Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Wolf
Current affiliations
- Professur für Mittlere und Neuere Kirchengeschichte (Prof. Wolf)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- History of the Roman Inquisition und the Congregation of the Index
- Book censorship by the Roman Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church and modern totalitarianisms (esp. National Socialism)
- History of the Church and of theology in the 19th and 20th century
- Modernism und Anti-modernism in the Catholic Church
- History of the faculties of Catholic Theology
- Second Vatican Council
Academic Education | |
| 06/1991 | Post-Doctoral Degree (Dr. habil.) in Medieval and Modern Church History, University of Tubingen |
| 03/1990 - 06/1991 | Postdoc grant of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation |
| 1988 - 1990 | Dr. theol. in Catholic Theology, University of Tubingen |
| 06/1985 | Ordination to priesthood |
| 12/1983 | Ordination to Deacon |
| 10/1978 - 07/1983 | Study of Catholic Theology at the Universities of Tubingen and Munich (Dipl.-Theol.) |
Work Experience | |
| since 2024 | Head of the six-year project "Belonging then and now" of the Alfred Landecker Foundation |
| since 2022 | Director of the five-year project "Asking the Pope for help. Jewish victims of the Nazi regime in the sources of the Vatican. An online edition" (Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", EVZ) |
| since 2020 | Member of the DFG Research Unit "Being Catholic in the Federal Republic of Germany. Semantics, Practices, Emotions in West German Society 1965-1989/90" |
| since 2018 | PI in the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation" at the University of Münster |
| since 2013 | Head of the long-term project ‘Critical Online Edition of the Diaries of Michael Kardinal von Faulhaber (1911-1952)’ in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Andreas Wirsching of the ‘Institut fuer Zeitgeschichte’, Munich, financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| since 2008 | Head of the long-term project ‘Critical Online Edition of the Nuncial Reports of Eugenio Pacelli (1917-1929)’ in Muenster, financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| since 2007 | Member and principal investigator of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures’, University of Muenster |
| since 2004 | Member of the Faculty of History, University of Muenster |
| since 10/2000 | Full Professor of Medieval and Modern Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Muenster |
| 2020 - 2022 | Head of the two-year project "Opening of the Vatican Archives on Pope Pius XII" (Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation) |
| 2017 - 2018 | Digital Humanities spokesman of the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" and board member of the "Center for Digital Humanities" at the University of Münster |
| 2016 - 2017 | Fellow at 'Wissenschaftskolleg', Berlin |
| 2002 - 2016 | Head of the long-term project ‘Roman Inquisition and Congregation of the Index’ in Muenster, financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2011 - 2012 | Fellow at ‘Historisches Kolleg’, Munich |
| 2003 - 2011 | Collaboration in the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Symbolic Communication and Social Value Systems from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution’, section ‘The papal ceremonial in the Early Modern Era’, financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 1996 - 2000 | Member of the Faculty of History, University of Frankfurt/Main |
| 04/1992 - 09/2000 | Full Professor of Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Frankfurt; since 1996 also member of the Faculty of History, University of Frankfurt |
| 10/1991 - 03/1992 | Interim Professor of Medieval and Modern Church History at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Tubingen |
| 11/1988 - 02/1990 | Parish priest in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 07/1985 - 10/1988 | Vicar in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
| 12/1983 - 06/1985 | Deacon in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2023 | Mitglied , Wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Internetplattform „Intellettuali in fuga dall'Italia fascista. Migranti, esuli e rifugiati per motivi politici e razziali” (Universität Florenz) |
