Visiting Fellows

The Cluster of Excellence maintains a regular exchange with external and international researchers in Münster.

Summer term 2024:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Summer term 2024	Dr. Vitalii Mudrakov, Khmelnytskyi National University, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine	Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans
Summer term 2024	Dr. Olena Matushek, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Prof. Dr. Alfred Sproede
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Andrei Desnitsky, scholar at risk, Moskau, Russland	Prof. Dr. Ricarda Vulpius
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Maureen Junker-Kenny, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Irland	Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald
Summer term 2024	Dr. Uriel Simonsohn, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel	Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski
Summer term 2024	Dr. Francesca Mazzilli, Royal Holloway University of London, London, UK	Prof. Dr. Achim Lichtenberger
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Hitomi Sato, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan	Dr. Marcel Bubert
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Anindita Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India	Prof. Dr. Christel Gärtner
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Soumaya Mestiri, Université de Tunis, Tunis, Tunesien	Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Charles West, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Drews
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Ryan Schellenberg, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, Ohio, USA	Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Derin Terzioğlu, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkei	Prof. Dr. Philipp Bockholt
Summer term 2024	Prof. Dr. Gergely Rosta, Pázmany Peter Catholic University of Hungary, Budapest, Ungarn	Dr. Olaf Müller

 

Winter term 2023/2024:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Alexander J. Edmonds, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, VR China	Prof. Dr. Kristin Kleber
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Fernanda Fischione, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy	Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Vitalii Mudrakov, Khmelnytskyj National University, Khmelnytskyj, Ukraine	Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans, Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Samuel Pomeroy, zuletzt Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Forschungsstelle Origenes, Universität Münster	Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Laura Righi, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italien	Dr. Christian Scholl
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Josep Suñé Arce, Universität Barcelona, Spanien	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Drews
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Annik Wüthrich, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Österreich	Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser
Winter term 2023/2024	Prof. Dr. Andrei Desnitsky, scholar at risk, Moskau, Russland	Prof. Dr. Ricarda Vulpius
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Natalia Tellidou, Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest, Ungarn	Dr. Kirsten Kamphuis
Winter term 2023/2024	Prof. Dr. Károly Dániel Dobos, Pázmany Peter Catholic University of Hungary, Budapest, Ungarn	Prof. Dr. Regina Grundmann
Winter term 2023/2024	Dr. Francesca Mazzilli, Royal Holloway University of London, London, UK	Prof. Dr. Achim Lichtenberger

Summer term 2023:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Summer term 2023	Prof. Dr. Hanna Chernenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine	Prof. Dr. Irina Wutsdorff
Summer term  2023	Kaouther Karoui, Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis, Tunesien	Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen
Summer term 2023	Prof. Dr. Mohamed Lachhab, Université Ibnou Zohr, Agadir, Morocco	Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen
Summer term 2023	PD Dr. Katrin Seidel, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle	Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen
Summer term 2023	Dr. Vitalii Mudrakov, Khmelnytskyj National University, Khmelnytskyj, Ukraine	Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans

 

Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship for Religion and Politics
Summer term 2023	Prof. Dr. Maribel Fierro	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Drews Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald

 

Winter term 2022/2023:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Winter term 2022/2023	Kaouther Karoui, Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis, Tunesien	Prof. Dr. Franziska Dübgen
Winter term 2022/2023	Dr. Olena Matushek, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine	Prof. Dr. Alfred Sproede
Winter term 2022/2023	Prof. Dr. Sanyu A. Mojola, Princeton University, USA	Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald
Winter term 2022/2023	Dr. Nadezhda Beliakova, scholar at risk, Moscow, Russian Federation	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack Dr. Olaf Müller
Winter term 2022/2023	David Santiago Mesa Díez, Universidad de Antioiquia, Medellín, Colombia	Prof. Dr. Michael Quante
Winter term 2022/2023	Dr. Jacek Kempa, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland	Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald

 

Summer term 2022:

 

Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship for Religion and Politics
Summer term 2022	Prof. Dr. Sarah Stroumsa	Prof. Dr. Regina Grundmann Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald

Winter term 2021/2022:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Winter term 2021/2022	Prof. Dr. Toru Hijikata, Seigakuin University, Japan	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
Winter term 2021/2022	Dr. Andrea Ghidoni, Universität Macerata, Italien	Prof. Dr. Gerd Althoff

 

