Mauro Zonta#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 5495 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Mauro Zonta passed away August 27, 2017.
Positions Held
- Since November 1998 permanently appointed (as winner of a national competition) as associate professor in "History of Jewish Philosophy" (at the University of Rome I, confirmed since 2001), teaching also a course in "History of Arabic Philosophy" (1999/2000 - 2014/2017)
- 1997 - 1999 assistant professor, teaching a course in History of Medieval Jewish Philosophy at the Oriental University Institute of Naples
- April 1996 - April 1998, post-doc fellow in 'History of Medieval Philosophy' at the Philosophy Department of the University of Pavia
- June - August 1995, visiting doctoral fellow at the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fields of Scholarship
- Transmission and diffusion of philosophical and scientific ancient Greek writings (Aristotle, Galen)
- Hebrew Medieval Philosophical Translations
- Trends in Medieval European Jewish philosophy (Italy, Spain, Provence)
- Arabic Neoplatonism
- Medieval Syriac translations
- Transmission of Arabic Philosophy and Science
- Greek-Arabic Heritage and New Scholastic Patterns
- Late Medieval Jewish Religious Philosophy
- Biblical Studies
- Comparative Studies
Honours and Awards
- Awarded with the National Scientific Abilitation to full professorship in "History of Philosophy" (02.05.2014 - 01.27.2021) and in "Cultures of the near ancient East, middle East and Africa" (02.18.2014 - 02.18.2020)
- 2017 Senior Fellow of the international research group of the “Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies – Jewish Scepticism” (University of Hamburg)
