Florin Leonte is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, Palacký University of Olomouc in the Czech Republic since 2017. He specialized in Late Medieval and Byzantine rhetoric, literature, and history. He holds a Ph.D. from the Central European University (2012) and has taught at prestigious institutions such as Harvard University (2013-2015). He published two books with Edinburgh University Press and Routledge. His articles appeared in numerous journals and collective volumes including Dumbarton Oaks Papers and Medieval Chronicle.