Current Academic Position
2026 – Present: Adjunct Professor, Laboratorio di Scrittura (1) (MA), Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna.
Education
2021 – 2025: PhD in "Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics", joint degree (cotutelle) with Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Dissertation: On the Problem of Obscure Representations in Kant's Anthropology. A Historical-Critical Survey. Academic Discipline: History of Philosophy. Supervisors: Prof. Francesco Cerrato, Prof. Dr. Heiner F. Klemme. Final Grade: summa cum laude (Excellent with honors).
2023 – 2024: Visiting Research Fellow (Cotutelle), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Philosophy I (Social Sciences and Historical Cultural Studies). Academic Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner F. Klemme (12 months).
2017 – 2020: Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophical Sciences, University of Bologna. Thesis: Die geheime Feder. Inconscio e rappresentazioni oscure nel pensiero di Kant (Eng. Title: Unconscious and Obscure Representations in Kant’s Philosophy). Academic Discipline: History of Philosophy. Supervisors: Prof. Alberto Burgio, Prof. Gennaro Imbriano. Final Grade: 110/110 summa cum laude.
2017 – 2018: Erasmus+ Study Exchange, Bielefeld University, Department of Philosophy, Philosophisches Seminar, 6 months.
2013 – 2017: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy, University of Bologna. Thesis: Libertà ed eccesso. Il dibattito Locke-Rousseau sulla proprietà privata (Eng. Title: Freedom and Excess: The Locke-Rousseau Debate on Private Property). Academic Discipline: History of Modern Philosophy. Supervisors: Prof. Alberto Burgio, Prof. Francesco Cerrato. Final Grade: 110/110 summa cum laude.
Grants and Fellowships
2021 – 2024: PhD Scholarship, Doctoral Programme in "Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics" (PSCS), University of Bologna, Department of Philosophy and Communication. Duration: 3 years
2022 – 2023: "Marco Polo" Research Grant, University of Bologna, Department of Philosophy and Communication. Duration: 3 months
2017 – 2018: Erasmus+ Study Exchange Scholarship. Duration: 6 months
Teaching and Institutional Roles
2026 – Present: Adjunct Professor, Laboratorio di Scrittura (1) (MA), University of Bologna.
2026 – Present: Teaching Assistant (Tutor), Storia della filosofia (MA), University of Bologna.
2026 – Present: Teaching Assistant (Tutor) & Lecturer, "FilosofiaZero" Project, University of Bologna.
2025 – 2026: Adjunct Professor, Laboratorio di Scrittura (1) (MA), University of Bologna.
2025 – 2026: Teaching Assistant (Tutor), Storia della filosofia (MA), University of Bologna.
2025 – 2026: Teaching Assistant (Tutor) & Lecturer, "FilosofiaZero" Project, University of Bologna.
2022 – 2025: Subject Matter Expert (Cultore della materia) in History of Philosophy, University of Bologna.
2022 – 2023: Seminar Instructor: "German Language Literacy for Philosophy Students", University of Bologna. [Online lecture series (via MS Teams) tailored for graduate courses in History of Philosophy (MA), History of Political Philosophy (MA), and Philosophy of Law (MA)]. Duration: 5 months.
Scientific Affiliations and Editorial Roles
2022 – Present: Member of the Editorial Board, Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia.
2021 – Present: Member, International Institute of Picene Studies "Bartolo da Sassoferrato" (Istituto Internazionale di Studi Piceni "Bartolo da Sassoferrato").
Publications
Journal Articles
2024: Fiori, M., "«Contro la nostra volontà». L’incidenza di Sulzer nella riflessione kantiana sulle rappresentazioni oscure", Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica, CXVI (2024), 3, pp. 671–689.
2021: Fiori, M., "L'inconscio: un problema 'kantiano'?", Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia, 26 (2021), pp. 83–101.
Edited Special Issues
2024: Fiori, M. (ed.), Kant’s Philosophy and Its Sources, Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia, 29 (2024) [Special International Issue for the tricentenary of Immanuel Kant's birth (1724–2024)].
Contributions to Edited Volumes
2027 (Forthcoming): Fiori, M., "Redefining Obscurity: Sulzer’s Influence on Kant’s Philosophy of the Unconscious", in Akten des 14. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses "Kants Projekt der Aufklärung" (Bonn, September 8–13, 2024), eds. Christoph Horn, Margit Ruffing, and Rainer Schäfer, De Gruyter, Berlin-Boston.
2026 (In Press): Fiori, M., "Voci dall'Aufklärung sulle 'profondità dell'anima': da Wolff a Kant", in A. Burgio (ed.), Una liaison dangereuse. Sull'intreccio tra psicoanalisi e scienze umane, «Quaderni di dianoia», 7 Mucchi Editore, Modena, pp. 25–40.
2024: Fiori, M., "The Making of a Thought in the Flow of History", in M. Fiori (ed.), Kant’s Philosophy and Its Sources, «Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia», 29 (2024), pp. 7–10 [Introduction].
2024: Fiori, M., "On the Sources of the Kantian Distinction between Voluntary and Involuntary Imagination: Remarks on Platner, Meier and Tetens", in M. Fiori (ed.), Kant’s Philosophy and Its Sources, «Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia», 29 (2024), pp. 121–140.
Book Reviews
2026 (Forthcoming): Fiori, M., Review of: Heiner F. Klemme, Kant, l’attualità di un pensiero (Italian translation edited by Paola Rumore, Carocci, Roma 2024, 104 pp.), in Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia.
2022: Fiori, M., Review of: Johann Georg Sulzer, Kurzer Begriff aller Wissenschaften. Erste (1745) und zweite (1759) Auflage (eds. H. Adler and E. Décultot, Schwabe, Basel-Berlin 2014), in Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia, 27 (2022), pp. 213–218.
Conferences and Seminars
2025: Fiori, M., "Voci dall'Aufklärung sulle «profondità dell'anima»", paper presented at Una liaison dangereuse. Sull'intreccio possibile (o necessario) tra psicoanalisi e scienze umane, University of Bologna (December 10, 2025). [Conference presentation]
2024: Fiori, M., "La filosofia di Kant e le sue fonti", paper presented at the book launch for Kant's Philosophy and Its Sources (ed. M. Fiori, «Dianoia. Rivista di filosofia», 29; Mucchi Editore, Modena 2024), University of Bologna (December 11, 2024; featuring panel discussions with Prof. Claudio La Rocca (University of Genoa) and Prof. Cinzia Ferrini (University of Trieste)).
2024: Fiori, M., "Redefining Obscurity: Sulzer’s Influence on Kant’s Philosophy of the Unconscious", paper presented at Kants Projekt der Aufklärung, 14th International Kant Congress, Bonn, Germany (September 8–13, 2024). [Conference presentation]
2023: Fiori, M., "Pensare l'inconscio nell'Illuminismo tedesco", scientific poster presented at the "World Philosophy Day", University of Bologna (November 16, 2023).
2023: Attendance at Leuven Kant Conference 2023, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (June 1–3, 2023).
2022: Attendance at Probleme der Vernunft. Kant im Kontext, Humboldt-Kolleg Ferrara, Italy (May 30 – June 1, 2022).
2022: Attendance at L’Illuminismo e la sua dialettica, University of Pavia, Italy (May 23–25, 2022).
International PhD Agreements
Programme: Joint PhD Supervision (Cotutelle de thèse) with the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Halle an der Saale, Germany).
External Academic Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner F. Klemme.