| since 2007 | Member of the international editorial board of the ‘Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte’ |
| since 2004 | Member of the Faculty of History, University of Muenster |
| since 2002 | Member of the ‘Historische Kommission fuer Westfalen’ |
| since 1999 | Member of the academic advisory council of the archive of the Roman Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| since 1998 | Co-editor of the journal ‘Saeculum’ |
| 2010 - 2023 | Mitglied des Geschäftsführenden Vorstands, Member of the executive board of the ‘Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft’, Darmstadt |
| 2007 - 2023 | Mitglied des Vorstands, Member of the board of the ‘Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft’, Darmstadt |
| 1993 - 2023 | Ordentliches Mitglied, Member of the ‘Kommission fuer Zeitgeschichte’, Bonn |
| 2016 - 2021 | Member of the 'Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken' |
| 2011 - 2021 | Chairman of the historical commission for the beatification of Joannes Baptista Sproll |
| 2007 - 2016 | Advisor to the sub-commission for religious relations with the Jews in the Commission for Ecumenical Relations of the German Bishops’ Conference |
| 2011 - 2015 | Member and vice chairman of the advisory board of the publishing platform ‘perspectivia.net’ |
| 2008 - 2012 | Member of the academic advisory board of the ‘Gutenberg-Forschungskolleg’, University of Mainz |
| 2006 - 2012 | Chairman of the evaluation commission ‘Catholic Theology’ of the ‘Wissenschaftliche Kommission des Landes Niedersachsen’ |
| 2006 - 2012 | Juror for ‘Stadt der Wissenschaften’, financed by the ‘Stifterverband fuer die Deutsche Wissenschaft’ |
| 2003 - 2011 | Member of the German Historical Institute in Rome; vice chairman 2008 until 2011 |
| 2003 - 2011 | Collaboration in the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Symbolic Communication and Social Value Systems from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution’, section ‘The papal ceremonial in the Early Modern Era’, financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 1995 - 2010 | Member of the executive committee of the Association for the History of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart and co-editor of the ‘Rottenburger Jahrbuch fuer Kirchengeschichte’ |
| 1995 - 2000 | Head of the sections ‘History and Theology’ in the research project ‘Globalkultur und christlicher Glaube. Die Bedeutung des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils im kulturellen Transformationsprozess der Gegenwart’ and co-editor of the project’s publications, financed by the Volkswagen Foundation |
Appointments | |
| 04/2003 | Offer to a Professorship for Medieval and Modern Church History (C4) , University of Munich (rejected) |
| 09/1999 | Offer to a Professorship for Medieval and Modern Church History (C4) , University of Münster (accepted) |
| 11/1995 | Offer to a Professorship for Medieval and Modern Church History (C4) , University of Tübingen (rejected) |
| 01/1995 | Offer to a Professorship for Church History (C4) , University of Cologne (rejected) |
| 01/1992 | Offer to a Professorship for Church History, University of Vienna (rejected) |
| 01/1991 | Offer to a Professorship for Church History (C4) , Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (accepted) |
Publications
Wolf, Hubert; Haack, Jana; Hinkel, Sascha; Richter, Elisabeth-Marie; Schepers, Judith; Schüler, Barbara; (2024) In: Antisemitism Studies, 8(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Wolf, Hubert (2024) In: Stiftung Kloster Dalheim; LWL-Landesmuseum für Klosterkultur/Ingo Grabowsky; (eds.), Und vergib uns unsere Schuld? Kirchen und Klöster im Nationalsozialismus. Begleitband zur Sonderausstellung Stiftung Kloster Dalheim. Regensburg : Schnell & Steiner. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Wolf, Hubert; (2024) In: Roßbach, Nikola (eds.), Zensur. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Wolf, Hubert; (2024) München: C. H. Beck. Type of Publication: Book (monograph) | |
Wolf, Hubert; Haack, Jana; Hinkel, Sascha; Richter, Marie-Elisabeth; Schepers, Judith; Schüler, Barbara; (2024) In: Simon Unger-Alvi; Nina Valbousquet; (eds.), The Global Pontificate of Pius XII: War and Genocide, Reconstruction and Change, 1939-1958. Brooklyn: Berghahn Books. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/04/2023 - 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: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025 | 4th Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2022 | 3rd 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 - 31/07/2022 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Talks
