Prof. Dr. Fahimah Ulfat
Current affiliations
- Professorship for Islamic Religious Education and Didactics (Prof. Ulfat)
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 - 09/2012 | Qualification for the Recognition of Teaching Certification for Primary Schools in Bavaria (Subject: Art), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg |
| 10/2008 - 02/2011 | Master “Islamic Religious Education”, University of Osnabrück |
| 10/1997 - 07/1999 | Additional Qualification in Intercultural Education, University of Duisburg–Essen |
| 10/1995 - 05/1999 | Teacher Education for Primary School, University of Duisburg–Essen. Degree: First State Examination |
Work Experience | |
| since 04/2025 | Professor of Islamic Religious Education and Subject Didactics, Center for Islamic Theology, University of Münster |
| 07/2020 - 03/2025 | Professor of Islamic Religious Education, Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen |
| 01/2017 - 07/2020 | Junior Professor of Islamic Religious Education, Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen |
| 04/2016 - 12/2016 | Research Associate, Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen |
| 10/2011 - 03/2016 | Doctoral 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 - 07/2008 | Teacher |
| 02/2000 - 01/2002 | Teacher Traineeship (Referendariat), Essen. Second State Examination for Primary School Teaching |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2025 | Reihenherausgeberschaft, "Islamische Religionspädagogik und Praktische Theologie" im Springer Verlag |
| since 06/2025 | Member, Religious Education Association |
| since 06/2023 | Member, Working Group for Catholic Religious Education and Catechetics |
| since 06/2023 | Co-Head of the Jewish–Islamic Research Centre, University Tübingen-Münster |
| since 06/2022 | Member of the Executive Board, German Association for Islamic Theological Studies (DEGITS) |
| since 04/2022 | Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media, Georg-Eckert-Institut |
| since 10/2021 | Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Beliefs & Values |
| since 08/2021 | Member, European Society of Women in Theological Research |
| since 01/2021 | Member, International Seminar on Religious Education and Values |
| since 10/2020 | Member, German Educational Research Association |
| since 07/2020 | Member, International Academy of Practical Theology |
| since 05/2020 | Head of the Research Unit for Islamic Religious Education, University of Münster |
| since 12/2019 | Co-Editor of an Academic Book Series, Religious Education in Plural Societies by De Gruyter Brill |
| since 10/2018 | Member, Working Group on Empirical Research in Religion |
| since 10/2018 | Member Editorial Board, Religionspädagogische Beiträge - Journal for Religion in Education |
| since 01/2017 | Member, Society for Academic Religious Education |
| 12/2025 | Forum Humanum Visiting Professorship at the Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg |
| 06/2021 | Johann Friedrich Herbart Visiting Professorship in Education , Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
Appointments | |
| 07/2020 | Offer to a Professorship for Professorship in Subject Didactics of Islamic Theology (W2) , University of Münster (rejected) |
| 07/2020 | Offer to a Professorship for Islamic Religious Education (W3) , University of Tübingen (accepted) |
| 12/2019 | Offer to a Professorship for Islamic Religious Education and Islamic Practical Theology (W3) , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (rejected) |
| 01/2017 | Offer to a Professorship for Islamic Religious Education (W1 with tenure track to W3) , University of Tübingen (accepted) |
Publications
Binici, Erkan; Ulfat, Fahimah (2026) In: Boschki, Reinhold; Pittl, Sebastian; Migge, Elisabeth; Schiefen, Fana; Schüßler, Michael (eds.), Memoria Passionis in Zeiten Verflochtener Erinnerung. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. Research article (book contribution) | |
Boschki, R.; Schlag, T.; Simojoki, H.; Ulfat, F. (eds.) (2025) Münster: Waxmann. Book (edited collection) | |
Ulfat, F.; Mattern, A. J. (eds.) (2025) In: Religions. Special issue of a journal | |
Ulfat, F.; Riegel, U. (eds.) (2025) In: Religionspädagogische Beiträge. Journal for Religion in Education, 48(1). Special issue of a journal | |
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) |
Projects
Duration: 08/11/2025 - 08/11/2025 Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster | |
Duration: 07/11/2025 - 07/11/2025 Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster | |
Duration: 03/11/2025 - 04/11/2025 Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: since 01/04/2025 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: since 01/04/2025 Type of project: Own resources project |
Talks
| Gerechtigkeit im Kontext von rBNE: eine Perspektive jenseits des Schöpfungsbegriffs Ulfat, Fahimah; El Maaroufi, Asmaa (08/07/2023) AG religiöse Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung, Nürnberg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Welche Implikationen hat das Konzept der Resonanzsensibilität für unterschiedliche Formen von Gottesbeziehungen im islamischen Religionsunterricht? Ulfat, Fahimah (06/07/2023) Tagung: „Resonanz von Gottesbild und Lebensform“, Ludwigshafen Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Islamische Religionspädagogik im aktuellen Diskurs – Empirische Erkenntnisse zur zeitgemäßen religiösen Bildung in einer pluralen Gesellschaft Ulfat, Fahimah (17/06/2023) Abschließende Zusammenfassung der Tagung, Online Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Muslim Faith Communities in the Rapidly Changing World of the Anthropocene Ulfat, Fahimah (08/06/2023) Konferenz der International Academy of Practical Theology, "Pracitcal Wisdom on the Living Web of the Anthropocene", Seoul Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Doing Gender in Schulbüchern für den islamischen und katholischen Religionsunterricht Ulfat, Fahimah (15/05/2023) Konferenz: „Eine Frage des Geschlechts? – Islamisch-theologische Perspektiven für eine gendergerechte Theologie der…, Universität Münster Type of talk: scientific talk |