Summer term 2018:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Summer term 2018	Dr. Irina Paert, University of Tartu, Estonia	Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya
Summer term 2018	Prof. Dr. Claudia Lepp, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Dr. Sarah Thieme
Summer term 2018	Prof. Dr. Matthew Fitzpatrick, School of History and International Relations, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australien	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting
Summer term 2018	Dr. Leonard Schmieding, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting
Summer term 2018	Prof. Dr. William Anthony Barbieri, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University, Washington D.C., USA	Prof. Dr. Marianne Heimbach-Steins
Summer term 2018	Prof. Dr. Cyril Hovorun, Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA	Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya
Summer term 2018	Dr. Sabine Miesgang, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Österreich	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
Summer term 2018	Stipe Odak, Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgien	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
Summer term 2018	Prof. Dr. Dirk von Petersdorff, Universität Jena	Prof. Dr. Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf
Summer term 2018	Prof. Dr. Samuel Scheffler, New York University, USA	Dr. Matthias Hoesch Dr. Amir Mohseni

 

"Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship for Religion and Politics"
Summer term 2018	Prof. em. Jóhann P. Árnason, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australien	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Willems
Summer term 2018	Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack

Winter term 2017/2018:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
Winter term 2017/2018	Dr. Martin Sticker, Trinity College Dublin	Dr. Matthias Hoesch
Winter term 2017/2018	Prof. Dr. Matthew Fitzpatrick, School of History and International Relations, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting
Winter term 2017/2018	Dr. Leonard Schmieding, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting
Winter term 2017/2018	Prof. Dr. Febe Armanios, Department of History, Middlebury College, Vermont, U.S.A.	Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser
Winter term 2017/2018	Prof. Dr. Katharina Glaab, Associate Professor in Global Change and International Relations at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack Prof. Dr. Jens Köhrsen
Winter term 2017/2018	Dr. Annick de Witt, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Coach, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack Prof. Dr. Jens Köhrsen

Summer term 2017:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
01.04.2017-30.09.2017	Dr. Masoud Mohammadi Alamuti, Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS) in Teheran, Iran	Prof. Dr. Thomas Gutmann
20.06.2017-29.06.2017	Dr. Giuseppina Bonerba, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italien	Dr. Iris Fleßenkämper
01.08.2016-31.07.2017	Dr. Sean Griffin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Stipendiat der VolkswagenStiftung	Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart

 

"Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship for Religion and Politics"
Summer term 2017	Prof. Dr. Thomas Hauschild	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
Summer term 2017	Prof. Dr. Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack

Winter term 2016/2017:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
01.08.2016-31.07.2017	Dr. Sean Griffin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Stipendiat der VolkswagenStiftung	Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart
16.10.2016-30.11.2016	Prof. Dr. Volker Menze, Central European University, Budapest	Prof. Dr. Johannes Hahn
01.11.2016-30.11.2016	Prof. Dr. Christian Windler, Universität Bern, Schweiz	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger Prof. Dr. André Krischer

 

"Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship for Religion and Politics"
Winter term 2016/2017	Prof. Dr. Horst Dreier	Prof. Dr. Fabian Wittreck

Summer term 2016:

Stay	Researcher	Contact
10.06.2016-16.06.2016	Prof. Dr. Jyoti Atwal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Neu Delhi, Indien	Dr. Iris Fleßenkämper
27.06.2016-08.07.2016	Prof. Dr. Marc Breuer, Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Paderborn	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
31.10.2016-30.11.2016	Prof. Dr. Christian Windler, University of Bern, Switzerland	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

 

"Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship for Religion and Politics"
Summer term 2016	Prof. Dr. Lucian Hölscher	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack

Winter term 2015/2016:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
04.01.2016-20.03.2016	Prof. Dr. Volker Menze, Central European University, Budapest	Prof. Dr. Johannes Hahn
28.10.2015-02.11.2015	Prof. Dr. David R. Loy, Xavier University, Cincinnati, USA	Fabian Völker, M.A.
25.10.2015-30.10.2015	Prof. Gastón Espinosa, Claremont McKenna College, Kalifornien, USA	Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert, Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting

