Jewish-Christian coexistence and the dispute between Judaism and Christianity during the Middle Ages, as well as the artistic and architectural expression of those topics

Academic Education
since 09/2019	Doctoral Studies in Medieval History, University Münster
01/2022 - 06/2022	Visiting doctoral student at the University of Stanford (funded by the Thyssen Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service)
10/2018 - 07/2019	MSt Medieval Studies, University of Oxford (funded by the German Academic Exchange Service)
04/2016 - 03/2018	M.A. History, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
10/2016 - 02/2017	Study abroad at Tel Aviv University
09/2015 - 04/2016	Guest studies at the Scuola Normale Superior di Pisa
10/2012 - 01/2016	B.A. History (Major) and History of Art, Musicology and Dramatics (Minor), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Work Experience
since 11/2025	Research Assistant at "Bet Tfila", Research Centre for Jewish Architecture in Europe, Technical University Braunschweig
since 10/2024	Research Assistant at the Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Münster
09/2019 - 02/2024	Research Assistant at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics," University of Münster
02/2018 - 07/2018	Research Assistant at the Eugen-Biser-Foundation, Munich
09/2017 - 03/2018	Research Assistant of Dr. Lisa Dittrich, Department for Modern and Contemporary History, LMU Munich
09/2014 - 09/2015	Student Assistant of Prof. Dr. Claudia Märtl, Department for Medieval History, LMU Munich

»daz sie alle di Judenhauser [...] brechen můgen und sullen «. Nürnberg zur Zeit des Schwarzen Todes Kleybolte, Franziska (2023) In: Bubert, Marcel; Krischer, André (eds.), Zwischen Gottesstrafe und Verschwörungstheorien. Deutungskonkurrenzen bei Epidemien von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart . Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
The Conversion of Synagogues in Late Medieval Iberia – Putting Theory into Practice Kleybolte, Franziska (2023) Type of Publication: Web publication (blog article)
The Synagogue in Christian Service. The Conversion of Synagogues at the turn of the 15th Century Kleybolte, Franziska (2022) Type of Publication: Web publication (blog article)

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

"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