Center for Islamic Theology

Team

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lejla Demiri

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Head
Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 608

lejla.demirispam prevention@zith.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-75367 (Secretariat)

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Jennah G. Sari-Keskingöz

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Secretary
Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 611

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+49 7071 29-75367

 

 

Dr. Serkan Ince

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 605

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+49 7071 29-75315

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Abdullah Rıdvan Gökbel

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Doctoral Research Fellow

FOR 2828, TP 04

Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 605

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Lea Schlenker

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Lea Schlenker

Doctoral Research Fellow

FOR 2828, TP 04

Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 605

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PhD candidates

Are you interested in doing a PhD in the areas of Systematic Theology/Kalam or Interfaith Studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lejla Demiri? Please send your application and/or questions to the Chair Secretariat, including your research proposal (max. 5 pages), writing samples, a CV, and two references.

Current PhD candidates

Aybe Nur Durgun Badat

“A Path to Planetary Well-being: The Practice of Tafakkur (Contemplation) in Nature” (since 2023)

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Dr. phil. habil. Claire Gallien

Taqsîm al-‘ulûm Literature in the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Islamic World. Classification, Friction, and Epistemic Holism in Islam" (since 2021)

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Abdullah Gökbel

"Christians in the Legal Thought of Ibn Kemal (d. 940/1534)" (since 2022)

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Hiroaki Kawanishi

“Diversity within Islam: Inner-Islamic Discourses in the Early Modern Muslim World with a Special Focus on the Ottoman Reception of Sanūsī’s Kalām” (since 2018)

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Ertul Ortabas

Aḥmad b. ʿUmar al-Qurṭubī’s (d. 656/1258) Theology and Response to a Christian Letter from Toledo”. (Since 2020)

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Lea Schlenker

"Theology at the Table. A study of everyday theology on sharing meals in Sunni adab works and Lutheran hymns" (since 2022)

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Completed PhD dissertations

Dr. Serkan Ince

“Argumentation und erkenntnistheoretische Prinzipien der al-Radd ʿalā al-Naṣārā-Literatur unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Werkes des Ṣāliḥ ibn Ḥusayn al-Jaʿfarī (gest. 668/1270)” (supervised 2013-2020; defended on 15 July 2020)

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Dr. Florian Lützen

“Der Religionsbegriff (dīn) bei Aḥmad Ibn ʿAğība (gest. 1223/1809) und die Stellung der išāra: Eine Untersuchung der Methode und Zielsetzung des Religionsbegriffs aus sufischer Perspektive” (supervised 2015-2018; defended on 3 July 2018)

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Visiting Scholars

The Chair of Islamic Doctrine welcomes opportunities to host international scholars and students. Facilitating research activities, the Institute offers access to a host of resources for promoting scholarly excellence, and the opportunity to conduct world class theological research in a highly collaborative and collegial context. For more information on how to join our visiting programme please contact the Chair Secretariat. 

Former Fellows

Dr. Dženita Karić

Teach@Tübingen Fellow (SS 2019 and WS 2019-20)

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Dr. Vladimir Lasica

Teach@Tübingen Fellow (WS 2016-17 and SS 2017)

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Dr. Amina Nawaz

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Dr. Yazid Said

Teach@Tübingen Fellow (SS 2015, WS 2015-16 and SS 2016); Participant in the Tübingen Reloaded Programme (Summer 2019)

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Dr. Mujadad Zaman

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2016–2023

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