Professor Dr. Thomas Bauer
Current affiliations
- Professur für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft (Prof. Bauer)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
- Centre for Eastern Mediterranean History and Culture (GKM)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- The history of mentalities and everyday life in the Mamluk period (13th to 16th century)
- Research ot the Arabic rhetorical tradition
- Contributed to the inter-religious dialogue; worked to improve the integration of Muslims living in Germany
- Perception and portrayal of the Orient in 19th-century German literature
- The Culture of Ambiguity
- Classical Arabic Literature
Academic Education | |
| 08/1997 | Venia Legendi for Semitic Philology and Islamic Studies |
| 02/1997 | Habilitation |
| 1987 - 1990 | Doctoral studies, Erlangen University, Dissertation: "Ancient Arabic Poetry: A Study of Its Structure and Development on the Basis of the Onager Episode, Defended dissertation on December 22, 1989 (summa cum laude) |
| 12/1989 | Doctorate (Dr. phil.), Philosophic Faculty II, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 02/1987 | Magister Artium |
| 10/1980 - 02/1987 | Master’s program, Erlangen University, Majored in Islamic studies, Semitic philology and German linguistics |
Work Experience | |
| since 02/2000 | C4 Professor (full professor) of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Münster University |
| since 02/2000 | Director of the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster |
| 2006 - 2007 | Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin |
| 2002 - 2005 | Founding Director of the Center of Religious Studies at the University of Münster |
| 04/1997 - 02/2000 | Associate Professor, Erlangen University |
| 05/1991 - 04/1997 | Research Associate, Erlangen University |
| 05/1990 - 04/1991 | Research Associate, Heidelberg University |
| 10/1987 - 02/1990 | Assistant lecturer for Arabic Studies at the University of Regensburg |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 05/2012 | Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts |
| since 11/2007 | Member of the Board of Directors in the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures" at the University of Münster |
| since 08/2003 | Member of the Board of Directors in the Centre for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (GKM) at the University of Münster |
| 2002 - 2005 | Founding Director of the Center of Religious Studies at the University of Münster |
Appointments | |
| 01/2013 | Offer to a Professorship for Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (rejected) |
| 07/2008 | Offer to a Professorship for Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Munich (rejected) |
Publications
Bauer, Thomas (2023) In: Neumann, Franziska; Poettering, Jorun; von Thiessen, Hillard (eds.), Konkurrenzen in der Frühen Neuzeit: Aufeinandertreffen – Übereinstimmung – Rivalität. Köln: Böhlau. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Bauer, Thomas (2022) In: Casari, Mario; Preti, Monica; Wyatt, Michael (eds.), Ariosto and the Arabs: Contexts for the Orlando Furioso. Florence: Harvard University Press. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Bauer, Thomas; Bodenheimer, Alfred; Seewald, Michael (2022) Darmstadt: wbg. Type of Publication: Book (monograph) | |
Höink Dominik, Bauer Thomas, Leonhard Clemens (eds.) (2019) Baden-Baden: Ergon Verlag. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) | |
Bauer Thomas (2019) In: Volokhine Youri, Fudge Bruce, Herzog Thomas (eds.), Barbe et barbus: Symboliques, rites et pratiques du port de la barbe dans le proche-orient ancien et moderne. Peter Lang. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/03/2023 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Prizes
| WISSEN! Sachbuchpreis der wbg für Geisteswissenschaften Awarded by: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg) Award given to: Bauer, Thomas Announced at: 05/06/2019 | Date of awarding: 15/06/2019 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Tractatus-Preis 2018 Awarded by: Philosophicum Lech Award given to: Bauer, Thomas Announced at: 31/08/2018 | Date of awarding: 21/09/2018 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Awarded by: German Research Foundation (DFG) Award given to: Bauer, Thomas Announced at: 15/03/2013 | Date of awarding: 15/03/2013 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Election as Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts Awarded by: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts Award given to: Bauer, Thomas Date of awarding: 15/05/2012 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Diskurs und Diskursanalyse in der sunnitischen Koranexegese: Fahr ad-Din ar-Razi (gest. 1210) und der Tafsir al-kabir im Spannungsfeld exegetischer Polemiken -… Candidate: Öktem, Kamil | Supervisors: Bauer, Thomas; von Hees, Syrinx | Reviewers: Bauer, Thomas; von Hees, Syrinx Period of time: 15/01/2020 - 09/11/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Poetry and politics. Arabic Panegyric Poetry as a Medium of Political Communication in the Post-Seljuk Middle East. Candidate: Fischer, Jens | Supervisors: Bauer, Thomas Period of time: 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Diskurs und Diskursanalyse in der sunnitischen Koranexegese (tafsīr) – Faḫr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī (gest. 1210) im Spannungsfeld exegetischer Polemiken.
Ar-Rāzīs… Candidate: Kamil Öktem | Supervisors: Thomas Bauer Period of time: until 01/10/2021 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Wandel der Koranexegese (tafsīr) in der methodologischen Anwendung Faḫr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzīs (gest. 606/1210) unter Anbetracht seiner Sprachtheorie Candidate: Kamil Öktem | Supervisors: Thomas Bauer Period of time: until 01/12/2019 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Wandel der Koranexegese (tafsīr) im Zeitalter von Faḫr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī (gest. 606/1210)
Candidate: Öktem, Kamil | Supervisors: Bauer, Thomas Period of time: until 27/09/2019 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |