Professor Dr. Wolfram Drews
Current affiliations
- Department of History
- Centre for Early Medieval Studies
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Cultural History of Politics in the Middle Ages
- Comparative History
- World and Global History
- Transcultural History
- Strategies of Domination and Integration in Christianity and Islam
- Kingship and Rulership in the early and high Middle Ages
- Processes of entanglement involving Christianity, Judaism and Islam
Academic Education | |
| since 12/2007 | Habilitation (University of Cologne) |
| since 06/2000 | Doctoral dissertation (Freie Universität Berlin) |
| since 07/1998 | MA in History, Jewish Studies and Theology (Freie Universität Berlin) |
| since 09/1991 | MA (Diploma) in Engish and Spanish (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) |
Work Experience | |
| since 03/2011 | Professor of medieval history (early and high middle ages, transcultural history) at WWU Münster |
| 10/2010 - 02/2011 | Professor at the University of Cologne |
| 10/2001 - 02/2011 | Researcher at Bonn University |
| 04/2010 - 09/2010 | Professor at Bochum University |
| 10/2008 - 09/2009 | Professor at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin |
| 10/1998 - 09/2001 | Researcher at Göttingen University |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2023 | Teilprojektleiter, Forschungsgruppe "Xenokratie vor Ort. Administration und kulturelle Verflechtung in der Vormoderne" |
| since 2020 | Mitglied, Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelalterliche Geschichte |
| since 2019 | Mitglied, Vorstand des Exzellenzclusters "Religion und Politik" |
| since 2018 | Member of the Academia Europaea |
| since 2013 | Vorstandsmitglied, Centrum für Religionsbezogene Studien |
| since 2012 | Executive director of the Institute of Early Medieval Studies and editor of the journal "Frühmittelalterliche Studien" |
| 2017 - 2023 | Präsident, President of Mediävistenverband (Interdisciplinary Association of Medievalists) |
| 2016 - 2023 | Mitglied, Member of the Executive Board of the Association of Historians |
| 2015 - 2019 | Mitglied, Member of the Academic Advisory Board to the Research Focus "Education and Religion in the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and the Classical Period of Islam" at Göttingen University |
| 2015 - 2019 | Teilprojektleiter, DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1150 "Kulturen des Entscheidens" |
| 2013 - 2017 | Vicepresident of Mediävistenverband (Interdisciplinary Association of Medievalists) |
Publications
Drews, Wolfram (2023) In: Bubert, Marcel; Krischer, André (eds.), Zwischen Gottesstrafe und Verschwörungstheorien. Deutungskonkurrenzen bei Epidemien von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart . Frankfurt: Campus Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Drews, Wolfram (2023) In: Becher, Matthias; Gahbler, Katharina (eds.), Herrscher und Eliten zwischen Symbiose und Antagonismus - Kommunizieren in vormodernen Herrschaftsstrukturen . Göttingen: V&R unipress. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Drews, Wolfram (2023) In: Depreux, Philippe; Patzold, Steffen (eds.), Versammlungen im Frühmittelalter . Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Drews, Wolfram (2023) In: Chrysafis, Charalampos I; Hartmann, Andreas; Schliephake, Christopher; Weber, Gregor (eds.), Basileus eirenophylax: Friedenskultur(en) und monarchische Repräsentation in der Antike . Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Drews, Wolfram (2023) In: Hoffmann, Ulrich ; Spreckelmeier, Susanne (eds.), Von Kulten und Künsten. Lektüren am Schnittpunkt von Anthropologie, Religionssoziologie und Poetologie. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded 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: 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2019 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2016 Type of project: Own resources project |
Prizes
| Aufnahme als Mitglied in den Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelalterliche Geschichte Awarded by: Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelalterliche Geschichte Award given to: Drews, Wolfram Announced at: 01/01/2020 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2020 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Election as member of the Academia Europaea Awarded by: Academia Europaea Award given to: Drews, Wolfram Announced at: 01/01/2018 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2018 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Friedrich-Meinecke-Preis Awarded by: Freie Universität Berlin Award given to: Drews, Wolfram Announced at: 01/01/2001 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2001 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| TEMPUS-Programm der EU Awarded by: TEMPUS-Programm der Europäischen Gemeinschaft Award given to: Drews, Wolfram Announced at: 01/01/1991 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship Awarded by: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Award given to: Drews, Wolfram Announced at: 01/01/2012 Type of distinction: Scholarship |
Doctorates
| "Thrown to the Ground." The Chrisitan Appropriation, Destruction and Conversion of Synagogues in Iberia between the 14th and 16th Centuries Candidate: Kleybolte, Franziska | Supervisors: Kogman-Appel, Katrin Drews, Wolfram Period of time: 01/01/2019 - 01/01/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Nūr ad-Dīn and the Sunni ʿUlamāʾ of Damascus Candidate: Khan, Nadeem | Supervisors: Drews, Wolfram Period of time: 01/09/2014 - 31/08/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |