Lebenslauf:
| since October 2011 | Research assistant at the Chair for church history and history of religion, University of Paderborn |
| February 2009 - October 2011 | Research assistant and doctoral student at the graduate school of the cluster of excellence “Religion and Politics in Modern and Pre-Modern Cultures” of the WWU Münster; since October 2011 associate member |
| 2002-2009 | Studies of Philosophy and Catholic Theology at the University of Münster (WWU) |
| 2002-2008 | Degree (Diplom) in Catholic Theology at the University of Münster (WWU), diploma thesis (in German): The slaves of His Holy and Most Christian Majesty. The significance of the discrimination between forçats and esclaves on the galleys of Louis XIV (1661-1715) |
| 2005-2009 | Scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk |
| 2004-2008 | Student research assistant at the Department of Medieval and Modern Ecclesiastical History, Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Münster (WWU) |
| 2001-2002 | Community internship in the parish of María Madre de Dios in a favela in Lima (Peru) |
| 1999-2001 | Studies of Philosophy at the Studium Notre Dame in Namur (Belgium) |
Ph.D. project:
Life and work of St. Vincent of Paul (1581-1660) and his importance as galley pastor in the context of a Christian handling of slavery in the early modern period
Research interests:
- Church history of the early modern period
- History and legitimations of European slavery
- Philosophical and theological legitimations of war
- Ethics
Function within the cluster/Membership in projects and groups:
- Member of the study group Conflicts in the Area of Religion and Politics
- Member of the study group Concepts of the Enemy – Formation, Development and Reception
Publications:
- Nicole Priesching/Daniel M. Steinke, Menschen als Ware. Sklaverei in der Frühen Neuzeit im Mittelmeeraum, in: Andreas Exenberger/Josef Nussbaumer (eds.), Von Menschenhandel und Menschenpreisen. Wert und Bedeutung von Menschen im Spiegel der Zeit. Innsbruck 2007, 41-55.
Conference Contributions:
- May 19, 2011 „Vinzenz von Paul (1581-1660) und die Galeerenseelsorge im 17. Jahrhundert“, Lehrstuhl für Mittlere und Neuere Kirchengeschichte, University of Tübingen
- December 4, 2010: „Sprachkompetenz und Kommunikationsnetzwerke im Mittelmeerraum. Voraussetzungen des christlich-muslimischen Kultur- und Wissenstransfers im 17. Jahrhundert“, Zentrum für Mittelmeerstudien, University of Bochum
- September 17, 2010: „Barbarisch – Muslimisch – Wild. Die Wahrnehmung der Barbareskenstaaten durch christliche Missionare im Frankreich des 17. Jahrhunderts“, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Weingarten
- October 23, 2009: „Muslimische Sklaven unter christlichen Herren. Die Rechtfertigung der christlichen Praxis der Sklaverei bei Francisco de Vitoria“, Exzellenzcluster „Religion und Politik“, University of Münster
- July 2009, 2008: „Die Behandlung von Kriegsgefangenen am Beispiel der Rudersklaven auf den Galeeren des Sonnenkönigs (1661-1715)“, Philosophisches Seminar, University of Münster
Courses (in German):
- Winter semester 2005-2006 to summer semester 2008: Revision course for those preparing for the final examination (Diplom) and the First State Examination in Medieval and Modern Church History
Contact:
Dipl.-Theol. Daniel SteinkeDomplatz 20-22
Room 331
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-23226
Fax: +49 251 83-23247
d.steinke@uni-muenster.de
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Hubert WolfDepartment of Medieval and Modern Church History
Johannisstraße 8-10
Room 136
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-22626
Fax: +49 251 83-22636
hubert.wolf@uni-muenster.de