Summer term 2015:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
07.04.2015-31.10.2015	Linda Hennig, Université de Strasbourg, Frankreich	Prof. (apl.) Dr. Christel Gärtner
01.07.2015-15.09.2015	Dr. Masoud Mohammadi Alamuti, Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS) in Teheran, Iran	Prof. Dr. Thomas Gutmann
19.04.2015-26.04.2015	Dr. Arūnas Streikus, Vilnius University, Litauen	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting, Prof. Dr. Hubert Wolf
01.02.2015-31.03.2016	Seyed Bahman Khodadadi, Allame Tabatabai University of Tehran, Iran	Prof. Dr. Thomas Gutmann, Dr. Bijan Fateh-Moghadam

Winter term 2014/2015:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
09.03.2015-12.03.2015	Prof. Dr. Mark Edward Ruff von der Saint Louis University, USA	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting, Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert
01.02.2015-31.07.2015	Seyed Bahman Khodadadi, Allame Tabatabai University of Tehran, Iran	Prof. Dr. iur. Thomas Gutmann, Dr. iur. Bijan Fateh-Moghadam
20.10.2014-21.10.2014	Prof. Dr. Martin Dinges, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Prof. Dr. Marianne Heimbach-Steins, Dr. Iris Fleßenkämper

Summer term 2014:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
04.05.2014-18.05.2014	Dr. Dan‘el Kahn, University of Haifa, Israel	Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Achenbach
01.06.2014-30.09.2014	Dr. Alexandre De Castro, Brazil	Prof. Dr. Peter Oestmann
02.06.2014-03.06.2014	Prof. Dr. Sallie King, Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA	Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel
02.06.2014-20.06.2014	Dr. Raymond Haberski Marian University, Indianapolis, USA	Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert
29.06.2014-01.07.2014	Prof. Dr. Stephen Jaeger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA	Prof. Dr. Gerd Althoff, Prof. Dr. Bruno Quast
07.07.2014-12.07.2014	Prof. Dr. Rebekka Habermas, University of Göttingen	Dr. Felicity Jensz, Prof. Dr. Helene Basu

Winter term 2013/2014:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
01.07.2013-31.08.2014	Dr. Masoud Mohammadi Alamuti, Institute for Management and Planning Studies (IMPS) Teheran, Iran	Prof. Dr. Thomas Gutmann

Summer term 2013:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
22.03.-07.08.2013	Dr. Alexander Steel, King’s College London, GB	Prof. Dr. Nils Jansen
07.-20.04.2013	Dr. Philip A. Harland, York University, Toronto, Kanada	Prof. Dr. Clemens Leonhard
03.-04.06.2013	Prof. Dr. Thomas Weitin, University of Konstanz	Dr. Bijan Fateh-Moghadam, Dr. Christian Sieg
26.05.-13.06.2013	Dr. Jyoti Atwal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Neu Delhi, Indien	Prof. Dr. Helene Basu
30.06.-03.07.2013	Prof. emer. Scott H. Hendrix	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger / Dr. Iris Fleßenkämper

During winter term 2012/2013, no fellows visited the Cluster of Excellence.

Summer term 2012:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
23.-25.05.2012	Prof. Brian Victoria, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio (USA)	Prof. Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel

Winter term 2011/2012:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
17.-31.10.2011	Prof. Dr. Mark Edward Ruff, Saint Louis University, USA	Prof. Dr. Thomas Großbölting
5.12.-13.12.2011	Prof. Dr. Sigrid Weigel, TU Berlin	Prof. Dr. Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf

Summer term 2011:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
14.-22.4.2011	Prof. Dr. Volker Menze, University of Budapest, Hungary	Prof. Dr. Johannes Hahn
28.4.-12.5.2011	Prof. Dr. Douglas Moggach, University of Ottawa	Prof. Dr. Michael Quante
25.-26.05.2011	Prof. Dr. David Frick, University of California, Berkeley	Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya
3.-6.6.2011	Prof. Dr. Paul Werth, University of Las Vegas	Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya
6.6.-2.7.2011	Prof. Dr. Kaspar von Greyerz, University of Basel, Switzerland	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
16.06.-16.7.2011	Prof. Dr. Hans Beck, McGill University, Canada	Prof. Dr. Peter Funke
27.6.-9.7.2011	Prof. Dr. Andrew Feldherr, University of Princeton	Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Arweiler

