Function within the Cluster:
- Principal Investigator
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Head of project D9 The Vatican and the Legitimisation of Physical Violence: The Example of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Curriculum Vitae:
| since 10/2000 | Professor (C4) of Medieval and Modern Church History, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster |
| 04/1992-09/2000 | Professor (C4) of Church History, Faculty of Catholic Theology, since 1996 Member of the History Department, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M. |
| 10/1991-03/1992 | Substitute Professor of Medieval and Modern Church History, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| 06/1991 | Postdoctoral Degree (Habilitation), Faculty of Catholic Theology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| 03/1990-06/1991 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fritz Thyssen Foundation |
| 02/1990 | Doctorate (Dr. theol.), Faculty of Catholic Theology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| 11/1988-02/1990 | Parish Priest, Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart; Doctoral Studies |
| 07/1985-10/1988 | Vicar, Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 06/1985 | Ordination to Priesthood |
| 12/1983-06/1985 | Deacon, Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 12/1983 | Deacon Ordination |
| 10/1978-07/1983 | Studies of Catholic Theology in Tübingen and Munich |
Awards and Honours:
| 2009 | ‘Humanities International’ (‘Geisteswissenschaften International’), Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (Grant for the English Translation of the Book ‘Papst und Teufel’/‘Pope and Devil’) |
| 2009 | ‘Premio Acqui Storia’ (nominated for the short list for the Italian Book Award, Category ‘Academic History Book’) |
| 2006 | Gutenberg Award, City of Mainz and International Gutenberg Society |
| 2004 | Communicator Award – Science Award of the Donors’ Association, DFG |
| 2003 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, DFG |
Memberships:
| since 2011 | European Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| since 2010 | Board of Managing Directors, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG) Darmstadt |
| since 2008 | Academic Advisory Board, Gutenberg-Forschungskolleg, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| since 2007 | Director, DFG Long-Term Project ‘Kritische Online-Edition der Nuntiaturberichte Eugenio Pacellis (1917-1929)’ www.pacelli-edition.de |
| since 2007 | Executive Board, WBG Darmstadt |
| since 2007 | International Editorial Board, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte (SZRKG) |
| since 2007 | Academic Advisor, Commission for ‘Religious Relations with the Jews’, Commission for Ecumenial Relations of the German Bishops’ Conference |
| since 2006 | Jury ‘City of Sciences’, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft |
| 2006-2007 | Chairman, Evaluation Comittee ‘Catholic Theology’, Wissenschaftliche Kommission Niedersachsen |
| since 2004 | Member of the History Department, WWU Münster |
| 2003-2011 | Academic Advisory Board, German Historical Institute (DHI), Rome (Italy); since 2008 Deputy Chairman |
| 2003-2011 | Research Project ‘Papal Ceremony in Early Modern Times’, Collaborative Research Centre 496 ‘Symbolic Communication and Social Value Systems from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution’ |
| since 2002 | Director, DFG Long-Term Project ‘The Roman Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index’, WWU Münster www.buchzensur.de |
| since 2002 | Historical Commission for Westphalia, Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe – LWL) |
| since 1999 | Academic Advisory Board, Archive of the Roman Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| since 1998 | Co-editor of the Journal ‘Saeculum’ |
| 1995-2010 | Executive Committee, Association for History of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Co-editor of the ‘Rottenburger Jahrbuch für Kirchengeschichte’ |
| 1995-2000 | Head of Sections History and Theology in the Research Project ‘Global Culture and Christian Faith. The Part of the Second Vatican Council in the Contemporary Cultural Process of Transformation’ and Co-editor of the Series (Volkswagen Foundation) |
| since 1993 | Commission for Contemporary History (Kommission für Zeitgeschichte), Bonn |
Publications (Selection):
- (ed.) Römische Inquisition und Indexkongregation. Grundlagenforschung 1701-1813, 4 vols., Paderborn 2009-2011; Grundlagenforschung 1814-1917, 5 vols., Paderborn 2005-2007.
- (ed. with Christoph Markschies) Erinnerungsorte des Christentums, Munich 2010.
- Die Affäre Sproll. Die Rottenburger Bischofswahl von 1926/27 und ihre Hintergründe, Sigmaringen 2009.
- Johannes Paul II. Religionsstiftung auf katholisch? in: A. Christophersen and F. Voigt (eds.), Religionsstifter der Moderne. Von Karl Marx bis Johannes Paul II., Munich 2009, pp. 257-268.
- Papst und Teufel. Die Archive des Vatikan und das Dritte Reich, Munich 2008, 20092 (Italian, French, Catalan, English, and Hungarian editions).
- (ed. with Thomas Kaufmann, Raimund Kottje and Bernd Moeller) Ökumenische Kirchengeschichte, vols. 1-3, Darmstadt 2006-2008 (ed. vol. 3: Von der Französischen Revolution bis 1989, Darmstadt 2007).
- Index. Der Vatikan und die verbotenen Bücher, München 2006, 2nd edition 2006, Paperback Edition 2007.
- Clemens August Graf von Galen. Gehorsam und Gewissen, Freiburg i. Br. 2006.
- Die Reichskirchenpolitik des Hauses Lothringen 1680-1715. Eine Habsburger Sekundogenitur im Reich? (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Reichskirche in der Neuzeit, vol. 15), Stuttgart 1994.
- Ketzer oder Kirchenlehrer? Der Tübinger Theologe Johannes von Kuhn (1806-1887) in den kirchenpolitischen Auseinandersetzungen seiner Zeit (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Zeitgeschichte, Reihe B: Forschungen, vol. 58), Mainz 1992.
Contact
Prof. Dr. theol. Hubert WolfRoman Catholic Theology
Department for Medieval and Modern Church History
Johannisstraße 8 - 10
Room 133
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83 22626
Fax: +49 251 83 22636
hubert.wolf@uni-muenster.de
