Center for Islamic Theology

Curriculum Vitae

Employment

since August 2012Professor of Islamic Doctrine at the Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen
2011-2012Research Fellow of Zukunftsphilologie: Revisiting the Canons of Textual Scholarship at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Studies, Freie Universität, Berlin
2010-2011 Research Fellow of EUME (Europe in the Middle East & The Middle East in Europe) at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, in affiliation with the Institute for Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität, Berlin..
2007-2010Junior Research Fellow, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge

Education

2004-2008PhD, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
2003-2004Licentiate in Interreligious Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
2002-2003Post-graduate Diploma in Interreligious Studies, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
2002-2003Visiting Student, Faculty of Theology, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome
2000-2001Completed course-work for the PhD programme in Islamic Theology (Kalām), Marmara University, Istanbul
1998-2000MA in Islamic Theology (Kalām), Marmara University, Istanbul
1994-1998BA in Theology, Marmara University, Istanbul

Teaching Experience

Courses taught:

  • “God’s Self-Identity and Address. Scriptural Reasoning with the Bible and the Qur’an as an Approach to Theology”, co-taught with Prof. Dr. Christoph Schwöbel, MA Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie and Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universität Tübingen, SS 2016.
  • “History of Islamic Theology and Philosophy: Scholars, Works and Concepts”, Vorlesung, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, SS 2016.
  • “An Inquiry into Muslim Writings on Christianity”, MA Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, WS 2015/16.
  • “Muslim-Christian Theological Interactions in the Middle Ages: A Comparative Approach”, co-taught with Dr. Davide Scotto, MA Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie and Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universität Tübingen, WS 2015/16.
  • “Being Human in Relation to God: Scriptural Reasoning in Christian-Muslim Dialogue as a Resource for a Theological Anthropology”, co-taught with Prof. Dr. Christoph Schwöbel, MA Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie and Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universität Tübingen, SS 2015.
  • “Islam and Religious Pluralism: Muslim Perceptions of the Religious ‘Other’ I”, MA Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, WS 2014/15.
  • “Islam and Religious Pluralism: Muslim Perceptions of the Religious ‘Other’ II”, MA Seminar, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, WS 2014/15.
  • "Systematic Theology and Philosophy", Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, SS 2014 and SS 2015.
  • "Systematic Theology (Kalām)", Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, SS 2014.
  • "Islamic Doctrine: An Inquiry into Classical Sources", Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, WS 2013/14.
  • "Introduction to the Study of Islamic Theology", Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, WS 2013/14 and WS 2014/15.
  • Course convener, Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) “Islamic Theology between Continuity and Change”, Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, WS 2013/14.
  • "Islamic Doctrine (‘Aqīda)", Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen, SS 2013.
  • "Introduction to Islamic Theology", Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen, WS 2012/13.
  • Course convener, D8 “Islam and Religious Pluralism: Theological and Historical Perspectives”, Cambridge Muslim College, Cambridge, 2009/10.
  • Course convener, D12 “Introduction to World Religions & Inter-Faith Dialogue”, Cambridge Muslim College, Cambridge, 2009/10.
  • Co-taught Is.20 “Middle Eastern and Islamic History 4: Prophecy and Prophethood in Classical Islam”, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge, 2008/09.
  • Supervisor, B15 “Introduction to Islam” and A7 “World Religions in Comparative Perspective”, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge, 2005-2010.

Study Trip Coordinator:

  • Summer Academy on Muslim-Christian Dialogue, joint event by Cambridge Muslim College and Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen, held at the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, Rome, 9-14 May 2015 and 30 April-4 May 2016.
  • Interfaith Academy in Rome: “Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the Modern World”, Islamic Theology Students from Germany hosted by the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, Rome, 2-8 September 2013.
  • Summer 2010 and 2012 Study Trips to Rome: “Muslims and Christians in Dialogue”, Cambridge Muslim College hosted by the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas, Rome, 3-7 July 2010 and 14-18 July 2012.

 

Languages

English, Turkish (Modern and Ottoman), Bosnian, Macedonian, Arabic and Italian; learning German

Other Academic and non-Academic Activities

  • General co-Editor (with Samuela Pagani and Sohaira Siddiqui), Sapientia Islamica: Studies in Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism, Book Series with Mohr Siebeck (July 2015-present)
  • Member of the advisory board of the project Islamischer Religionsunterricht, Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG (June 2015-present).
  • Member of the scientific advisory board, Forum Scientiarum, Universität Tübingen (April 2015-present).
  • Equality Officer of the Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen (July 2014-present).
  • Academic Coordinator of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme (2013-2017) at the Zentrum für Islamische Theologie, Universität Tübingen (2013-present).
  • Chair of Board of Examiners (2012-2016)
  • Deputy Director of the Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen (24 October 2012-present).
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Leiden: Brill (2012-present).
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Avicenna Foundation (2012-present).
  • Committee Member, “Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Network” interdisciplinary research group at CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities), University of Cambridge (2009/10).
  • Women’s Officer, Cambridge Muslim College, (2009/10).
  • CIP (Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme) Consultant, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge, (2007/08).
  • Member of TIMA (The Islamic Manuscript Association), Cambridge.
  • Committed member of Scriptural Reasoning, a scriptural reading group of Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians (2004-present).