Zentrum für Islamische Theologie (ZITh)

Team

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

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Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 608

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

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Julija Rico

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

sekretariat-glaubenslehrespam prevention@zith.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-75367

 

 

Dr. Serkan Ince

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 605

serkan.incespam prevention@zith.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-75315

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Dr. Sheridan Polinsky

Humboldt Research Fellow

Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 605

sheridan-lowell.polinskyspam prevention@zith.uni-tuebingen.de

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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)

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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Completed PhD dissertations

Lea Schlenker

“Theology at the Table. A Comparative Study of the Theological Understanding of Eating in Islamic and Christian Traditions” (supervised 2022–2025, completed on 6 February 2026)"

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Hiroaki Kawanishi

“The Virtues of Divergence: The Formation of Later Ottoman Thought” (supervised 2018–2024; defended on 24 February 2025)

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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

Prof. Maria Massi Dakake

New Horizons Fellow, 2026

 

Dr. Doa Baumi

Teach@Tübingen Fellow, 2025

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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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