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