Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Status: Organisation is active
Phone number: +49 251 83-24571
Fax number: +49 251 83-29932
Email address: arabist@uni-muenster.de
| Address: | Schlaunstr. 2 48143 Münster Germany |
Publications
Bockholt, Philip (2026) In: Brinkmann, Stefanie (eds.), Marginal Matters: Explorations into Commenting and Glossing Techniques in Arabic Manuscript Cultures, 266-294. Leiden/Boston: Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004720695 Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Kraneiß, Natalie (2025) In: Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, 16(1), 40-73. doi:10.1163/1878464X-01601003 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (eds.) (2025) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Conference proceedings | Published | |
Bockholt, Philip (2025) In: Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (eds.), Elsine-i S̱elās̱e: A Cultural Analysis of Transmission and Translation in the Ottoman Empire, 15-46. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (2025) In: Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (eds.), Elsine-i S̱elās̱e: A Cultural Analysis of Transmission and Translation in the Ottoman Empire, 7-13. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Editorial (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2028 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/06/2024 - 31/05/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Initiation of International Collaboration Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 22/11/2023 - 24/11/2023 Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences, Max van Berchem Foundation Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/07/2023 - 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: 01/03/2023 - 31/03/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Preisverleihungen
| Christoph-Schumann-Gedenkpreis 2022 Awarded by: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Award given to: Kasrawi, Yazan; Knöll, Andreas Announced at: 29/03/2023 | Date of awarding: 12/05/2023 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Classical Islamic World Book Prize 2019 in the category: Islamwissenschaft (1st prize) Awarded by: Gorgias Press Award given to: Bockholt, Philip Announced at: 01/06/2020 | Date of awarding: 01/07/2020 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Forschungspreis der Annemarie-Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde 2019 in the category: Islamwissenschaft (1st prize) Awarded by: Annemarie-Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde Award given to: Bockholt, Philip Announced at: 01/10/2019 | Date of awarding: 01/10/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Honourable Mention des 2019 S.I.E. European Award for Iranian Studies 2019 in the category: Iranistik (1st prize) Awarded by: Societas Iranologica Europaea Award given to: Bockholt, Philip Announced at: 01/09/2019 | Date of awarding: 01/09/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| 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 |
Promotionen
| Inner-Islamic Transmission of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean: On Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Biographical and Hagiographical Dictionaries between… Candidate: Bouhadi, Hicham | Supervisors: Bockholt, Philip Period of time: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] Inner-Islamic Knowledge Transfer in the Context of Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Works of the Science of Hadith (1400–1750) Candidate: Sofu, Muhammed Huseyin | Supervisors: Bockholt, Philip Period of time: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] Stilfiguren literarischer Argumentation – Arabische Rhetorik zwischen Recht, Theologie und Literatur Candidate: Knöll, Andreas | Supervisors: von Hees, Syrinx Period of time: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] Fictionality in Arabic Literature. The Example of the Literary Debate between Sword and Reed-Pen Candidate: Ruhstorfer, Johannes Jakob | Supervisors: Von Hees, Syrinx Period of time: 01/07/2023 - 30/06/2026 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] The Production and Verification of Genealogical Knowledge: A Case Study on ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (d. 561/1166), His Lineage, and His Descendants Candidate: Kraneiß, Natalie | Supervisors: Hees, Syrinx von; Mayeur-Jaouen, Catherine | Reviewers: Hees, Syrinx von; Mayeur-Jaouen, Catherine Period of time: 01/04/2022 - 30/06/2026 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |
Habilitationen
Geschichte des östlichen zağal: Dialektale arabische Strophendichtung aus dem Osten der arabischen Welt – von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Mamlukenzeit Candidate: Özkan, Hakan | Reviewers: Bauer, ThomasPeriod of time: until 18/11/2019 Habilitation procedure finished at: Habilitation procedure at University of Münster | |
Classical Arabic Begging Poetry and Šakwā, 8th - 12th centuries Candidate: Papoutsakis, Nefeli | Reviewers: Bauer, Thomas; Oberauer, Norbert; Schöller, Marco; Seidensticker, TilmanPeriod of time: 04/07/2012 - 04/07/2016 Habilitation procedure finished at: Habilitation procedure at University of Münster |
Vorträge
| Versifying a Scholarly Discourse, Seeking the Love of the Ahl al-bayt: A Poem on ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (d. 561/1166) and his Descendants from the 18th… Kraneiß, Natalie (21/11/2025) Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800), Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Correcting Manuscripts, Verifying Knowledge: Textual Criticism and Epistemic Practices in the Seventeenth-Century Maghrib Kraneiß, Natalie (08/09/2025) 35. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Erlangen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| The Dissemination of Certain Knowledge about Prophetic Descent in Poetry Kraneiß, Natalie (08/09/2025) 35. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Erlangen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Verification (taḥqīq) as Religious and Epistemic Practice: Establishing Certain Knowledge about Prophetic Descent in the Islamic West Kraneiß, Natalie (11/07/2025) Eighth Annual Conference European Academy of Religion, Wien Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Visualizing Verified Knowledge: Genealogical Charts in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century North Africa Kraneiß, Natalie (10/04/2025) Workshop “The Visual Scribe: Tables and Diagrams in Middle Eastern Manuscripts”, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums, Freie Universität Berlin Type of talk: scientific talk |