| Unheard!? "Asking the Pope for Help". Requests for help from around 15,000 Jewish people from Jewish citizens during the Nazi era to the "Silent" Pope Wolf, Hubert (14/01/2025) Ungehört!? "Asking the Pope for Help". Hilfebitten rund 15.000 jüdischer Menschen jüdischer Bürger in der NS-Zeit an…, Münster-Gremmendorf Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| ‘Let us never forget’. Lessons from the petitions of Jewish persecutees to Pius XII. Wolf, Hubert (12/11/2024) Resilienz gegen Antisemitismus , Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| ‘In bitter distress I turn to Your Holiness.’ The digital edition of Jewish letters of supplication and their significance for theology and society Schüler, Barbara; Kempe, Maik; Middendorf, Christian (28/10/2024) (Ring-)Vorlesung: Theologie im Kontext von Digitalität, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| ‘Holy Father, save us!’ Petition from Jewish people to Pope Pius XII. Wolf, Hubert; Haack, Jana; (09/10/2024) Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Wolf , Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| ‘Holy Father, save us!’ The letters of petition from Jewish people to Pope Pius XII. Wolf, Hubert; Schüler, Barbara (07/09/2024) Gründungsfest Katholische Akademie Schwerte, Schwerte Type of talk: (honorific) speech |
Prizes
| Corveyer Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben-Plakette 2022 Awarded by: Fallersleben-Arbeitskreis des Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Höxter e.V., Stadt Höxter, Herzogliches Haus Ratibor und Corvey Award given to: Wolf, Hubert Announced at: 08/04/2022 | Date of awarding: 15/05/2022 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose 2021 Awarded by: German Academy for Language and Literature (DASD) Award given to: Wolf, Hubert Announced at: 27/07/2021 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2021 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Doctor honoris causa Awarded by: University of Bern, Faculty of Theology Award given to: Wolf, Hubert Announced at: 04/12/2019 | Date of awarding: 15/12/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Geisteswissenschaften International Awarded by: German Publishers and Booksellers Association; Fritz Thyssen Foundation; Federal Foreign Office; VG Wort Award given to: Wolf, Hubert Date of awarding: 01/01/2013 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Geisteswissenschaften International Awarded by: Boersenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers and Booksellers Association); Fritz Thyssen Foundation; Federal Foreign Office; VG Wort Award given to: Wolf, Hubert Date of awarding: 15/04/2009 Type of distinction: Best publication award |
Doctorates
| [Working title] Romania as a special case? The treatment of Catholics of Jewish origin by the Vatican and European states during the Shoah. Candidate: König, Lorena | Supervisors: Wolf, Hubert Schüller, Thomas Period of time: 07/10/2024 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Katholisches Schützenwesen und Nationalsozialismus in Westfalen und im Rheinland Candidate: Potthast, Dominik | Supervisors: Wolf, Hubert; Schüller, Thomas Period of time: 01/09/2012 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Die Leiter des Katholischen Büros als politische Akteure in der Bundesrepublik von 1958 bis 1977 (Wilhelm Wissing, Heinrich Tenhumberg und Wilhelm Wöste) Candidate: Neumann, Michael | Supervisors: Wolf, Hubert Period of time: 20/07/2019 - 31/01/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| "Man ist so katholisch, wie man sich fühlt." – Wandel des Katholischseins in der Bundesrepublik um "1968" im Spannungsfeld von demokratisch-pluralistischer… Candidate: Wißing, Stephen | Supervisors: Wolf, Hubert Period of time: 01/11/2020 - 30/09/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Die Theologien von Joseph Ratzinger und Hans Küng als Ressourcen katholischer Identitäten und sozialer Praxis in der Bundesrepublik… Candidate: Dahm, Benedict | Supervisors: Wolf, Hubert Period of time: 01/11/2020 - 30/09/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |