Professor of Philosophy, Spokesman of the CCeH. Research interests in the history and systematics of philosophy, in particular medieval philosophy, the editing of scholarly texts, including digital editions.
Furthermore: Director of the Thomas Institute; Director of the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne; Chairman of the eHumanities Working Group of the Union of the Academies; Senator of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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https://thomasinstitut.uni-koeln.de/mitarbeiterinnen/andreas-speer
CV
PhD University of Bonn 1986 │ Habilitation University of Cologne 1994 │1995–2000 Heisenberg-Fellow │2000 Professorship for Philosophy University of Würzburg │ since 2004 Professorship for Philosophy University of Cologne │ Visiting professorships in Notre Dame, IN (1996), KU Leuven (1999), Saint Louis (2006) │Dr. h.c. University of Sofia (2005) │o. Member of the NRW Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (2013) │ Vice Dean for Research and Academic Affairs Junior researchers (2011–2020) │ Co-Head of the Specialized Information Service (FID) Philosophy (since 2018) │ Co-Applicant of the NFDI consortium Text+
publications (selection)
“The Scientific View,” in: Homo – Natura – Mundus: Human Beings and Their Relationships. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of the SIEPM (= Rencontres de Philosophie Mediévale; vol. 22), ed. by R. Hofmeister Pich, A. C. Stock and A. S. Culleton, Turnhout: Brepols 2020, pp. 3–34, DOI: 10.1484/M.RPM-EB.5.121772.
Die Bibliothek – The Library – La Bibliothèque. Denkräume und Wissensordnungen (= Miscellanea Mediaevalia; vol. 41), together with L. Reuke, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2020, DOI: 10.1515/9783110700503.
“‘qui prius philosophati sunt de veritate …’ Mittelalterhistoriographie im Wandel,” in: Irrtum – Error – Erreur (= Miscellanea Mediaevalia; vol. 40), ed. by A. Speer and M. Mauriège, Berlin / Boston: De Gruyter, 2018, pp. 783–809, DOI: 10.1515/9783110592191-042.
“Blind Spots of Digital Editions: The Case of Huge Text Corpora in Philosophy, Theology and the History of Sciences,” in: Advances in Digital Scholarly Editing. Papers presented at the DiXiT conferences in The Hague, Cologne, and AntwerpLeiden: Sidestone Press, 2017, pp. 191–200. [PDF]
“Between craftsmanship and art. Die ‘Schedula diversarum artium’ als ‘Handbuch’ mitterlalterlicher Kunst?” and “Das ‘Schedula’-Portal – eine digitale Edition der ‘Schedula diversarum artium’,” in: Zwischen Kunsthandwerk und Kunst: Die ‘Schedula diversarum artium’ (= Miscellanea Mediaevalia; Bd. 37), ed. by A. Speer, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2014, pp. XI–XXXVII, DOI: 10.1515/9783110334821.xi / 10.1515/9783110334821.xxxv.