Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt
Current affiliations
- Junior Professorship for the History of the Turco-Persian world (Prof. Bockholt)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- History of the eastern Islamic world in the pre-modern period (especially 1400-1800)
- Transregional translation processes and knowledge transfer in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Islamic manuscript culture
- Historiography and advice literature (Arabic/Persian/Turkish)
- Religious groups (Sunna/Shia) in the Islamic world
Academic Education | |
| 07/2024 | Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in Islamic Studies |
| 10/2014 - 04/2018 | PhD, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS), Freie Universität Berlin |
| 10/2005 - 12/2013 | Bachelor of Arts / Master of Arts in Islamic Studies, History and Theology (Bochum, Münster, Berlin, Jerusalem, Cairo, Istanbul and Tehran) |
Work Experience | |
| since 10/2022 | Junior Professor (Tenure Track) for the History of the Turco-Persian world / Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader (DFG), Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies |
| 02/2024 - 03/2024 | Visiting Research Fellow, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
| 04/2023 - 05/2023 | Karl-Ferdinand-Werner-Fellow, Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris |
| 10/2018 - 09/2022 | Research Associate, Oriental Institut, Universität Leipzig |
| 02/2022 - 03/2022 | Feldman-Stipendiat der Max Weber Stiftung, Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris |
| 08/2021 - 09/2021 | Feldman-Stipendiat der Max Weber Stiftung, Orient-Institut Istanbul |
| 08/2018 - 09/2018 | Visiting Research Fellow, The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 05/2018 - 06/2018 | Visiting Research Fellow, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid |
| 01/2018 - 04/2018 | Visiting Research Fellow, Staatliche Universität Sankt Petersburg |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 05/2019 | Secretary, Structural Commission "Africa – Asia – Europe" (AAE), Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig |
Publications
Bockholt, Philip (2026) In: Brinkmann, Stefanie (eds.), Marginal Matters: Explorations into Commenting and Glossing Techniques in Arabic Manuscript Cultures. Leiden/Boston: Brill. Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (eds.) (2025) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Conference proceedings | |
Bockholt, Philip (2025) In: Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (eds.), Elsine-i S̱elās̱e: A Cultural Analysis of Transmission and Translation in the Ottoman Empire. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (2025) In: Bockholt, Philip; Çelik, Hülya; Paul, Ludwig; Sargsyan, Ani (eds.), Elsine-i S̱elās̱e: A Cultural Analysis of Transmission and Translation in the Ottoman Empire. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Editorial (book contribution) | |
Bockholt, Philip (2024) In: Fierro, Maribel; Brentjes, Sonja; Seidensticker, Tilman (eds.), Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World: Knowledge, Authority and Legitimacy. Leiden/Boston: Brill. Research article in edited proceedings (conference) |
Projects
Duration: 01/06/2024 - 31/05/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Initiation of International Collaboration Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 22/11/2023 - 24/11/2023 Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences, Max van Berchem Foundation Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/07/2023 - 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: 01/10/2022 - 31/01/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/03/2022 - 30/09/2028 Funded by: DFG Emmy Noether Programme Type of project: Individual project |
Prizes
| Classical Islamic World Book Prize 2019 in the category: Islamwissenschaft (1st prize) Awarded by: Gorgias Press Award given to: Bockholt, Philip Announced at: 01/06/2020 | Date of awarding: 01/07/2020 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Forschungspreis der Annemarie-Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde 2019 in the category: Islamwissenschaft (1st prize) Awarded by: Annemarie-Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde Award given to: Bockholt, Philip Announced at: 01/10/2019 | Date of awarding: 01/10/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Honourable Mention des 2019 S.I.E. European Award for Iranian Studies 2019 in the category: Iranistik (1st prize) Awarded by: Societas Iranologica Europaea Award given to: Bockholt, Philip Announced at: 01/09/2019 | Date of awarding: 01/09/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Inner-Islamic Transmission of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean: On Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Biographical and Hagiographical Dictionaries between… Candidate: Bouhadi, Hicham | Supervisors: Bockholt, Philip Period of time: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] Inner-Islamic Knowledge Transfer in the Context of Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Works of the Science of Hadith (1400–1750) Candidate: Sofu, Muhammed Huseyin | Supervisors: Bockholt, Philip Period of time: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] Arabisch-osmanische Übersetzungen von Werken der Koranexegese (Tafsīr) als Ausdruck des innerislamischen Wissenstransfers im östlichen Mittelmeerraum zwischen… Candidate: Aytep, Ahmet | Supervisors: Bockholt, Philip Period of time: 01/07/2023 - 30/06/2026 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| [Working title] Innerislamischer Wissenstransfer im Osmanischen Reich: Zu Übersetzungen islamischer Mystik im Rahmen transregionaler Sufinetzwerke in den anatolischen und… Candidate: Sick, Tobias | Supervisors: Bockholt, Philip Period of time: 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |