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Prof. Dr. Fahimah Ulfat

Current affiliations

  • Professorship for Islamic Religious Education and Didactics (Prof. Ulfat)
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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Islamic religious education
  • Religion, faith, and youth in the context of plural societies
  • The professionalisation of teachers in Islamic religious education
  • discrimination-critical education
  • Migration, religion, and belonging
  • Interreligious learning in plural and post-secular contexts
  • Jewish–Muslim relations in history, the present, and educational processes

Academic Education

04/2012 - 09/2012Qualification for the Recognition of Teaching Certification for Primary Schools in Bavaria (Subject: Art) Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg
10/2008 - 02/2011Master “Islamic Religious Education” University of Osnabrück
10/1997 - 07/1999Additional Qualification in Intercultural Education University of Duisburg–Essen
10/1995 - 05/1999Teacher Education for Primary School University of Duisburg–Essen Degree: First State Examination

Work Experience

since 04/2025Professor of Islamic Religious Education and Subject Didactics Center for Islamic Theology University of Münster
07/2020 - 03/2025Professor of Islamic Religious Education Center for Islamic Theology University of Tübingen
01/2017 - 07/2020Junior Professor of Islamic Religious Education Center for Islamic Theology University of Tübingen
04/2016 - 12/2016Research Associate Center for Islamic Theology University of Tübingen
10/2011 - 03/2016Doctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Islamic Theology (Mercator Foundation) Concurrent Research Associate at the Chair of Islamic Religious Education Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg
02/2002 - 07/2008Teacher
02/2000 - 01/2002Teacher Traineeship (Referendariat), Essen Second State Examination for Primary School Teaching

Functions and Memberships

since 2025Reihenherausgeberschaft, "Islamische Religionspädagogik und Praktische Theologie" im Springer Verlag
since 06/2025Member, Religious Education Association
since 06/2023Member, Working Group for Catholic Religious Education and Catechetics
since 06/2023Co-Head of the Jewish–Islamic Research Centre, University Tübingen-Münster
since 06/2022Member of the Executive Board, German Association for Islamic Theological Studies (DEGITS)
since 04/2022Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media, Georg-Eckert-Institut
since 10/2021Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Beliefs & Values
since 08/2021Member, European Society of Women in Theological Research
since 01/2021Member, International Seminar on Religious Education and Values
since 10/2020Member, German Educational Research Association
since 07/2020Member, International Academy of Practical Theology
since 05/2020Head of the Research Unit for Islamic Religious Education, University of Münster
since 12/2019Co-Editor of an Academic Book Series, Religious Education in Plural Societies by De Gruyter Brill
since 10/2018Member, Working Group on Empirical Research in Religion
since 10/2018Member Editorial Board, Religionspädagogische Beiträge - Journal for Religion in Education
since 01/2017Member, Society for Academic Religious Education
12/2025Forum Humanum Visiting Professorship at the Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg
06/2021Johann Friedrich Herbart Visiting Professorship in Education , Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Appointments

07/2020Offer to a Professorship for Islamic Religious Education (W3) , University of Tübingen (accepted)
07/2020Offer to a Professorship for Professorship in Subject Didactics of Islamic Theology (W2) , University of Münster (rejected)
12/2019Offer to a Professorship for Islamic Religious Education and Islamic Practical Theology (W3) , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (rejected)
01/2017Offer to a Professorship for Islamic Religious Education (W1 with tenure track to W3) , University of Tübingen (accepted)

Publications

Schlüsseltexte der Religionspädagogik ‚quer‘ gelesen. Interreligiöse und interkonfessionelle Zugänge.
Boschki, R.; Schlag, T.; Simojoki, H.; Ulfat, F. (eds.) (2025)
Münster: Waxmann.
Book (edited collection)
Special Issue zu "Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Past and Present"
Ulfat, F.; Mattern, A. J. (eds.) (2025)
In: Religions.
Special issue of a journal
Islamic Religious Education Worldwide
Ulfat, F.; Riegel, U. (eds.) (2025)
In: Religionspädagogische Beiträge. Journal for Religion in Education, 48(1).
Special issue of a journal
Antisemitismuskritische und antimuslimisch-rassismuskritische Bildung im Kontext der Hochschulbildung
Binici, E.; Boschki, R.; Mattern, A. J.; Migge, E.; Ulfat, F.  (2025)
In: Eisele, W.; Gaus, E.; Lütticke, L.; Migge, E. (eds.), Judenfeindschaft und Theologie. Tübinger Studienwoche im November 2023. Münster: LIT Verlag.
Research article (book contribution)
Bedeutsamkeit interreligiösen Lernens, theoretische Hintergründe und didaktische Umsetzung
Boschki, R.; Schweitzer, F.; Ulfat, F.  (2025)
In: Bräuer, M.; Losert, M.; Schweitzer, F.; Boschki, R. (eds.), Schüler:innenorientierung - Perspektivenübernahme - Interreligiöses Lernen: Wirksamkeit unterschiedlicher Formen von Religionsunterricht: Ein Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Münster: Waxmann.
Research article (book contribution)
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Projects

Addressing Discrimination Through Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches and International Perspectives
Duration: 03/11/2025 - 04/11/2025
Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences
Type of project: Scientific Event