Winter term 2010/2011:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
11.10.-12.12.2010	Dr. Irina Petrova, University Nischni Novgorod	Dr. Stefan Leibold
21.10.2010-5. 2.2011	Prof. Dr. Myriam Bienenstock, University François Rabelais in Tours	Prof. Dr. Ludwig Siep
10.12.–20.12.2010	Prof. Dr. Clifford Ando, University of Chicago	Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Arweiler
17.1.-31.1.2011	Prof. Dr. Peter H. Wilson, University of Hull	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
18.1.-22.1.2011	Prof. Dr. Henk S. Versnel, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden	Prof. Dr. Johannes Hahn
Februar-März 2011	Dr. Bojana Krsmanović, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU)	Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart

Summer term 2010:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
4.1.-16.7.2010	Dr. Josef Lössl, theologian at the Cardiff University/School of Religious and Theological Studies	Prof. Dr. Alfons Fürst
6.4.-30.04.2010	Prof. Dr. Erhan Öztepe, archaeologist of the Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih/ Cografya Fakültesi Arkeoloji Bölümü	Prof. Dr. Engelbert Winter
12.4.2010–31.7.2010	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kaiser, law historian at the University of Freiburg/Institute for the history of law	Prof. Dr. Nils Jansen
7.6.2010–19.6.2010	Dr. Martin Pilch, Federal Government Department for Economy, Familiy und Youth, Austria	Prof. Dr. Peter Oestmann
13.-27.6.2010	Prof. Dr. Constant Mews, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Monash University Victoria, Australia	Prof. Dr. Christel Meier-Staubach
21.6.-11.7.2010	Prof. Dr. Sara Poor, Princeton University, Department of German	Prof. Dr. Quast
5.7.-12.7.2010	Dr. Ivana and Dr. Andrej Petrovic, Durham University (UK)	Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Arweiler

Winter term 2009/2010 and summer term 2010:

Stay	Researcher	Contact:
03.09.2009-28.02.2010	Dr. Sabina Brevaglieri, University of Florence/European University Institute	Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
14.09.2009-01.04.2010	Prof. Claudia Antonetti, historian at the University of Venice/Dipartimento di Scienze dell‘ Antichità	Prof. Dr. Peter Funke
28.09.2009-28.02.2010	Prof. Dr. Otto Kallscheuer, political scientist at the Università degli Studi di Sassari/Facoltà di Scienze Politiche	Prof. Dr. Karl Gabriel
Winter Term 2009/2010	PD Dr. Frank Wittchow, philologist at the Humboldt University of Berlin/Department of Classical Philology	Prof. Dr. Alexander Henry Arweiler
08.10.2009-31.03.2010	Prof. Dr. Johannes Berger (replacing Prof. Dr. Pollack), sociologist at the University of Mannheim/Faculty of Social Sciences	Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
15.10.2009-12.01.2010	Dr. Ted Kaizer, historian at Durham University/Department of Classics and Ancient History	Prof. Dr. Peter Funke
15.11.-07.12.2009	Dr. Giovanni Isabella, medievalist at the Università di Bologna/Medievistica	Prof. Dr. Christoph Dartmann
26.11.2009-28.02.2010	Prof. Dr. Airton Seelaender, law historian at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina/Instituto Brasileiro de História do Direito	Prof. Dr. Peter Oestmann
01.12.2009-09.02.2010	Prof. Dr. Samir Arnautovic, philosopher at the University of Sarajevo/Faculty of Philosophy	Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans
02.12.-05.12.2009	Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg, historian at the Giessen University/Department of Eastern European History	Dr. Liliya Berezhnaya
04.01.-16.07.2010	Dr. Josef Lössl, theologian at Cardiff University/School of Religious and Theological Studies	Prof. Dr. Alfons Fürst
07./08.01.2010	Prof. Dr. Heinrich Detering, literary scholar at the University of Göttingen/Department of German Philology	Prof. Dr. Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf
15.01.2010	Prof. Dr. Philipp Manow, political scientist at Heidelberg University/Department of Political Science	Prof. Dr. Hans-Richard Reuter and Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl Gabriel
1.-14.3.2010	Prof. Dr. Kurt Raaflaub, historian at the Brown University Providence/ Department of Classics	Prof. Dr. Peter Funke
6.4.-30.04.2010	Prof. Dr. Erhan Öztepe, Archäologe der Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih/ Cografya Fakültesi Arkeoloji Bölümü	Prof. Dr. Engelbert Winter
5.7.-12.7.2010	Dr. Ivana and Dr. Andrej Petrovic von der Durham University (UK)	Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Arweiler