Professor Dr. Norbert Oberauer

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Islamisches Recht (Prof. Oberauer)
  • Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Islamic Law
  • Islamic Contract Law
  • Islamic endowments (waqf)

Academic Education

2009Award of the venia legendi in Islamic Studies
10/1998 - 06/2002 PhD in Islamic Studies, University of Freiburg
1998 - 2000 Internship at the legal department of the UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza; Visit at the Institute for the History of Arabic Sciences, Aleppo.
08/1999 - 01/2000Delegate of the University of Freiburg for a cooperational stay at the Institute for the History of Arabic Sciences, Aleppo.
1989 - 1998 MA in Islamic Studies, University of Freiburg
09/1998 - 12/1998Internship at the legal department of the UNRWA-Headquarters, Gaza
07/1998MA in Islamic Studies at the University of Freiburg
10/1990 - 07/1998Islamic Studies at the University of Freiburg
04/1989 - 09/1990Studies in Hisotry, German and English at the University of Freiburg

Work Experience

since 04/2010 Professor for Islamic Studies at the University of Münster
04/2009 - 03/2010 Research Assistant (Akademischer Oberrat) at the University of Bayreuth, Department of Islamic Studies
2009 Award of the venia legendi in Islamic Studies
02/2002 - 03/2009 Research Assistant at the University of Bayreuth, Department of Islamic Studies

Functions and Memberships

since 07/2018Member, , International Society for Islamic Legal Studies (ISILS)
since 2011Mitglied der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft

Publications

Norbert Oberauer (2024)
In: Islamic Law and Society, 24
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Oberauer, Norbert (2023)
In: Zander, Laura Anina; Kramo-Seidel, Nicola (eds.), Europe in Law and Literature: Transdisciplinary Voices in Conversation. Berlin, Boston: Sellier de Gruyter.
Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Oberauer, Norbert (2022)
In: Islamic Law and Society, 29(1-2)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Oberauer, Norbert (2022)
Type of Publication: Entry in encyclopedia in digital collection
Oberauer, Norbert (2021)
In: Islamic Law and Society, 28(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint 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: 01/01/2019 - 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: 01/02/2014 - 31/01/2016
Funded by: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Type of project: Individual project
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Doctorates

Rhetorische Strategien zur Autoritätsgenerierung in den Printfatwas von Ḥasanayn Muḥammad Maḫlūf (1890-1990) und Muḥammad Rašīd Riḍā (1865-1935) im Lichte des…
Candidate: El-Khodary, Sehra | Supervisors: Oberauer, Norbert; von Hees, Syrinx | Reviewers: Oberauer, Norbert; von Hees, Syrinx
Period of time: 01/07/2020 - 09/02/2024
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster