Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt

Prof. Dr. Philip Bockholt

Schlaunstr. 2, room 359
48143 Münster

T: +49 251 83-24571

Academic Profiles

External Profile

 
  • Research Foci

    • 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
  • CV

    Academic Education

    Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in Islamic Studies
    PhD, Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS), Freie Universität Berlin
    Bachelor of Arts / Master of Arts in Islamic Studies, History and Theology (Bochum, Münster, Berlin, Jerusalem, Cairo, Istanbul and Tehran)

    Positions

    Visiting Research Fellow, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Karl-Ferdinand-Werner-Fellow, Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris
    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
    Research Associate, Oriental Institut, Universität Leipzig
    Feldman-Stipendiat der Max Weber Stiftung, Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris
    Feldman-Stipendiat der Max Weber Stiftung, Orient-Institut Istanbul
    Visiting Research Fellow, The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
    Visiting Research Fellow, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid
    Visiting Research Fellow, Staatliche Universität Sankt Petersburg

    Honors

    Classical Islamic World Book Prize in the category Islamwissenschaft (1st prize) – Gorgias Press
    Forschungspreis der Annemarie-Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde in the category Islamwissenschaft (1st prize) – Annemarie-Schimmel-Stiftung für Islamkunde
    Honourable Mention des 2019 S.I.E. European Award for Iranian Studies in the category Iranistik (1st prize) – Societas Iranologica Europaea

    External Function

    Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig (Structural Commission "Africa – Asia – Europe" (AAE), Secretary)
  • Teaching

    Vorlesung
    Seminar

    Vorlesung
    Seminar
    Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung

    Vorlesung
    Seminar
  • Projects

    • TRANSLAPT – Inner-Islamic Transfer of Knowledge within Arabic-Persian-Ottoman Translation Processes in the Eastern Mediterranean (1400–1750) ()
      Individual Granted Project: DFG Emmy Noether Programme | Project Number: BO 5684/2-1
    • EXC 2060 A3-40 - Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Works of Qurʾānic Exegesis (tafsīr) as an Expression of the Inner-Islamic Transfer of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1400–1750 ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted at the University of Münster: DFG - Cluster of Excellence | Project Number: EXC 2060/1
    • SPP 1981 - Subproject: Inner-Islamic Transfer of Knowledge in the Ottoman Empire: on Translations of Works of Islamic Mysticism within Transregional Sufi Networks in the Anatolian and Arab Provinces ()
      Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: BO 5684/1-1
    • Texts as Living Objects: Reconsidering "Dhayls" as a Means for the Study of Knowledge Transmission in the Pre-Modern Islamic World, 22.-24. November 2023, Paris ()
      Scientific Event: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences | Project Number: 30.23.0.035SL
  • Publications

    Books

    Books (Monographs)
    Conference Proceedings

    Articles

    Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
    Research Articles (Journals)
    Review Articles (Journals)
    Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
    Book Contributions
    Review Articles (Book Contributions)
    • Bockholt, Philip. . Muhammad Qasim Firishta.’ In Traditions of History Writing in India, edited by Abha Singh, 232–242. 0th Ed. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University.
    Entries in Encyclopediae (Book Contributions)
  • Supervised Doctoral Studies

    Bouhadi, HichamInner-Islamic Transmission of Knowledge in the Eastern Mediterranean: On Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Biographical and Hagiographical Dictionaries between 1400 and 1750
    Sofu, Muhammed HuseyinInner-Islamic Knowledge Transfer in the Context of Arabic-Ottoman Translations of Works of the Science of Hadith (1400–1750)
    Arabisch-osmanische Übersetzungen von Werken der Koranexegese (Tafsīr) als Ausdruck des innerislamischen Wissenstransfers im östlichen Mittelmeerraum zwischen 1400–1750
    Innerislamischer Wissenstransfer im Osmanischen Reich: Zu Übersetzungen islamischer Mystik im Rahmen transregionaler Sufinetzwerke in den anatolischen und arabischen Provinzen